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Hi all,
Well, I was out putting some miles on the new Boss today, and on the way home from a quick lunch stop, a very scary event happened on the freeway. At about 75 MPH, the front of the hood popped up...but fortunately, the safety latch worked and I did not lose the hood!
It was absolutely, positively latched when I left home, and I drove against a good headwind for about 30 miles before starting home. We stopped for lunch, and on the way out of that parking lot, I believe I know what happened. The exit driveway to the street is at a pretty steep angle. I believe as I was exiting, the flexing of the unibody/radiator bracket where the latch is mounted flexed just enough to allow the hood to unlatch. I was able to pull off the freeway pretty quickly and thank God for the safety latch...
I searched on the site for this problem but did not find anything similar being reported. Has anyone else heard of this? BTW, I am all stock, no mods whatsoever.
JJ
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Well, I was out putting some miles on the new Boss today, and on the way home from a quick lunch stop, a very scary event happened on the freeway. At about 75 MPH, the front of the hood popped up...but fortunately, the safety latch worked and I did not lose the hood!
It was absolutely, positively latched when I left home, and I drove against a good headwind for about 30 miles before starting home. We stopped for lunch, and on the way out of that parking lot, I believe I know what happened. The exit driveway to the street is at a pretty steep angle. I believe as I was exiting, the flexing of the unibody/radiator bracket where the latch is mounted flexed just enough to allow the hood to unlatch. I was able to pull off the freeway pretty quickly and thank God for the safety latch...
I searched on the site for this problem but did not find anything similar being reported. Has anyone else heard of this? BTW, I am all stock, no mods whatsoever.
JJ
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