Interior & Exterior: Hood: Latch: Removal

1. Release hood latch and open hood.
2. Support hood on prop rod.
3. Mark outline of hood latch on radiator support crossmember with a grease pencil or other suitable device to aid installation.
4. Remove nuts attaching hood latch to upper radiator support crossmember. See Fig 1.
5. Remove hood latch from vehicle.
6. Disengage remote release cable from hood latch. See Fig 2.

Fig 1: Hood Latch

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1 - HOOD LATCH

2 - HOOD RELEASE CABLE

3 - RADIATOR SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER

Fig 2: Hood Latch Release Cable

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1 - HOOD LATCH

2 - HOOD RELEASE CABLE