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If you've tried the old fashioned way and nothing happens, try this before you take your grille, bumper or fenders off to access the cable:
On the interior where hood release handle is, remove the cover/trim. This can be done by popping off the 2 rivets holding it in place. Pull the handle again and pull the cable with some pliers. It should pop your hood up or release the latch. You should be good to go if the cable is still attached and simply had stretched. If the cable pulls through, and nothing happens you might have to pull the bumper off enough to access the latch. Sometimes the latch seizes, so have someone pull the cable from the interior and try pull up on the hood from the outside. Hope this helped....it did help me tremendously because I was low on brake fluid, my brakes wouldn't work and then realized the hood release wasn't working. It worked on the first try. Good Luck!!
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