Mercedes 300 cd 1982 hood cable

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You would have to find a way to get a hold of the broken cable and pull it with a pliers or something similar.

i have the same problem on my Merc C200k coupe 2002 i have been told you have to go through the grill but i cant work out how to get the gill off with out opening the bonnet lol

the only other way to open the hood is to go through the front grill (not easy) by removing it or try lying under the front of the car and reach up with a long screwdriver or pry bar and try to trip the latch where the broken cable is-the best and fastest way to fix this though is to get the car to a good body shop.

PLEASE HELP ME WHEN MOVING IN MOTION WITH MY E500 2004 MERCEDES THE HOOD IS TIGHTLY CLOSED BUT MY LIGHT INDICATOR SHOWS MY HOOD IS STILL UP IN RED,PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

Did it pop your hood at all? If so there is a hood release in the MB emblem on front toopen rest of the way. If not cable may be broken.

against the driver side firewall under the hood hope this helps

There is a release cable that is attatched to the red releas handle on the drivers under dash panel. You can grab that cable with needle nose pliers to release the hood to the first detent if the handle or cable is broken. There is a secondary release mechanism(called a hood tongue) which routes through the grille where the rectangular slot is once the hood is popped up with the release handle.you can grab the rest of the broken hood tongue with needle nose pliers and pull it out to completly release the hood from the saftey catch. If it is completely broken you can take a long screw driver and push the saftey catch( i beleive to the right) and the hood should be able to open all the way up. Both the hood tongue and the cable(securing portion at release handle) are common failures and break over the years.if it is at the release handle you are having a problem-get a #2 phillips screw driver and remove the release handle to gain access to the loose cable. I hope I have been helpful

crawl under the front of your car and by sight or feel find the broken cable and pull on it to open your hood.also it the cable is too short feel if you can find the lever from under the car to release to hood.

Look at the little opening just to the left and down a little from the Mercedes emblem on the grille.  There used to be a latch there.  If the latch is missing, you can run a wire through the opening and attach to the hood release mechanism so that you can pull it to open the hood (that is of course after you pull the hood release which is located under the dash on driver side left.