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[Banjax]

I just managed to kick off the bonnet release lever under the dash yesterday - did exact same thing to my old GLS estate - grrrrrr

must be the way I dive into the car

does it just click back in place? old car i never bothered as i was already trading it in - just kept a pair of pliers in the glovebox to pull the wire....so to speak

doesnt LOOK broken - but it seems to be a flimsy design  

[feeutfo]

  never managed that with my size 11s

[Tafty]

I just managed to kick off the bonnet release lever under the dash yesterday - did exact same thing to my old GLS estate - grrrrrr

must be the way I dive into the car

does it just click back in place? old car i never bothered as i was already trading it in - just kept a pair of pliers in the glovebox to pull the wire....so to speak

doesnt LOOK broken - but it seems to be a flimsy design  

I've done that a few times - it does clip back in but is a pain and requires you to be a bit of a contortionist to get a good view down there. Can't remember how I got it back on but IIRC it needed to be dismantled to get it in properly - though there may be an easier way, as you said it is very flimsy in design and was very disappointed in it's build quality. Hope you sort it out - it took me about 15 mins to sort mine out.  

[Banjax]

I just managed to kick off the bonnet release lever under the dash yesterday - did exact same thing to my old GLS estate - grrrrrr

must be the way I dive into the car

does it just click back in place? old car i never bothered as i was already trading it in - just kept a pair of pliers in the glovebox to pull the wire....so to speak

doesnt LOOK broken - but it seems to be a flimsy design  

I've done that a few times - it does clip back in but is a pain and requires you to be a bit of a contortionist to get a good view down there. Can't remember how I got it back on but IIRC it needed to be dismantled to get it in properly - though there may be an easier way, as you said it is very flimsy in design and was very disappointed in it's build quality. Hope you sort it out - it took me about 15 mins to sort mine out.  

I see what you mean Tafty - clipped the lever back in easy enough - but attaching the wire is the tricky bit - it's do-able with a little patience - no prob  - not important enough to get muddy for at the mo!

now wheres my pliers.................? :-?

[Danny]

hard isnt even the word, the previous owner of my elite had left the bonnet release off and was using pliers to open it, after a couple of hours, painstaking positioning of my body in the car and severe cuts to my hands and wrists i managed to eventually re-attach the cable without taking the car apart!!

good luck is all i say cos there's no easier way of doing it by the sounds of it!

[Banjax]

hard isnt even the word, the previous owner of my elite had left the bonnet release off and was using pliers to open it, after a couple of hours, painstaking positioning of my body in the car and severe cuts to my hands and wrists i managed to eventually re-attach the cable without taking the car apart!!

good luck is all i say cos there's no easier way of doing it by the sounds of it!

  :-/


it wasnt a green GLS estate was it?  

[Danny]

no, my blue elite that i have now

[Banjax]

no, my blue elite that i have now

phew!!  

[Danny]

its fixed now anyway