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      02-09-2015, 10:25 AM   #1
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Anyone ever had an "open hood" dash icon?

Sent the wife off to work this morning with an intermittent open hood dash icon lit. Just wondering what might be a likely cause of this and if anyone else has experienced it?
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I haven't seen that icon but within a couple months of getting my '09 last year, I noticed the hood gap was a little wider than when I first bought it. I actually noticed the hood was "rising" up a bit at speed.

There are rubber bumpers just inside and above the front grill. You can spin these to raise/lower the hood's level for closing. Make sure you don't have excess gap. Again, this didn't trigger the hood icon but I might.

Also, may need a new sensor: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=576692
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      02-09-2015, 03:46 PM   #3
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Dumb question, but was the hood opened recently? If so, maybe just open again and drop it from ~1 foot to make sure it closes

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      02-09-2015, 04:38 PM   #4
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I opened and closed the hood before she left just to be sure it was seated properly and she tells me it didn't come on again during her commute, so it was probably just one of those electronic "anomalies".
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