Hood hinge gone bad - Anyone hear of this?
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Hood hinge gone bad - Anyone hear of this?
I have an 04 coupe. I got my brakes redone monday. One of the idiots somehow loosened brake line and when he test drove the car, the obvious happened. He got it back in the shop safely and popped the hood. A few minutes later, he calls me into the work area. The hood was all F'd up. Up by the window where the hood hinges are, the hood actually pressed back into the surrounding fender and chipped the paint off both the corner of the hood and the corner of the fender where they meet.
At first I was pissed at the guy, but then I remembered that a few weeks earlier, I had checked the oil and noticed that the driver's side hinge sounded and felt weird when opened. So I realized that there was something going on with it before ******** opened it.
I then took it to a local bodyshop that I somewhat trust. The owner came out and said that hood hinge failure was pretty common with Nissan cars. He called up another of his shops that is actually inside a Nissan/Infinity dealer and confirmed it. The other guy said that it is covered by the manufacturer. I called my dealer and have an appointment this monday to have them look at it.
A couple of things:
1) Anyone hear of this?
2) Why would hood hinges go bad on a $35k car? WTF?
3) Any suggestions for dealing with stealership?
4) BTW, I am at 58k miles, so I'm out of warranty. In my opinion, that shouldn't matter if the parts are defective.
At first I was pissed at the guy, but then I remembered that a few weeks earlier, I had checked the oil and noticed that the driver's side hinge sounded and felt weird when opened. So I realized that there was something going on with it before ******** opened it.
I then took it to a local bodyshop that I somewhat trust. The owner came out and said that hood hinge failure was pretty common with Nissan cars. He called up another of his shops that is actually inside a Nissan/Infinity dealer and confirmed it. The other guy said that it is covered by the manufacturer. I called my dealer and have an appointment this monday to have them look at it.
A couple of things:
1) Anyone hear of this?
2) Why would hood hinges go bad on a $35k car? WTF?
3) Any suggestions for dealing with stealership?
4) BTW, I am at 58k miles, so I'm out of warranty. In my opinion, that shouldn't matter if the parts are defective.
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I used to have a bad habit of leaving tools on my windshield and radiator suport until one day I did it and I went for a drive and my hood flew open. Luckily the hood didn't go all the way up but I bent my hinges a little bit. Take it by there and just ask could someone look at it. They shouldn't charge just to take a peak.
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I think that is what is going on here. I just didn't know it because I never expected such a problem to exist. On all of the "cheap" cars I have ever owned, I never had a problem. My problem now is that the paint is also chipped at the fender and hood. I am severely doubting that Infiniti is just going to say it is a defect and they will take care of it. That leaves me with a pretty expensive repair unless I just do a crappy touch-up. Uuugh.
Thanks for the response.
Thanks for the response.
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Cassman, I had the same type of problem. A mechanic friend of mine was changing the oil and couldn't believe how stiff the hood hinges were. We oiled them and they freed up, but it kind of freaked me, because the car isn't that old and with an alluminum hood, it felt like the hood would bend before the hinges would move. I live in the Northeast where the weather is more harsh on moving parts, so I keep checking the hinges every so often and oil them. Good luck with the dealer.
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Update: I brought the car in today and the service guy told me that it is probably covered under warranty. They have seen a few G35's with the hood hinge failure. Unfortunately, I'll have to get a repaint of the hood and one, if not both, front fenders. Good because of numerous rock chips, bad because it will be a repaint. I'm expecting a call today with verification of warranty coverage.
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I noticed the same thing on my 04, I was showing the car to a buddy of mine who used to have an 04 6mt and when he popped the hood it hit both fenders and pulled them up. I took the car back to Carmax since it was covered under their 30 day warranty and they said they tightened it down, I lifted the hood and seems fine now. Good to know that Im not the only one with this issue, I thought that the car might have been wrecked but not reported for a second. Let us know if the dealer fixes it under warranty for sure.
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