Toyota 53630-AA030 Cable Assy, Hood Lock Control

For all Avalon cars, first remove the radiator mask. Then draw a line around the latch to guide alignment during re-installation. If your model has a plastic cover over the latch, you must take that off too. Use a socket wrench to stop the bolts that hold the hood latch to the radiator support. Open the latch by removing the hood cable hook that holds it in place. During installation, you must fine-tune the latch so the hood shuts tightly and make sure the bumpers on the hood press together slightly. Get the vehicle up, put jackstands under it for good support, and take off the front wheel. Take off the lower cover on the fender below and also the inner fender liner. Pull the hood cable loose from its latch assembly connection. Tie one end of a thin strand of wire to the cable, and remove all other clips keeping the cable at the fender and firewall. Open the driver's side door sill cover and kick panel, take off the driver's knee bolster panel, and disconnect the cable end from its release lever handle. Run the new cable and grommet toward the passenger area while holding on to the connecting line you put between the old and new cables, just make sure the new cable already has a grommet installed. After connecting the new cable to the piece of wire or string, push both back into the compartment until they end at the latch assembly location. Push the fresh cable into the hood cable grip, making sure the wire housing fits well into the lug on the handle frame. You put the grommet back into place by pushing from inside the car with your fingers.

Start with Solara models by marking a line around the latch to guide your installation, then take out the plastic cover covering the latch if present, held in place with plastic pins. Once you've removed the screws holding the hood latch to the radiator support, loosen the bolts to move the latch both up and down. Also remove the plastic cover underneath for full access. You need to take out the latch, remembering to first remove three screws and the radiator grille if your Solara. Unplug the hood cable by taking it off the latch holder and pulling out the cable base from the latch assembly. We reattach the latch last, making sure it clicks into place firmly and the hood bumpers shift a hair. To access the cable, disconnect it from the latch assembly. Now take a piece of wire or string and attach it to the cable's free end. Unclip every remaining retaining clip holding the cable onto the radiator support. Begin by taking off the plastic inner fender well below the car. In the driver's space, uncouple the driver's door sash cover, foot panel, and knee boost panel, which includes the hood cable lever. Grab both cover and grommet at the back of the car, keep moving them forward until you can see the wire through the opening, verify that the new wire has a matching grommet, and loop the string from the old grommet's end onto the new one. Pull the new cable and wire or string through the firewall opening by hand until you reach the latch assembly. Reinsert the new cable into the hood cable lever in your passenger compartment. Make sure the cable housing fits properly into its notch on the handle bracket. Place the cable back in by unlatching it from the passenger side, then press the rubber grommet down from the cabin to line it up correctly in the firewall hole.