Cutman

I think it REALLY affects those who remove the air dam under the bumper. With that gone, it forces more air into the engine compartment.

anviljk

My 2015 stock jkur did it after about 3000 miles. Happened going about 60mph, windy, going over a bridge with wind gusts. Installed the daystar hood wranglers that day and removed the factory wind damn. So far no flutter. Even going 70mph with pretty big wind gusts never had a problem. I would say its not about them wearing out its more about what conditions you drive in. If you drive all city your probably not going to experience any hood flutter compared to someone who drives highway.

Appauldd

Hard Rock version hood does not flutter if you trim out the hood vents.

Mine fluttered bad until I took about 15 mins with a dremel thinking I would let more heat out of the engine bay. Looks like the bonus was no more hood flutter.

kidzey

Where exactly did you trim? Mind sharing a pic? Thanks

Appauldd

OK...so I lied a tiny bit. Went through a MAJOR wind storm and the hood fluttered ever so slightly. Still a vast improvement though.

kidzey

Thx I'll take a look at mine and get to work

ezav8tr

I just had a stock Hood Latch on my 2012 snap tonight while passing an oncoming semi. Scared the crap out of me. Has anyone else heard of this?

Mark Doiron

Yes, it happens on very rare occasion. I know of two instances of it--one a friend and the other years ago on this forum. The hood dance is scary enough by itself--I'd probably have to change pants if one of my latches actually snapped. As I've probably posted earlier in this thread, I just use zip-ties to hold my OEM latches on my 2007 JK. 169K miles, much of it highway and most notably two lane with oncoming semi traffic (the worst for this), and only problem I've had with that approach is having a zip-tie break. I carry a few spares and replace when I note one has broken. I also move to the far right of the lane when passing oncoming semis.

Finally, there is also an elegant solution from JeepSWAG.com: A half inch (or so) piece of square tube and a very large zip-tie. The tube is zip-tied into place to take up the gap between the top of the hood safety catch and the bottom of the radiator support that it contacts. It's that gap that a hood dance is occurring within. With the square tube in there it can't dance anymore--there's not room for upward movement of the hood. When you release the OEM latches, the hood will not pop up because that gap is now closed. You have to reach through the grill opening to push the safety catch to the side, then the hood pops up. Then you can open normally. Brett (business owner) used to give them away if you ordered something from him. Not sure that he has on his website, but you can cobble it together yourself for a buck or two.

stevejku14

I have a 2014 with about 20k miles and mine flutters pretty bad. Took a trip to Dallas the other weekend and it was dancing pretty good between 70-75. I still have stock air dam and latches etc. Thought about it flying up if one of the hood latches broke but remembered that there is also that latch underneath the hood that catches when you go to raise the hood. So it's doubtful it would fly up even if one of the outside latches did snap off for some reason.

Chefbrujo

Easiest solution is just remove latch spring. It twists out in 3 seconds. Done