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With all the older Cadillac's this was a very common problem... The easy way to open the hood.
1. find the hood release lever in the car...
2. on the back of the plastic release lever you will see a medal wire attached to it..
3. remove this wire from the plastic... and forget about ever using that junk again..
4. Get a pair of vice grips and attach them to the tip on the end on the wire you just removed..
5. now all you have todo is just gently yank on that wire a few times and the hood should open... if it doesn't have a friend pull up and down on the hood while you keep yanking on the wire...
6. This will fix your problem... now that you're under the hood make sure you clean and lube up all the parts going to the hood locking assembly so it will work easier from this point on....
7. or pay a mechanic 300 bucks to put in a new hood cable..
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