I just opened the hood on a 97 C280, I have no pics or video because it's done now really simple, follow closely, first pry one side of the up far enough to see 2 10mm bolts on the radiator upper support, loosing the back one first, then in the middle of the condenser fan there is a 10mm bolt facing downward, you'll need a 1/4 drive rachet and 10mm socket for this, loosing that bolt as far as you can, use a 10mm wrench to finish if need be (also use the same wrech for the part), pry up the other side taking the screws a loose you took from the previous side, the hood is now open, you'll have to pull the cable from the firewall to get the slack you need to raise it higher, this will work
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SOURCE: hood release latch is broken
find the cable that is supposed to attach to the latch, and grab it with a pair of pliers or the like and pull.
SOURCE: Hood won't open. Cable is broken and can't get hood to pop.
NO there is no manual way . get a good flash light and look at teh latch through the grill or from under the truck and try and pop it with a long flat blade screw driver
SOURCE: My hood latch is broken
If the cable link to the latch is rusty or broken you have to take the front grid down. It's relatively easy. It's held there by plastic fasteners. Then reach for the latch with you hand, or the leftover broken cable. Pull it, it should release the first latch, than you just have to get to the security latch, like you usually do to open the hood.
SOURCE: Broken Hood Release
Hello There
In short no there isn't, however it's most likely your plastic release lever is broken and not the metal cable, you need to open the cover over the release lever, there will be a cable you can pull using a gripper and it will release the bonnet, you can easily replace the plastic llever and it's reletively cheap.
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SOURCE: 2001 chevrolet blazer hood latch won't release and open hood
if the cable is not broken then pull the release then take the side of your fist and pound on the hood starting towards the top drivers side and slowly move towards the latch try it a few times i have to do this every single time on my blazer
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