Bonnet Wont Close

[tigerj360]

Hi guys, was fitting my BMC CDA the other day and thats all great! 

However when i went to close the bonnet, it just wont shut! It latches on the first lock but wont push down in to the second lock 

I've had a read around but cant find a solution, was just wondering if anyone had any ideas or had encountered this before?

Cheers

Jon

[scarr89]

Take it back up and manually operate the mechanism to see if it is working. Perhaps the CDA is stopping it? 

[tigerj360]

Sorry should have mentioned that. Theres nothing stopping it from closing, as I can push down both sides and they sit flush. Its just the middle at the front that wont push down in to the lock.

Also I've tried using a screwdriver as a pretend hook and that wont lock in even when I push it all the way down. Which is strange as the parts all move albeit not very easily, but enough to move with force which I can imagine is how they should be?

[bobbarley]

Slam it a lot harder.

[km]

after taking my bumper off to fit my intercooler, my bonnet wouldn't shut unless with some force, but it's fine now.
don't be afraid to slam it 

[Dalo Harkin]

you sure nothing has fell down, I put my tools near the catch when working on the front, you sure nothing fell down when you were fitting the CDA

[GunnerCP]

I've had this problem, a good hard slam secured the bonnet but then it sat too low compared to the wings do I need to move he catch up by a few mm and all should then be good

[tigerj360]

I'll try giving it a massive slam when I get in and hope that works. If anything goes wrong I'm blaming you guys! 

Nothing dropped when fitting the CDA, so I have no idea what else it could be other than replacing the catch!

[tigerj360]

Well slamming it didn't work looks like a new catch is needed! 

[golf-sib]

I've seen a few of these fail on mk4's I got blamed for breaking one as well, when I'm sure it was just bad luck.

Could be worse, on some BMW's its a nightmare to sort out when the bonnet lock fails! You can try and cause the mechanism to click into the second catch point with a screwdriver but it doesn't always work depending on how bad the lock has gone.