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Originally posted by newcastle3:
I have had this squeek for about 12000 miles and has been driving me nuts. I found a thread on here that said they hit the hood striker with a hammer towards the drivers side. I decided to try it, after hitting the striker and thinking that it didn't move, it has fixed the noise. So I say why not try one hit with a hammer and a rag it might work for you guys.
from the "Official Workplace Dictionary"

I think that qualifies as a:

13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

..............close enough!