Message says "hood not latched" but it is??

 

hood - being convertible top - make sure if the top is down that the latch at top of windshield has dropped back into the opening. If top is up - cycle through and make sure it completely latches

 

Just checked if the hood (covers engine compartment) is open it says "Hood Open". Boy that's confusing isn't it? So, Hood Open and Hood not Latched are 2 completely different things!

John

 

Hood open and hood not latched are the roof. If the engine cover is not latch or open the message will be BONNET OPEN. The trunk will give you BOOT OPEN

 

You can change the language to US English if you want. Heck you can change to any one of several languages. I like the 'squiggly' Japanese myself. It really confuses people.

bob

 

I ran into the same problem a few weeks ago.. mine was in reference to the convertible top. I was trying to figure out how to raise the top again with the error code and I was going crazy trying to figure it out..

Turns out it was the switch/sensor just above the rear view mirror where the hook pops out to grab the 'top'. Anyway there's a lever in there.. maybe moisture or something got in there but I used a pen and pushed it up and down a few times and it's been working fine since. I think car washes/freezing temps might allow water in there..

(hope that helps.. now if you're talking about the engine 'hood' as us Americans say.. well yeah not sure about that..)

 

Vern you must have UK English selected. Not sure if you were trying to correct me or not. No worries I didn't take it wrong. For sure it says hood open with mine so I figured the word latched is used when they mean the roof, but then I'm not tempting fate to see what mine would say if I stop the roof just b4 latching.

John

 

On my USA XK8 the "Hood" is the engine cover and there is a switch under the passenger side latch that works the warning light. The hood worked fine on mine but the switch was bad.