Hood: Adjustments

Hood Alignment

1. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Remove the hood striker plate.






2. Remove the hood safety latch.







3. NOTE:
- Support the hood while the hood struts are remove.
- Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Remove the hood strut.







4. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Loosen the hood hinge retaining bolts.







5. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Adjust the hood height.







6. NOTE: Make sure the spacing between the grille to hood, headlamps to hood and fenders to hood are equal.

Set the hood alignment to 1 mm (0.04 in) lower than nominal at the middle edges of the hood.







7. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Tighten the hood hinge retaining bolts.
- Tighten to 25 Nm.







8. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Adjust the hood bump stops to obtain the correct profile between the hood and the headlamps.







9. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Install the hood strut.







10. Install the hood safety latch.
- Tighten to 11 Nm.







11. NOTE: Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.

Install the hood striker.
- Tighten to 11 Nm