# 2017 Honda HR-V - Reluctant Hatch

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-hr-v-reluctant-hatch/194012>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** honda\
**Created:** [December 13, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-hr-v-reluctant-hatch/194012 "2023-12-13T21:05:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![LPDayton\_ohio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@LPDayton\_ohio](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LPDayton_ohio)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-hr-v-reluctant-hatch/194012/1 "2023-12-13T21:05:47Z")

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My hatch is so hard to unlatch. Sometimes, it just won’t. Not conveniet when traveling, and all your luggage it stuck in the back.

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-hr-v-reluctant-hatch/194012/2 "2023-12-14T03:17:35Z")

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> [@LPDayton\_ohio](#):
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> My hatch is so hard to unlatch. Sometimes, it just won’t. Not conveniet when traveling, and all your luggage it stuck in the back.

Have you sprayed any WD-40 into/on the latch to see if that helps??