funcrusher

Someone accidentaly pressed the button to open my front hood. I was driving with it open for about a hour on the freeway before i stopped and realized. It seems normal but i'm worried something happened while driving

LeoGTE

nothing is really wrong with the vehicle just that well the engine bay got allot more breathing for the time you where driving with the hood open lol.Just that be glad that the hood didn't pop open on you bro.

brandoe91

iTrader: (1)

I doubt anything was wrong .I drove not knowing my hood was opened but mine flew up and broke my windshield.

01LEXPL

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This.10char

BoostedE21

Yeah, if anything, your engine ran a bit cooler than normal because of the extra air flow. In some states it's even legal to not have a hood at all. All is well.

Rollin'ES3

Thats happened to me before. lol

edgeucated

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you were very lucky the hood didnt come flying up smashing into your windshield, especially because your on the freeway

Specter

Years ago I had the hood fly up on my 'rolla and hit the widshield while on the freeway.... I almost pooed my pants. You are lucky.

4DGS

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You got hella lucky

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dragoncoac

Most of the time, hoods will not fly up and open when driving... even on the freeway. There is the secondary catch that helps assure this. As for the previous pics, it is of a carbon fiber hood, not a stock steel hood. I'm not sure, and correct me if I am wrong, but I am guessing it didn't have the additional safety lock, if it is similar to a lot of other cf hoods. This may have contributed to the hood flying open. JM2C

funcrusher

I'll be checking the hood every time I hop in the car now

nfsuw

for CF hoods, they recommend hood pins, cause the hood is too light the for the latch, causing it to pop off at highspeeds..
side note... hey my buddies matrix xrs is in that pic, haha

kook

NOT SAFE, even with the backup latch @ 60 mph my hood flew open, bent the mounts and cracked the glass. I got lucky though the damage was not as bad as I expected but still could have been prevented.

hypervish

As others have said, your lucky it didn't fly up and break your windshield. I think you should have played the lottery that day.

kaldES98

Off topic but.. that g is hot!