vauxhall corse bonnet latch

Jan 11, 2010 3 Replies
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Hi,



My sister has a V-reg (IIRC) Corsa and she doesn't have a garage. She's had ten inches of snow so she decided to cover the car with a blanket. I've seen people cover their windscreens to stop them freezing but she lifted the bonnet to cover the engine. I've never heard of that; is it recommended?



Anyway, she put the blanket over the engine, closed the bonnet and now cannot open the bonnet to remove the blanket! I'm 100 miles away so I haven't seen it first hand but she says the lever in the car is loose. I'm wondering whether the blanket got wet and has frozen, or whether the blanket is thick and this caused some problem when the bonnet was closed.



How can she open the bonnet to remove the blanket? I'm guessing she can't drive the car to the garage in case the blanket gets hot and catches fire, so she'll have to be towed?



TIA


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It may be that the lever in the car is loose because the bonnet hasn't closed far enough to latch it. Has she tried opening the bonnet, the safety latch may need to be released as it would after the lever inside has been pulled.

If she had to pull the lever inside the car really hard before it went loose she may have broken it. I wouldn't want to drive it with a blanket over the engine, more in case it catches in something than worrying about fire.

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I would get someone to try lifting the bonnet whilst the release is being pulled and if that doesn't work, try pressing down on the bonnet over the catch in case the thickness of the blanket has prevented it latching properly. I wouldn't drive it with the blanket in situ.

Tim

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I had a similar problem last week, bonnet was frozen shut. kettle of hot water along the front of the bonnet press down to re-engage the lock then pull catch again all well

Tony

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