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Roland Simmons-Crable
Roland Simmons-Crable Posted on Sep 02, 2012
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Hood latch cable on 1993 grand am is broken

The wire cable for the hood latch is broken under the hood at the latch assembly. I can see where the cable comes from the latch inside the car. It's broken close to the latch assembly. My car is a 1993 Pontiac Grand Am SE How can I open the hood

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Theres a wire inside the cable--try to get at it somehow and pull with vise grips

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  • Posted on Aug 22, 2011

SOURCE: Hood latch will not open .. I think cable is

If you can get a long nosed pair of needle nosed pliers and reach the cable from grill in front of car, pull cable with pliers it should pop open, same if cable is broken inside car, find cable and pull it

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SOURCE: Hood release cable isn't connected to interior hood release lever

Your going to have to use vice grips or pliers. Just pull hard till you hear the hood pop open or have a friend push down on the hood so you can pull in the hood cable easier to unlock the hood latch. Good luck and keep me posted. 

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  • Posted on Nov 26, 2009

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Inside the glove box on the passenger side you will see an opening. Use a light and you will see that it says "pull here", remove the plastic and the fuses are right behind it.

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SOURCE: hood will not pop when pulling release inside car.

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  • Posted on Dec 10, 2009

SOURCE: 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix. Frozen Hood Latch

Try using a hair dryer to unfreeze the latch.

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