When i pull the latch to pop my hood, nothing happens. how can i get my hood open?

Sounds like your hood latch is worn out. When this happens the hood cable gets stretched out and will prevent the hood from opening. The best thing to do is where you pull the leaver to open the hood , disconnect the cable from the latch you pull and use a pair of pliers to pull it and it should pop right open.

If you are pulling on the hood release inside the car and can't get the hood to open so you can get at the primary latch, the release cable is stretched. I had a car with this problem once. I got it open by reaching for the cable from under the bumper with a heavy-duty needlenose pliers and pulling it the rest of the way after jamming the release handle all the way to the release position inside the car. Once I got the hood open, I cut a strip of metal from the lid of a food can and crimped it around the cable next to the hood latch to take up the slack. I never had any trouble with it after that.

OK, if the cable is the part that broke AND it broke at the handle, then you can use a pliers or vise grip to grab the end and pull on it to pop the hood, if it broke somewhere inside the cable, then you will need some needle nosed pliers to reach under the hood and grab it there. if it broke off at the hood latch itself, then you will need to get/ make a hook or pushing rod to engage the mechanism directly to release the latch and then replace the cable the latch looks like this:

Don't pull up on the front, but press down hard, while someone pulls on the handle.

Try whacking it some more there, too, while latch is being pulled. Another place to hit is at rear of hood on driver's side.
If it still won't open, you may have to get your hand on the hood latch to move the lever that the handle cable attaches to. The lever would have to move towards the driver's side to pop the latch. Sometimes a long screwdriver poked up from underneath may reach the latch. Or you may be able to get your hand in past the grill, or remove the grill to get your hand to the latch.
When you do get it open, put a few drops of oil on the latch mechanism, and see if any adjustments can be made to open it easier either on the hood itself, or the latch mechanism. Just about all cars have a way to adjust the latch.
Good luck.

Might just be stuck. Have someone pull the release as you FIRMLY pound on the front of the hood in the middle with your fist (NOT A HAMMER ! ! ! !).

If that works and it opens, get some WD40 and spray the latch and cable, lever, etc... and then work the release lever before closing it again. If the cable has broken....... it is very difficult to release without some automotive knowledge. I'm betting it is just stuck...


Good Luck.

have someone pull the latch while you press down , then lift on the hood.

You can pop out the intake plastic grid and access the hood lock mechanism from there

pull latch go out to hood using fist hit hood centerline at front hard but not hard enough to dent hood usually pops up if not or latch cable is broken either remove grill or reach up behind grill and with wire or hook tool pull latch release

Sometimes it appears nothing happens but after pulling the hood get out and try reaching under the hood for the latch. However if nothing at all happened you need someone to press down lightly on the hood as you pull the cord.

Also helps to clean and oil the latching mechanism. On my Blazer (01) you'd pull the handle by the brake all the way back, hear a slight click up under the hood and nothing happened. Pound on the hood above the latch a few times and it'd pop open. I cleaned and oiled it... works fine now