Floppy Hood Fix

[Cropgun]

Love my truck but when I pass a semi or something else large head on the hood looks like its about to fly off. I realize its aluminum and is lighter and its not going to actually go anywhere, but it gives me a cheap feeling. Apparently this isn't just a superduty problem either. A friend bought a new Expedition and it does the same thing.

Anybody found a fix to this?

 

[Bill]

You could pin it?


Otherwise you may be able to add some cross bracing but it seems like an awful lot of work to get a clean result for an issue that really isn’t.

 

[Tremor76]

Both my Raptor and Shelby’s hoods flap like an old hooker...it’s a Ford thing

 

[TomcatF14]

Interesting you mention the hood wobble. I noticed it about a week after we picked it up. Difference in aluminum. My 2011 F150 didn’t do it.

On a similar note about a month into ownership I had the OEM hood deflector put on by my dealership. Few days later I was driving about 70mph with a 30 kt headwind. I was passing a car and the hood came unlatched. Safety latch caught it but scared the crap out of me. Talk about wobbling. Never had a hood come unlatched. My guess is the latch hadn’t fully engaged. Needless to say I check it periodically.

 

[Apparition]

Interesting you mention the hood wobble. I noticed it about a week after we picked it up. Difference in aluminum. My 2011 F150 didn’t do it.

On a similar note about a month into ownership I had the OEM hood deflector put on by my dealership. Few days later I was driving about 70mph with a 30 kt headwind. I was passing a car and the hood came unlatched. Safety latch caught it but scared the crap out of me. Talk about wobbling. Never had a hood come unlatched. My guess is the latch hadn’t fully engaged. Needless to say I check it periodically.

Your 2011 F150 had an aluminum hood.

 

[TomcatF14]

Your 2011 F150 had an aluminum hood.

Yeah that’s right. Beds and panels didn’t go aluminum until 15. Either way my 2011 didn’t move like this. Along with a vision of the hood wrapping over the roof.

 

[Nyvall]

Has there been any updates on this?

 

[Skibum1681]

My 2017 was real bad. My current 2021 still does it but not as bad as the 17'. Makes you squint a little when you first see it happening.