After replacing the idler pulley for the serpentine belt last week, I tried to open my hood... and it won't release. To be more specific, the right hand (passenger) side wont release.
I had to pull the upper radiator support off to get to the idler pulley and I must have messed something up putting it back together. When I try to open the hood the left (driver) side released, however the right side did not.
I have searched the forums and, quite frankly, some of the answers to this problem truly suck.
I have tried pulling on the handle in the grill and jacking the hood around, I have tried having someone pull on the hood release in the car and jacking the hood around. I have tried lifting, pushing down, etc... I cannot get it open.
Now the driver side will not re-latch, so the hood is kind of opened on one side.
Can anybody tell me if there is another release point up under the grill or something that I may be able to get to, to be able to release the catch.
I already know I need to lubricate it and all that stuff like some people have answered in the forums, but that really does no good if you cant get to it.
Thanks for any insight anybody can provide.
I had to pull the upper radiator support off to get to the idler pulley and I must have messed something up putting it back together. When I try to open the hood the left (driver) side released, however the right side did not.
I have searched the forums and, quite frankly, some of the answers to this problem truly suck.
I have tried pulling on the handle in the grill and jacking the hood around, I have tried having someone pull on the hood release in the car and jacking the hood around. I have tried lifting, pushing down, etc... I cannot get it open.
Now the driver side will not re-latch, so the hood is kind of opened on one side.
Can anybody tell me if there is another release point up under the grill or something that I may be able to get to, to be able to release the catch.
I already know I need to lubricate it and all that stuff like some people have answered in the forums, but that really does no good if you cant get to it.
Thanks for any insight anybody can provide.