Originally Posted by
ajamesc
what’s this about? I’ve seen a few with the bonnets gone up on Facebook. What do you bond?
At the slam panel end of the cable there is a flawed security design where the lock mechanism on the slam panel and the cable from the front grille are connected by a small plastic cross piece. if pulled too far apart the cross piece can dislodge. There is a company doing an extended cross piece which is supposed to take up the slack but then all the pressure is on this tiny piece which also does not have the end hooks like the ford one.
If you just undo the lock from the slam panel you will see the plastic part that moves up and down. If you fix it in the contracted position it can't move and the plastic piece has to transmit for a shorter duration and can't dislocate.