MxRacer965
Member
Hello Everyone,
Used to use another forum when I was daily driving my 2011 WK2 Summit; wife just got a '21 WL Summit. Noticed that forum has next to zero in the community with the WL so here I am with my first post!
Popped the hood on her vehicle for the first time a few days ago, and found I had to whip the hood down HARD from a full open position to get to to close and stay closed. If I closed it by giving just a little help from 8-12" high like I generally do with literally every other vehicle I've even opened a hood on, it is only held by the safely latch. I think I even accidentally put some finger "dents" on the hood trying to gently close it (going in for PDR, you can't tell unless you know to look...and I do...) when it was held only by the safety latch actually. Finally got to where I opened the hood the entire way and whipped it closed HARD and it latched. I mentioned this on a FB group and everyone says "mine does that too, it's normal". Was at a car show over the weekend and closed the hood on another WL and it closed "normally". Someone I think mentioned it was due to the aluminum hood, but I don't buy that. My current DD is a 2019 Expedition Max Platinum and it's all aluminum...no issues with closing that (or putting a flat spot in the aluminum like a tin can either).
Anyone else experience this? I'm inclined to check into this myself, I generally have little faith in dealer techs but figured I'd ask the community and see what advice was out there. Tried using the search feature but didn't find anything pertinent...
Thanks! Looking forward to lurking and contributing!
Used to use another forum when I was daily driving my 2011 WK2 Summit; wife just got a '21 WL Summit. Noticed that forum has next to zero in the community with the WL so here I am with my first post!
Popped the hood on her vehicle for the first time a few days ago, and found I had to whip the hood down HARD from a full open position to get to to close and stay closed. If I closed it by giving just a little help from 8-12" high like I generally do with literally every other vehicle I've even opened a hood on, it is only held by the safely latch. I think I even accidentally put some finger "dents" on the hood trying to gently close it (going in for PDR, you can't tell unless you know to look...and I do...) when it was held only by the safety latch actually. Finally got to where I opened the hood the entire way and whipped it closed HARD and it latched. I mentioned this on a FB group and everyone says "mine does that too, it's normal". Was at a car show over the weekend and closed the hood on another WL and it closed "normally". Someone I think mentioned it was due to the aluminum hood, but I don't buy that. My current DD is a 2019 Expedition Max Platinum and it's all aluminum...no issues with closing that (or putting a flat spot in the aluminum like a tin can either).
Anyone else experience this? I'm inclined to check into this myself, I generally have little faith in dealer techs but figured I'd ask the community and see what advice was out there. Tried using the search feature but didn't find anything pertinent...
Thanks! Looking forward to lurking and contributing!