On february 23, 2018, the hood latch was repaired due to a hood latch recall. this was with the new hood latch. it was friday june 6, 2018, a little past 0600, i was on my way to work. i was driving on a two lane county highway, doing between 60-65, with cruise control on. i had driven about 4 miles from home when the hood suddenly flew open,and shattered the windshield. i was able to slow down and move to the shoulder. thankfully no one else was in the vicinity. after i got out of my vehicle i closed the hood, it took a lot of effort. i noticed my vehicle was near the end of a guardrail and there was a gravel area, so i moved my car off the road. while i the vehicle i noticed that it was raining glass. i grabbed my work gear and jumped out. my car was towed to a repair shop, and i was given a ride to work.
While traveling at 65 mph on a multi-lane highway, the hood flew open, shattered the windshield and lodged open, completely blocking my vision. i was able the slow down and pull into the left breakdown lane. had this happened two minutes earlier or later i would not have had the left lane option. two minutes earlier there was a left lane merge and two minutes later was a ramp with no breakdown lane. i understand this problem has been reported by others with this make, model and year. apparently the plastic clips holding the hoods are failing. these cars need to be pulled off the road asap before someone gets hurt.
We had been on the road for approximately an hour and 15 minutes, traveling at a speed of approximately 55 mph, when suddenly the hood popped open and smashed into the windshield, leaving me to blindly navigate, under stress and pressure, to the right shoulder. miraculously, we were not injured physically, but suffered from shock and were quite dumbfounded over the incident. we have seen numerous accounts of this same thing happening, and would like to know why there has been no recall on the 2 hood latches that failed. *tr
The hood flew open while driving on the expressway, smashing the windshield. i had to move over 3 lanes in heavy speeding traffic to the shoulder. i had my standard poodle in the back seat. trying to stay calm to get over onto the shoulder. another driver stopped to see if was alright. *tr
While driving at night on a county road at approximately 50 mph, the hood latch disengaged causing the hood to flip over backward against the windshield. the hood was opened the day prior, however the vehicle was operated multiple times without incident prior to the actual latch releasing. the safety latch did not catch when the main latch released, causing significant damage to the windshield and hood, as well as damaging the roof and vehicle interior. *tr
Driving on the highway at 55mph, the hood few open and smashed the windshield and dented the hood. we put washer fluid in it the day before and drove it for hours without any problem. we have had many problems with this in the past and have replaced it once already. *tr