A big hunk of it is the soft engine mounts. Open the hood up and give it a shove and you can see the whole thing rock. There's an aftermarket engine mount you can get that reduces that rocking, if it's that much of a concern.
A previous poster mentioned that the cable popped lose at the latch lever on their's. After acquiring a service manual and looking it up, you can get to it this way:
1: Remove the trim that has the Built Ford Tough logo on it on the driver's side and the one below it.
2: There's a clip on the...
So I got a second person to wiggle the hood open while I was pulling the latch and it opened up. After removing the struts, it opens and closes without issues.
I think the struts on some trucks put a little too much pressure on the hood since I didn't change my hood alignment.
Running into the same issue, myself. I had checked the release itself in the cab and nothing seems to have come loose there.
Installed struts, made sure the hood opened a few times and called it a day. A few days later, I go to check the oil level and the first pop opens just fine but then no...