Salim2000,

it's pretty easy to adjust the latch position so that the hood will close easily.

Here's the page from the Helm manual:



You probably need to do adjustment 2 - 3, adjust the hood latch

 

Thanks alot for the help I will fix it right away

 

Just wanted to say thanks also..it's threads like these that will help everyone enjoy their cars! Great job Tedster! Welcome to the community Salim......

 

There is nothing wrong with the hood!
[I could bet on it]
I was so fustrated that I spent an hour at a gas station
trying to figure out what was wrong.The next day I brought it back to the dealer and they apologize for not telling me to drop the hood from head level[i'm 5'6"]to close.It works everytime although the first time will be pretty scary.
Our S2000s are truly unique it many ways.take care-stewart

01 red #3373
95 red gsr
90 blue accord

 

I believe the manual says to drop it from chest hieght, which is what I have to do (or close anyway). Can you beleive that when I bought the car, the sales guy told me to make sure to let the hood down easy, then push it shut because it was aluminum and dropping it would dent it? Of course I corrected him, but I find it kinda sad that I knew more about the car than he did. I'm glad I did my research BEFORE talking to the dealer...

-David

 

Thought I would share my experience because I didn't see it anywhere else.

My hood would not latch. The release cable was still taut (i.e. not broken) but the hood would not latch closed. I looked from directly above the hood latch mechanism and noticed that a spring was loose i.e. the larger of the two springs (about 2" long and about 3/8" diameter) inside the hood latch mechanism was not attached at one end. Thus, the hood latch was in the shut position (the metal was over slot so the square loop hook from the hood could not latch to mechanism). I solved as follows:
- i removed the air guide plate cover below the latch (uses 3 phillips head with plastic clips/plugs)
- i removed the hood latch mechanism (3 hex bolts using ratchet)
- be careful not to pull cable to much but carefully maneuver the latch mechanism to see inside. careful, spring could fall if loose (mine did and i had to use a telescoping magnet to get from the pan below). Re-attach the spring to the hook which pulls the moving metal part to the open position (i'm not certain but it looks the the other end of the spring attaches to where the smaller spring is also hooked. i ended up with a kind of "v" between the smaller and larger spring). once you attach the spring or springs properly, the hood latch mechanism should be in the open position.
- i reattached the hood latch mechanism with hex bolts and then the plastic air guide plate cover below.
- i didn't close hood yet in case it didn't work: I manually closed the mechanism with pliers and then made sure the mechanism/cable still worked with the hood release from inside car before actually closing the hood for real
- if mechanism/release is working but still not latching, you may have to move up the entire hood latch. loosen 3 hex bolts and move up. you'll notice there is room to move the hood latch mechanism at least 1/2" up and down.

This worked for me and saved a trip to the shop (and cost).

 

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