Hood: Service and Repair

Removal and Installation
- When removing or installing hood, place a cloth or other padding on the front fender panels and cowl top. This prevents vehicle body from being scratched.
- Bumper fascia is made of plastic. Do not use excessive force and be sure to keep oil away from it.
- Hood adjustment: Adjust at hinge portion.
- Hood lock adjustment: After adjusting, check hood lock control operation. Apply a coat of grease to hood locks engaging mechanism.
- Hood opener: Do not attempt to bend cable forcibly. Doing so increases effort required to unlock hood.

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FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY
1. Remove fog lamp rim. B
2. Remove bolt securing fog lamp assembly. Then disconnect fog lamp connector. C
3. Remove clips securing bumper fascia to engine undercover. D
4. Remove bolts securing bumper fascia to radiator core lower support. D
5. Remove screws and clips securing left and right sides of front fender protector. E
6. Remove bolts securing left and right front fenders to bumper fascia. F
7. Remove clips securing bumper reinforcement assembly to bumper fascia. G
8. Extract bumper fascia assembly.
9. Remove energy absorber. H
10. Remove bolts and nuts securing headlamp assembly. J
11. Remove bolt and nuts securing bumper reinforcement assembly. K
12. Remove the pin from the bolts which fix the bumper reinforcement assembly. L
13. Remove bolts securing bumper reinforcement assembly. M
14. Extract bumper reinforcement assembly.