unlatched

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Tesla is recalling some 2021-2024 Model 3, Model S, Model X and 2020-2024 Model Y vehicles because the cars may fail to detect an unlatched hood after it has been opened.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

Tesla has issued a software update for more than 1.8 million vehicles in the US to fix a faulty notification system for unlatched bonnets, also known as hoods in the US.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Once they had brought down two more barricades, a few protesters hopped the first of two gates to the mansion and unlatched it.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

That can cause it to malfunction and stay unlatched even when the hood is closed.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

I stood frozen for a minute and I almost ran back just as fast as I had come, but the door unlatched and someone came out, hobbling bent over a stick.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff