Man, this was a life saver! Succesfully performed this on my mondeo Mk3 -04 petrol, (during harsh Swedish winter in the dark) I took away the grill first. Mine could be opened "halfway" so to say, that is i could turn the key to left but not to the right, which gave me some extra space to just turn off these black holders on top of the grill with a screwdriver, whole and well. The only unvolontary damage was a small piece of plastic from the hidden part of the grill, just above where the hood locks to the mechanism, as we had to oull out the grill with quite some force before it let loose! Thank you again for sharing, God bless you!
The plastic shaft gets worn at the end, either at the barrel, the latch or both. When the shaft is worn it has lost material and can't actuate the bonnet latch with a full key turn. Obviously Ford could avoid this problem with a metal shaft but they want to save one penny per car. 👍
Pokazałeś problem nawet pieknie ci to wyszło. Zrobiles jak w telewizji, omijając szczegóły, czarodzieju ty. A ja mam klapę, wciąż zamkniętą. Mówisz bo muwisz, ale pokazuj prawde
I finally got the same problem. Key turned very lightly anticlockwise (nothing happened) and clockwise it felt normal but the bonnet did not open. I tinkered locking mechanism with a bended wire, I'm not sure did that help or not. But I tried once more with my key and after some effort, the bonnet popped open!! Not sure what happened...that plastic connecting rod turns clockwise OK with key, but anticlockwise nothing seems to happen?! I tried and put a screwdriver into the "jaws" of that locking mechanism to simulate bonnet latch and happened to notice, that turning clockwise released my "fake" bonnet latch. Wind latch is anemic. Shouldn't that plastic connecting rod turn anticlockwise, when you turn your key? The first metal shaft from lock turns clockwise OK, but not anticlockwise. Is the lock worn or what?
Man, this was a life saver! Succesfully performed this on my mondeo Mk3 -04 petrol, (during harsh Swedish winter in the dark) I took away the grill first. Mine could be opened "halfway" so to say, that is i could turn the key to left but not to the right, which gave me some extra space to just turn off these black holders on top of the grill with a screwdriver, whole and well. The only unvolontary damage was a small piece of plastic from the hidden part of the grill, just above where the hood locks to the mechanism, as we had to oull out the grill with quite some force before it let loose!
Thank you again for sharing, God bless you!
Excellent. You went at my pace and explained every step. Many thanks for this. Also well done for figuring how to open it via trial and error.
The plastic shaft gets worn at the end, either at the barrel, the latch or both. When the shaft is worn it has lost material and can't actuate the bonnet latch with a full key turn. Obviously Ford could avoid this problem with a metal shaft but they want to save one penny per car. 👍
Pokazałeś problem nawet pieknie ci to wyszło.
Zrobiles jak w telewizji, omijając szczegóły, czarodzieju ty.
A ja mam klapę, wciąż zamkniętą.
Mówisz bo muwisz, ale pokazuj prawde
Thank you so much this was really helpful. I will try to do mine tomorrow...hopefully without the rain!
Saved me time and money, thank you!!!!!!!
Nice video, i will tray in my Ford Mondeo .
Thanks man🙌🏾, that's all we need to know in this situation😬...😁
Thanks, for the info. I am going to try tommorow
very useful. thanks
I finally got the same problem. Key turned very lightly anticlockwise (nothing happened) and clockwise it felt normal but the bonnet did not open. I tinkered locking mechanism with a bended wire, I'm not sure did that help or not. But I tried once more with my key and after some effort, the bonnet popped open!! Not sure what happened...that plastic connecting rod turns clockwise OK with key, but anticlockwise nothing seems to happen?! I tried and put a screwdriver into the "jaws" of that locking mechanism to simulate bonnet latch and happened to notice, that turning clockwise released my "fake" bonnet latch. Wind latch is anemic. Shouldn't that plastic connecting rod turn anticlockwise, when you turn your key? The first metal shaft from lock turns clockwise OK, but not anticlockwise. Is the lock worn or what?
thank u
Oooooh Merci!!!! PFFFF!
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ALGUIEN ME PUEDE DECIR DONDE PUEDO CINSEGUIR EL EMBLEMA GIRATORIO?
I stole my naighbor battery because of this video
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👎Sie haben nicht gezeigt dass Wie man die Motorhaube auf machen kann 😡
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