The secondary bonnet catch is useless in this situation as the actual
bolting mechanism has come off.

"D Walford" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
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>> The most important issue for me and my family is, why did this
>> accident happen? Furthermore, what will stop it happening again?
>>
>
> There is supposed to a secondary bonnet catch so if the first catch fails
> then the bonnet is still prevented from coming open.
> My question would be is why did the second catch fail?
> Bolts vibrating loose on a 4WD used on rough roads is not uncommon and to
> a certain extent is to be expected, such things should be checked at
> service time and should also be noticed by the owner/driver when doing
> regular under bonnet checks as per the owners manual which of course you
> always do?
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>
> Daryl