Bought a new hood latch
You may need to adjust the location of the hood striker latch, they are loosened from hard impact, such as closing the hood with force.
Have some one operate the handle as you close . look at its operation too before you shut it . lube it maybe.
most of them don't have good hydraulics on the hood so folks slam them a lot an damage the locks ,been thar done that
if your adjusting the locks placement mark it before ur move it
Close the latch with the hood open to make sure it works. If it does make sure the hood release handle,is in all the way and adjust the latch assembly
SOURCE: My hood latch won't latch when I close the hood. 1997 Ford Exped
Hrmm. Have you taken the whole latch assembly off ? If not there is a black cover over the assembly which has about 6 screws on it that is also connected to th fan shroud, then after that it's only 2 bolts to undo I believe they are 5/8ths socket, dont quote me. My 97 just had the same problem I popped the hood one day and then it didnt close again. So after taking the assembly out there are 2 springs one that is for after the hood is popped to just open it up that is a big spring about 2 1/2 inches or so. Theres another one at the bottom though that actually keeps the hood latched down on my truck it was rusted and snapped in half. I went to the ford dealer said I had to buy a whole new assembly 25$ plus 2 days wait, I went to home depot in the hardware section found a pack of springs that contain (2) 2 1/2" inch springs and (2) 1 1/2" for 4 dollars used the small one to replace it now I have back up for both. Hopefully this is your problem cause it's cheap and easy to fix just open it up. Let me know if this is it.
SOURCE: Hood release under the dash has no tension on it. Hood will not latch closed
The latch is stuck in the open position. I always found white lithium grease worked best on those latches but any good lubricant will work. Try moving the latch manually with a screwdriver. After applying the lubricant move the latch a few times. You should see the tension return to the release, if it doesn't you have a broken release cable.
SOURCE: Hood latch will not release the hood. Possible
you need to try to reach for the cable under the car or try to get the cable from under the dashboard,good luck
SOURCE: My hood won't latch closed on my ford Taurus 2000
make sure the 'bonet pop' lever is pused all the way back in to its normal position and it should close
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