How to Open Ford Focus MK2 Bonnet/Hood with Broken Lock and Replace Broken Unit | STEP BY STEP
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1) Remove Front Grill without Damage
2) Remove Old Stalk
3) Fit new Stalk
4) Replace Grill
(But Best to BUY NEW STALK FIRST )
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Bonnet Hood Release Lock Set Auto Set Assembled Repair Kit Latch +2 Keys for Ford Focus MK2 2004-2012 1343577 25.5cm/10.04in . The Replacement stalk I used came with two new keys, if you want to retain the ability to use your original ignition key you have to but the proper Ford replacement part which is more expensive.
After 14 years my trusty Ford Focus bonnet wouldn't open , the key tuned uselessly in the bonnet/hood lock. The wire in the stalk connecting the key unit to the the actual bonnet/hood release had corroded and broken. That's a well known problem. I looked at a dozen videos here on KZread and decided on the 'remove the grill' method. If I had to do it again I reckon I could do it in 30 minutes.
The Hood/Bonnet Lock problem is notorious for Mondeos & Focuses sometimes it is the lock which jams with grime or it is the wire in the stalk which breaks. Which ever which way Ford has now abandoned the Key Opening Bonnet/Hood lock system and gone back to the traditional inner & outer lever system.
How to Open Ford Focus Bonnet/Hood with Broken Lock and Replace Broken Unit
How do you open the bonnet on a Ford Focus with a broken lock?
The hood lock Ford Focus 2 does not open
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Go in from underneath.2 bolts on bonnet catch,No risk to grill,No cut fingers,No flaff,Job done.Iv'e done this on Focus,Mondeo & C max.
@HowToVideosAndTips
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this method which will be useful for many. I'm unfortunately not agile enough to go underneath any more :(
@billericaydickie6137
2 жыл бұрын
@@HowToVideosAndTips I'm 57,Fit & have skinny Arms 😂
Cheers mate. This video helped me loads. Well made.
Excellent tutorial thanks!!
Just had my local garage I've been using for 8/9 years ring me to say yeah the car needs to be fixed and parts taken to ford or something as bonnet won't open, it will be £470. So rang a friend of mine who fixed my cluster to solder a year ago and he said he will do it for me, said it costs around £30 for the part so I will send him that link as mine is a MK2 ford focus 2007. So basically the garage is trying to rip me off it seems...
Thank you very much!
Just had to watch my own video to fix another Broken Bonnet Lock LOL. I had the grill off quite quickly. This time the break was easier to fix as the cable was broken was at the Key-Lock End. This meant I could turn/twist the cable with a pair of grips and this open the bonnet/hood. Replace the old broken unit with the new unit takes about 15 minutes (2 bolts to undo)
@jamiederham3874
2 жыл бұрын
Do you have to put a lock back in it.just thought mite be able to use flat head skew driver to open it
@RadialSailer1
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamiederham3874 you can leave it without the lock/ flexible cable and use a long screw driver in the + head of the bonet catch
Thank you for information, do you know the size of the clips that holds the grill ?
So how do you do this without being able to get the bonnet open in the first place?
@HowToVideosAndTips
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Katie keep watching the video!
What a ham fisted nightmare
Arnold Clarke UK quoted me £600 to do this job today. I declined . She said it was £149 for the part and the remainder was for 2 hours labour
@HowToVideosAndTips
3 жыл бұрын
Wow thats stiff I guess that's the official Ford spare part with markup and I guess you'll get to keep the same key. If you don't want to do your self try a smaller garage
@MrSmid888
3 жыл бұрын
@@HowToVideosAndTips that’s exactly it.
@HowToVideosAndTips
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I paid £29.92 on Amazon for a non-Ford Replacement and did the job in under an hour and I'm not a professional mechanic just a DIYer
@MrSmid888
3 жыл бұрын
@@HowToVideosAndTips I said to the lady on the phone that when he did the diagnosis he got the bonnet open by removing the 10mm bolts from underneath, they film it an email you it, she said ‘they have to strip it to do the job’ I says he’s already stripped it today and that cost only £58, now when you want to simply replace the old it’s gone up £400 plus the part (from Ford no doubt) I says guys on the internet do it fast she said ‘we don’t do the internet we have to do it properly’ I said it is done properly, I just said no thanks absolute scandal and hung up. I’ve got the parts my uncle is gonna do it today. I’m gonna email Arnold Clark for an explanation, they can’t possibly be on £200 per hour 🤯🤯🤯🤯 Got it fixed today for £20 and I paid £42 for both parts Amazon.
@HowToVideosAndTips
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrSmid888 Well done
They dont make anything easy. Bad designers.
@HowToVideosAndTips
3 жыл бұрын
Mine lasted 14 years but broke one morning with no warning and then of course you're really stuck if for example you need to charge the battery
Worst car ever
@HowToVideosAndTips
3 жыл бұрын
I always wonder if Ford are so confident of our loyalty to the brand they just don't quite bother with quality control. Mine is now 14 years old my most expensive repair was the dashboard electronics and now I have a leak in the power steering which I'm told is a nasty expensive job
What a shitty design...
worst invention ever
Horrible camera work, like being on a sinking ship
@HowToVideosAndTips
2 жыл бұрын
a camera man would be very useful but I'm learning all the time. I now use a phone stalk where possible!