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While driving at 20-30 MPH, the front hood released and the hood opened to a near vertical position. After stopping I closed the hood but it took a lot of effort. When closed the hood now is recessed near the hinges and there is some paint damage to the edges of the hood and fenders. It appears that the hinges are damaged. I immediately took it to a dealer and they are to research the issue with Chevy engineering.
That's the second one reported on the forum. Not good at all. Could cause some real damage (both to the car and the driver). I wonder what the issue is. Keep us posted!
How many miles on it?
Last edited by C8fnatic; May 26, 2020 at 05:06 PM.
While driving at 20-30 MPH, the front hood released and the hood opened to a near vertical position. After stopping I closed the hood but it took a lot of effort. When closed the hood now is recessed near the hinges and there is some paint damage to the edges of the hood and fenders. It appears that the hinges are damaged. I immediately took it to a dealer and they are to research the issue with Chevy engineering.
That's not good... I can't believe there's no safety catch like a normal hood. I'm guessing that will change on later models.
@cwmobley did you hit the release with your knee or hand? Was the FOB in your pocket and pushed? The release should be disabled at speed... please keep us updated.
That's not good... I can't believe there's no safety catch like a normal hood. I'm guessing that will change on later models.
@cwmobley did you hit the release with your knee or hand? Was the FOB in your pocket and pushed? The release should be disabled at speed... please keep us updated.
There is no way you can hit the release with your knee. To activate it with your hand, one must reach into the door storage pocket. The normal release for the hood if activated internally only initiates the first step of a two-step process. Also the FOB only activates the first stage.
There is no way you can hit the release with your knee. To activate it with your hand, one must reach into the door storage pocket. The normal release for the hood if activated internally only initiates the first step of a two-step process. Also the FOB only activates the first stage.
I have 1800+- miles on the car.
What's this "two step" process? I opened one and all I had to do was press the button under the fascia and lift it up. Does the interior door release require you to have to use either fob or that other switch I used?
What's this "two step" process? I opened one and all I had to do was press the button under the fascia and lift it up. Does the interior door release require you to have to use either fob or that other switch I used?
You are correct. I just now pressed the hood release and then raised the hood without having to release a second latch. I had assumed that a safety second stage latch had to be released. Every car that I have had had such a safety latch.
You are correct. I just now pressed the hood release and then raised the hood without having to release a second latch. I had assumed that a safety second stage latch had to be released. Every car that I have had had such a safety latch.
Maybe read the owners manual and see if the C8 is smart enough to NOT release the hatch while moving?
These days if it can't be found on twitter of facebook it's "fake news". My guess is that it's kind of hard to be rolling and have the car in park.
Last edited by tdrake2020; May 26, 2020 at 08:54 PM.
The emergency hood release button inside the front trunk only requires a push to open the front hood, so I am guessing the secondary mechanical release was left off because if there was an occupant locked in the front trunk the occupant would still be locked inside unless they knew how to release the secondary latch.
GM could install a secondary safety latch and program the emergency hood release button to release that as well, but if there is an electrical glitch somewhere (similar to what is happening to the poster above) you are still in the same situation....hood in windshield or flying off.
cwmobley, although remote, any chance you snagged the manual release for the front trunk release under the dash?
I think the frunk release button in the door (or the key fob button) is being pressed inadvertently when entering the car. Since there is no secondary release, if you don’t notice the DIC message you get a face full of hood as soon as you get up to speed. There has to be a better solution. Limiting speed as mentioned above might work if a secondary latch can’t be used because of the need for the child release button in the frunk.
Last edited by 16falcon; May 26, 2020 at 10:26 PM.
I think the frunk release button in the door (or the key fob button) is being pressed inadvertently when entering the car. Since there is no secondary release, if you don’t notice the DIC message you get a face full of hood as soon as you get up to speed. There has to be a better solution. Limiting speed as mentioned above might work if a secondary latch can’t be used because of the need for the child release button in the frunk.
Assuming this is true, why the heck would you pick a max speed of 82 MPH???
Because they are engineers and the smartest ones. Maybe if they set it to 5mph it would have been better and forced action, but what do ordinary people know.
Hopefully, they are either behaving or learning from the airline industry that tests to failure for life support features at a minimum.
I haven't followed it for over a decade, but cost cutting accountants may have stopped that, but hopefully not. I'm not sure what the current FAA regs re construction are. Last Time I checked the industry had just switched from paper to styrofoam wings - joke people, not serious.
I was shocked to learn (discover) that another out of this world agency did not perform test to failure as part of their design SOP. I'll hold back the comments regarding stupidity. Customers should never be (No RV rant here now) the quality control agent. It is always more costly and flat out stupid to do so. Do it right the first time (and you may still have unintentional unforeseen mistakes, but you did everything possible at the given time) or just don't do it. There are no points for second place.
