How do you replace a hood release cable on a 2001 mr2 spyder?

Answer 1

This is how I get into my spyder because of the same reason... Pull cable broke (design flaw). I love Toyota, but they messed up on this one.

This is if you are trying to get into the engine compartment after your release lever stopped working:

Get wire coat hanger or some other heavy gauge, solid strand wire and bend end into a hook with an opening fo about one quarter to three eighths inch opening, needs to be about two feet long. Next, go around back to the engine compartment and find a hole in the grill just right of center as you are looking at it, and insert the hook end through the grill. Using a flashlight if needed, locate the thick black cable running horizontally from the latch, off to the right, and hook the cable near the latch assembly. Pull on hook and it should open the hood.