[E90FOUR]

As future reference for fellow owners, I just wanted to post a recent experience on my hood latch getting stuck because I found no reference to the F22 specifically.

I went to pop the hood on my 2015 M235 and only the driver's side popped. Played with it for a while and couldn't get anything to happen. Looking online, I saw a lot of videos for the E90 and F30, with solutions involving the removal of the fender splash guard. E90 has access on the driver-side and F30 has access on the passenger-side, so I figured it might be passenger side. After pulling the guard, I found that although you can see the cable buried there's no way to access it. Next, I pulled the driver's side and although I was able to access the cable up under the hood, pulling it - even very hard - did nothing.

After trying for an extended period of time, I went back to the forums and found a simple suggestion for a 6-series: lightly push down the hood and have a second person attempt to pull the handle in the interior: BINGO.

Once the hood was popped, I used grease on both latches and all works great now. Seems simple, but my preliminary search missed this method and it worked first try. If I can save another 2-series owner an hour or two if they face a similar issue, awesome!

[mecheng77]

There is a junction point where the one cable ‘turns’ into 2 cables, it’s a small black box

Open it up and it gives you access to spray silicone lube down the cables. Then put a light grease where the cables slide which will last long

[skidplate]

Originally Posted by mecheng77

There is a junction point where the one cable ‘turns’ into 2 cables, it’s a small black box

Open it up and it gives you access to spray silicone lube down the cables. Then put a light grease where the cables slide which will last long

Interesting, where is this junction box?

[mecheng77]

Originally Posted by skidplate

Interesting, where is this junction box?

On the side of the hood follow the cable