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Hood opened on highway

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I hope this will not be a reoccurring theme.

I was on a rural highway and the hood opened at 50-60 mph.

Talk about dumb luck. I close the hood the same way every time, I'm not sure why this happened.

Off to the dealer for new hood, hinges, maybe wipers.

Windshield and header escaped without damage (amazing)

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While taking off the front bumper on my 02 C2 to convert to a new style bumper, I notice there's an emergency release cable attached to the latch assy. This cable ran to the right side fender area. Could this cable be the problem?

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The emergency release triggers the front latch but with an added relay that pulls the safety catch (the red lever you see if you look at the lower latch) so that the hood may be fully opened without having to undo the safety. I dont understand how this happened because the safety wouldnt allow the hood to pop open. You can reach down and pop the hood release button then drive off at 100 mph and that hoods not going to open because the safety. Seems like the only way would be if the emergency release shorted or something and caused the safety catch to be pulled.

Thats the only thing i can possibly think of. I dont think you have any fault at all in this. If you take a normal boxster... its not even possible to set the hood down without engaging the safety. Just the weight of the hood itself will cause it to engage. Its possible to not latch it fully but none the less the safety will be engaged.

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Ok, did some investigation.

Apparently "lubricate the latch" was not in the previous owners vocabulary.

I have only had the car for 2 months and never noticed.

The dealer I took it to for repair offered to sell me an new latch on the spot.

I think I will hang on to my $200+ and clean and lube the latch myself. It is not corroded, just sticky.

Thanks for all the input, I did not realize there was another release in the fender. Good to know.

Cheers!

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