I chuck a bit of WD40 on mine every now and then and pull the leaver a few times to work it in just to stop this happening. Found it was starting to seize a bit after the winter.
well worth doing
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well worth doing
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Had a pretty shit morning at vw, my bonnet had seized and was absolutely impossible to release looking at one stage like the grill might have to be cut off (real carbon fibre circa £££)
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Anyway, won't bore you with the detail but the mk5 bonnet release mechanism is extremely vulnerable to all the elements, water, salt, dirt right at the front of the car, and is right in front of the radiator so is cooked nicely at 90 degrees celsius every day, this all plays total havoc with it, and more so in this hot weather.
So everybody out there, open your bonnets, copper grease, olive oil, wd40, ky jelly, whatever you can get and lubricate the life out of it, as it is a BALLACHE if it seizes up.
Don't say i didn't warn you
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Anyway, won't bore you with the detail but the mk5 bonnet release mechanism is extremely vulnerable to all the elements, water, salt, dirt right at the front of the car, and is right in front of the radiator so is cooked nicely at 90 degrees celsius every day, this all plays total havoc with it, and more so in this hot weather.
So everybody out there, open your bonnets, copper grease, olive oil, wd40, ky jelly, whatever you can get and lubricate the life out of it, as it is a BALLACHE if it seizes up.
Don't say i didn't warn you
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The bonnet latch on my MkV seized a while ago...the garage managed to get it open with little damage (and a pervy comment about lube!). I thought it was an unfortunate one off so thanks for the heads up...I'll lube up tomorrow
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