The wire that runs from the inside of the car to under the hood broke under the hood and the hood is closed cant get to the hood latch to open it
You might have to take out the grill to get at the latch, or cut back the plastic part of the cable and use a pair of vise grips to pull the wire to open the hood.
SOURCE: My hood latch won't latch when I close the hood. 1997 Ford Exped
Hrmm. Have you taken the whole latch assembly off ? If not there is a black cover over the assembly which has about 6 screws on it that is also connected to th fan shroud, then after that it's only 2 bolts to undo I believe they are 5/8ths socket, dont quote me. My 97 just had the same problem I popped the hood one day and then it didnt close again. So after taking the assembly out there are 2 springs one that is for after the hood is popped to just open it up that is a big spring about 2 1/2 inches or so. Theres another one at the bottom though that actually keeps the hood latched down on my truck it was rusted and snapped in half. I went to the ford dealer said I had to buy a whole new assembly 25$ plus 2 days wait, I went to home depot in the hardware section found a pack of springs that contain (2) 2 1/2" inch springs and (2) 1 1/2" for 4 dollars used the small one to replace it now I have back up for both. Hopefully this is your problem cause it's cheap and easy to fix just open it up. Let me know if this is it.
SOURCE: the hood of the car
The solution clearly is to replace the release cable. Simple but unpleasant to do.
SOURCE: 97 ford taurus hood latch broken how can i get it
strip down the plastic coating and grab some pliers or vice grips and pull it then replace your line and handle
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