we use a 3 foot long slotted screwdriver under car behind grill and fish for lever the cable will lead you to aprox spot lever must be pulled towards hood cable on hood latch. car ramps are a big help
Have someone pull the hood release lever at the same time open the hood using a flat tip screwdriver
To open the hood on the 2000 Beetle if the hood release lever is broken inside the car, you can remove the glove compartment of the vehicle and find the release cable inside the dashboard. Pull the cable to open the hood. You will then need to replace the hood release lever.?æ
The hood release is inside. Once you have pulled the release the hood opens backwards.
you might be able to get under the car somehow and flip the hood release from the inside.
Sure, the hood release is not electrical it is mechanical. Just open the door with your key and pull the hood release.
The inside hood release is in the lower dash near the steering wheel column and the auxilary hood release is under the front edge of the hood at the center
This can be rather tuff........you must grab the hood release cable from the underside of the vehicle. Sometimes, you can trip open the hood latch with a long screwdriver, if you know where to do it.
Pull the hood release inside the vehicle, go to the front of the hood and depress the latch in the center of the hood.
Opening the hood on a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am is very easy to do. The hood is opened by pulling on the hood release latch inside the car on the drivers side. After the latch is pulled the hood will release. The hood is then opened by pulling the second release under the hood.
Hi, You should find the hood release inside the glove compartment on the right top. Steve H.
Pull the hood release handle inside the vehicle.
A socket Wrench with an extention. There are 3 bolts you can reach, through the grill. Remove the bolts and the latch will release from the body and lift with the hood. The rest is easy!!!! RL