The hood catch on your 2007 Dodge Ram Motor lorry is not an overly complicated mechanism in its workings and construction. The hood latch on your Ram is comprised of two above pieces. The top quantity is affixed to the underside of your hood and has a lever and spring which moves when you push up on it, freeing the locking arm. There is besides a hook on the backside that the locking arm clips onto. Provided the lever gives you problems, one of these two pieces Testament obtain to be constant.
Instructions
1. Pull the hood Proceeds lever on the inside of your Dodge Ram.
2. Visually see the hood hook as you regulate it. Push up on the out hood latch. If the locking arm does not clear the bottom latch, this means the spring has come loose. If this is the case, stick your screwdriver through your Ram's grille and wedge the locking arm to the right manually and then lift your hood. If the bottom latch, however, is very secure, there is a chance the top latch may be loose. Proceed to the next step, if this is the case.4.
3. Examine the bottom latch. It is not uncommon for the bottom latch the either get bent or slightly misaligned if the latch becomes loose and shifts too far to either the right or left. Lower the hood slowly, holding it as you do, and look to see where the bottom of the control arm rests when the hood comes down. If it does not fall in the center this means the bottom latch has shifted. Loosen the screws holding the latch in place and nudge the latch over so that the upper locking arm is aligned with the center. Once it is aligned, tighten the screws back into place with your screwdriver. Stretch the spring with your needle-nose pliers and insert the end through the small hole to your right and then bend the end of the spring down to lock it in place. If the hood opens when you push up on the lever, though, the problem is not the spring. Continue to the next step.
Manually try to move the top latch with your hand. If there is some play in it, then tighten the two screws. If both the top and bottom latches seem firmly secure, then move to the next step.
5. Inspect the metal U-shaped rod on the bottom latch. Specifically look to see if it is bent. If it is, use a mallet and the end of your screwdriver to knock it back into shape.
6. Spray both latches with a liquid lubricant, such as WD-40.
