Audi A4 bonnet stuck

[Guest Asch]

1996 A4 The safety catch is not allowing the bonnet to open. Any ideas? The cable is not part of the problem either. The little lever between the OO^OO is also stuck down and slightly to one side.

[UltraWomble]

Have you tried pushing the bonnet down whilst someone pulls the release catch? Failing that you may have to butcher your grille to get to the catch.

[Jmac]

Try pulling the bonnet release whilst driving slowly over a speed bump or up a kerb at a angle or one wheel thru a deep pothole , try to induce some body flex , helps the bonnet pop open . Good luck .

[Pillock]

Or if it's sitting on the catch, push the bonnet to one side (or the other, but I'd guess at towards the way the handle is facing) to flex it.

[beko1987]

Holesaw a hole to top the screenwash and oil up and never open it again?

 

Have to get the holes right first time though...

[Matty]

Google. People have found a way round this problem on most cars. Fuck knows how you remove headlights, grills etc with the bonnet shut but folk seem to manage it. Worth a try....

[Guest Asch]

Sounds like I will be on my back most of tomorrow. Thanks for the hints. It will need a big hole to get the battery in.

[Jmac]

Hi Asch . Is the bonnet popping open / up when you pull the release ? . And the safety catch stuck ? . Justin.

[Guest Asch]

It is popped, but the catch is holding it.

[Skizzer]

I had an Audi A4 bonnet stuck too, this very morning. Welded itself right to my back bumper.

 

Eventually it shifted itself, then blocked lane 1 trying to push into the queue at junction 33. Twat.

 

 

 

(Someone had to say it. The above also happens to be true, btw.)

[Skizzer]

More helpfully, have you tried shitloads of penetrating fliud?

[Guest Asch]

After a lot of jiggling up and down it finally opened. Now for the release spray. Cheers guys. Anyone want a cheap 1.9i petrol  Audi A4? Central France.

[Jmac]

Nice one , good to hear your " un - stuck " .