AlanW

Anyone notice their hood flexing at high speeds, like 80mph & up?
First time I noticed it, I stopped & got out to make sure it was latched. It is fully & firmly in place when closed, no movement, it is sitting on the little stops under the edges, and all the insulation under the hood looks great, no sign of damage. The hood as a unit is not moving, it is the top sheet metal flexing, I notice it about the middle of the hood on both sides. Mine really gets going past 90mph.

justnspace

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time for hood pins!!!!!

shmobby

Why you drivin so fast.

the bigger the hood, and the faster you're going, the more the hood will lift. above the hood is a HUGE low pressure zone acting on a lot of surface area.

mrgold35

I have 11 MDX and I haven't notice any hood flexing even with headwinds of 10-20 mph sometimes. The speed limit is 75 mph and I sometimes get up to 90 mph if I need to pass in a hurry. I had to adjust my rubber hood stops for my 06 TSX because it was bouncing a little bit at hwy speeds. I don't know if the MDX have the same type of adjustment available?

Anything missing or loose under the hood like the plastic shroud around the radiator or under the MDX?

thoiboi

Get some video of it with a go pro or something

Carpayment4life

I can see it now...a dude video taping his hood flex at 90 mph, with one hand on the wheel, looking thru the view finder, and leaning over to catch the correct angle.

AlanW

Why not do it? Yesterday evening I saw about a 16 year old girl with 3 friends in her BMW convertible taking a selfie of her & her friends-while she was driving. She was trying to find just that right angle where all of them were in the picture....I just moved over a lane.

I will see if my wife can shoot a phone video from inside the vehicle of the hood flex, but windshield glare usually messes it up.

thoiboi

If only they made mounts of sorts for such applications..



Also OP

csmeance

few of the early MDX had that issue with production as there wasn't enough glue/sealant applied to the underside of the hood. There was a TSB for it