The recent cold weather, and a stiff cable release, conspired to cause the secondary release handle to break.
It is a pretty flimsy bit of plastic I have to say.
A trawl of ebay came up with a complete new catch assembly, and the new plastic handle and cable.
It wasn't too much of a fiddle to replace, and the bonnet now open very smoothly
C5 X7 bonnet catch
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Re: C5 X7 bonnet catch
I’ve just done mine, the cable seized and the plastic snapped!
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Re: C5 X7 bonnet catch
That was pretty much what happened to me! The metal bonnet catch itself was pretty manky, so for a mere 14 quid I thought it well worth replacing at the same time
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Re: C5 X7 bonnet catch
Lucky I forgot to check on the bay and ordered mine from Citroen or I might of pipped you to that one!!
It went on the MOT morning somIndisnt have time to search for one. Turns out it failed on a leaky strut anyway! Going in on Monday for that.
It went on the MOT morning somIndisnt have time to search for one. Turns out it failed on a leaky strut anyway! Going in on Monday for that.
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