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How do you pop the hood on your 92 century when the cable is broken?
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∙ 12y ago
Your actually lucky on your car, the other cars in the Century family (Pontiac 6000, olds cutlass ciera, and Pontiac 6000) are quite a bit more involved to open there hoods.
The Buick century is the easiest car to open the hood on when the cable is broken. You will need a T15 or a T20 Torxdriver. You use this to take your grill off. Should be 4-8 screws holding it on. Once its off and out of the way, you can see the hood latch mechanism. You will be able to figure out how to get it to open from there.
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