HOOD on 2000 Accord V6 won't close...please help a newbie out

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I guess I should have been paying attention more because I can't close my hood for some reason. I know the mechanic played around with the lever somewhere to close it but I just spent 1 hour fiddling around with no result.

Note: it closes but there's still 1-2 inch so it's not closing 100% properly

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HOOD LATCH on 2000 Accord V6 won't close...please help a newbie out

And you tried slamming the **** out of it? :lawl:
 

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Re: HOOD LATCH on 2000 Accord V6 won't close...please help a newbie out

Where is the "interior release lever"?

From other searches on Google, I am reading this:

"If you clean your hood latch well and look straight down at it. On the bottom right side you will see a shiny piece of metal attached to the cable. It needs to be pushed to the left. Just use your finger and push it back to the left. "

"thats how mine is, its like a little spring attached to a piece of medal i usually just use my finger but if i have a tool like a flat head ill use it and push it down or left it doesnt matter just push it in and then try to close the hood, there might be a little plastic piece in front of the spring you might have to pop it off "

"You can see right where the cable goes thru a lever, push lever to the left."


Except I have no idea where this is?? Ive played around with it for an hour already and I give up...
 
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HOOD LATCH on 2000 Accord V6 won't close...please help a newbie out

The thing you pull near the driver kick panel? You know to.... Open it....
 

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Re: HOOD LATCH on 2000 Accord V6 won't close...please help a newbie out

The thing you pull near the driver kick panel? You know to.... Open it....

What am I exactly doing with it? Pulling it to close now? I tried that.
 

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By the latch on the hood, there's like a piece inside the hood that goes left when you open it, use your finnger and push it right.

Hard to explain but I had the same problem.
 

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By the latch on the hood, there's like a piece inside the hood that goes left when you open it, use your finnger and push it right.

Hard to explain but I had the same problem.

Is it possible for you to circle this "piece" in one of my pictures?
 
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