GS300 hood won't stay shut
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GS300 hood won't stay shut
Opened the hood yesterday to check the oil and now the thing won't stay shut. How can I tell if it's the actual latch or the cable? When I push a screwdriver down on the latch, it pushes down but immediately flips back up. It doesn't lock.
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Having the exact same problem, it is annoying and I don't want to have the hood opened through the cold with snow/rain coming. Any help/suggestions or temp fix would be great!
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I had this problem when I bought mine, the cable was bad and apparently it's pretty common on our cars, I could get it to shut by sticking a screw driver in the latch and pushing it down but eventually had to replace
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I have a 99 gs300 and had that problem. I used brake cleaner spray and wiped the gunk off and I used kroil. You can use any lubricant spray and should be fine. If that doesn't work I would replace it. Not to much money and we'll worth it.
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