My hood latch has always been hard to pull to open the hood, upon inspection everything looks normal, I adjusted the hood down to maybe take off some pressure off the latch, but that didn't work and finally today it snaped the plastic handle.

Anyone else have this problem. I knew it would happen with how its so hard to pull to pop the hood.

guess a trip to the dealer is in order.

 

Take some pics, thats crappy

 

The hood latch is hard to pull - I worry about this happening quite often.

 

I just got me hood cable latch fixed, my local dealer had to order the part

 

did they tell you what was wrong?

 

they said it was the cable latch was broken, but its fix now

 

how long did it take them to fix it? I tried to pull on the cable for the longest time and i couldnt get my hood to open up, im still in the break in period, 500 miles, so i wanna be able to watch them while they fix it... thanks man

 

I think this is a recuring problem for many new Xs. Mine was that way and I took it to the dealer. They had to order a new cable because it was either too short or binding on something-I don't remember which. Anyhow, the latch was extremly tight, and I did not want to break it. So two weeks later, the dealer installed the new cable and now it works great. So far after 4,000 miles, it is the only thing to go wrong-

 

+1 for me, my latch and handle broke. i went in, they ordered it. went again, and presto chango... fixed!

 

hopefully they will fix mine after i take it in, coz i needa install my cone filter =D

 

mine broke also

 

starting to sound like there are going to be a backorder on this latch cable, hurry an get you fix lol

 

mines really tight as well... next oil change i will get them to order me the new stuff.

 

i doubt mitsu service will actually just order stuff for you, unless you actually have a problem.

 

Have the dealer look at it next time your in. If it is tighter than normal-anyone can be able to tell-they will either fix it under warranty or order a new cable and fix it in about an hour. It may not be easy to fix without ordering a new part.