How to Replace Hood Latch 2014-19 Toyota Tundra
Created on: 2018-03-26
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken or loose hood latch on 14 Toyota Tundra
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step 1 :Removing the Grille
- Remove the four 10mm bolts from the grille
- Pry up the push clips from the grille
- Lift the grille up off the grommets
- Press the tab behind and at the bottom of the grille
- Remove the grille
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step 2 :Removing the Hood Latch
- Disconnect the wiring harness
- Pry off the button on the hood latch
- Remove the three 12mm bolts from the latch
- Remove the hood latch
- Remove the cable from the hood latch
- Unclip the wiring harness
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step 3 :Installing the Hood Latch
- Clip in the wiring harness
- Connect the cable to the hood latch
- Line the hood latch up
- Tighten the three 12mm bolts to the latch
- Press the button on to the latch
- Connect the wiring harness
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step 4 :Installing the Grille
- Press the grille into the clips to secure it
- Press the push clips in
- Tighten the four 10mm bolts to the grille
Tools needed
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12mm Socket
Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Rust Penetrant
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Needle nose pliers
Trim Tool Set
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Release the hood from the inside, and then we'll reach under here. Push the lever up for the safety catch, and then lift the hood up. It has struts. There’s no hood prop rod. To remove the grille, there are four 10mm bolts along the top. They do have a Phillips head cut out in them, but I'm going to use a 10mm socket extension and ratchet to remove them. Once those are removed, there are two push clips on either side on the top. Use a small flat bladed screw driver to pry up that clip and if these are loose enough once they're popped up they'll come right out. Do the same for both sides.
To remove the grille it actually sits over these white grommets, so it's not going to want to move this way. So you're going to have to pry it up just like that. Then you pull it down away from the truck. I'm just going to reach in behind. There's a tab holding the lower part of the grille in and you have to, it's kind of like a tab you can push on it, push down. I'm going to push down. It should pull out like that. You’re basically just pushing it down to get unlocked off this little ridge and at the same time it's pulling out of this pin down here.
So I'm going to just kind of—I need to go do the other side. Do the same thing on the passenger side. It's pushed out. Pull it out of the lower pin. Lift the grille up an out. We'll put that aside.
To remove the hood latch, you'll push in on the lock here. If it's too hard to push in you can use a flat bladed screwdriver. Push it in and pry it out a little bit. Put that aside. There's three bolts holding it on. There's one here, one on the other side, and then one hidden behind this plastic cover. Small flat bladed screwdriver, just pry it out. Put that aside.
The latch is held in with three 10 millimeter bolt. Use a 10 millimeter socket ratchet extension, loosen the middle one, spray a little Rust penetrant on here. It's kind of rusty. I don't want the bolt to break. And then go in with it, work some of the Rust penetrant into the treads. That's better. Pull the latch up and out. Pull the boating cable out. Push it out with my fingers. And then you need to maneuver the lock, maneuver the little ball out of here. And then this is connected in here. Push the tabs in and push it out with my fingers. There's our hood latch assembly.
To reinstall the hood latch, you can actually see the marks here in the paint where it was originally adjusted. It was adjusted properly, so I'm just going to line it up with the original outlines. If you need to adjust it, there is some adjustability. That hole is slotted there. There's a bit of space in this hole so you can adjust it as needed. But ours was working great, so we're going to leave it as is.
Take the hood cable and slide it in here to lock it. And then push it down and lock it in place just like that. And we'll maneuver it around. I'm going to start with the bottom one and get it lined up. Not going to over tighten it. I'm just going to get it so it's fairly loose but will stay in place.
To reinstall it, we'll line it up where the original was. There's a little tab in the sheet metal so it doesn't turn.
Get the bolt started and then tighten it up. If it's snug I'll stop and then plug the electrical connector back in.
To reinstall the grille, there are three push clips on the bottom that will push into this metal bumper support. There's a lower locking tab. This one's really stiff. You can't get to it when you remove it.
This is the upper lever push to release, so this will go into here. This will go into here. Same for both sides. We get the bottom one lined up first, and then line up the top. The same for this side. I'm going to push them in, in the bottom. Click into place and push the top up over the right grommets. Put the push clips back in. Reinstall all the soft tap in bolts. Just going to pass the grommets. You don't have to over tighten them. Feeling it tight to stop. Do the same for all four.
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