so yeah... my bonnet

[Laura]

driving down the a34 bypass windows open, heard a clunk and wel like ermmmmmmmmmm noticed my washer jets were going up and down a bit so i pulled over...

F**KING bonnet had only come open hadnt it!!

had a look at the catch nothing wrong with it still all in good condition!!!

 

[Djw John]

at least you noticed!!

 

[Laura]

its really scary! i think bonnet pins next although i really dont want to

 

[TheJesus]

dont need pins, just get the catch modified... you're car look enough like mine as it is

 

[Jonaldinho]

WD40 and Copper Grease will become your friend.

At least it didn't pay you a visit and smash your windscreen at 60mph!

 

[DynamiqueDebz]

Bloody hell, that could have been nasty. I have heard about this with Clios before though, this is why I let my bonnet drop from about 6 inches to make sure it's well and truely shut. Of cousre this is not to say it won't vibrate open which is what I have heard they sometimes do. Nasty!

 

[Laura]

it was just the clunk that made me think oooo shite!

dont want bonnet pibs really.

jon your car looks standard so how cant mine look like yours.. its the same car

 

[TheJesus]

by not having standard wheels and not having bonnet pins

 

[Leeshez]

You did well and spot it.

 

[Laura]

by not having standard wheels and not having bonnet pins

i dont have standard wheels, its a silver ph1 172 there is only so much you can do so they are always going to look similar!:dead:

 

[DynamiqueDebz]

You did well and spot it.

Definitely agree. That's what I call being observant and being in tune with your car. So glad you and your car are alright Taylor.

 

[Laura]

cheers

its lucky as the power lead had come out of my amp so i didnt have the radio on otherwide i probably never would have heard a thing

 

[wilja]

Might be mistaken, but think this is a pretty common fault which reno should fix foc? My mum's 1.2 had same problem and they sorted it, but it was in warranty.

 

[Marky_]

Good spot mate. Lucky you wern't going faster.
Take it to the stealer, they're apparently advising all mk2 owners to get their catches checked.

 

[Ads_172]

The size of the standard Clio catch is tiny, get it modified to make it larger if it's an ongoing concern.

 

[Trevor]

You were lucky!-Just received my letter from Renault this morning about bringing it in for a free check up.