By removing the latch under the dash you can install a pair of vice grips on the cable and then pull the hood open
Broke the cable or broke the latch? If it's just the cable, sometimes you can sneak a long needle nose pliers in and pull the cable by hand. Otherwise, the only way to get in is to remove the grille, and that may damage it. Sorry. no other way
SOURCE: 95 plymouth voyager hood release broke
get a pair of vice grips and use them to get a hold of what remains of the release cable and pull,,,after success,,,get a new cable installed.
SOURCE: Can't open hood on 2003 VW Passat
difficult one this,no easy answer have to get below the catch to release it,sometimes a long screwdriver will get in to push lever back othertimes get arm up to yank cable
SOURCE: Hood Won't Open, and Lever Broke
Hi viper852004 , the only way you can do this is to remove the front grills and then you will be able to see the 2 sprung bonnet pegs, you will need to loosen the adjusting nut where it screws into the hood and unscrew it until it becomes unattatched from the hood, do this for both pegs and then you should be able to release the hood to fix the problem. the pegs will need to be reinstalled before driving the car as the hood will not close, hope this is of some help, regards mark.
SOURCE: can't open hood
if you can still get to the little steel cable, a extremely tight pair of vise grips and a moderate amount of force will do the trick.
SOURCE: Broken hood latch on a 03 Volks Wagon Passat
use a long flat tip screw driver and a small hammer. have someone pull up on the hood after you pop it from the inside, then while they are holding the hood up use the screw driver and shove the hook that is above the latch bar. when you hit it you will be hitting it to the right
It may be that your hood release cable that runs from the hood release is broken. You'r going to have to try and manually release the hood latch by tripping the release through the grill with something like a long screwdriver. You should be able to identify the latch trigger by following the cable to end.
You might also try having push down on the hood while another person tries to trip the latch if the cable isn't broken, but just stuck.
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