Had issues getting my front hood latch to work consistently even with adjustment of post. Finally figured out my spare tire seemed to be interfering with the hood and hood latch connection due to inadequate clearance between the spare and interior surface of the hood. I even moved the spare and slanted it as best as I could in its wheel well but still had clearance issues. The clearance is even more marginalized when you put air in the spare. I removed the spare and so far the hood latch is working perfectly. I am glad to have a full spare as back-up but intend to try and find a lower profile spare that will fit and limp me home; we'll see. Not saying all the hood latch issues I'm reading about have the spare as the source cause but in my case it seems to be the issue.
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