ok so i went to the track and tech asked me to open the hood and the cable snapped so now i cant open my hood. i called the dealership and they want $38 for the cable and 200 for the labor .....yea wtf?? so i was thinking to buy the cable and doing it myself but i have no idea where to start or how to do it can anyone help me?? i would rather do it sooner rather than later.

 

Work from under the car, behind the bumper. Feel for a spring on the backside of the hood catch, you will know what to do once you are there, it doesn't take much for the release. Un-install the busted cable and reverse the process for the installation of the new cable, it's easy.

The catch isn't installed on my car right now, I will take some pics that might help guide you...

 

ok well ill need to buy the cable and hopefully i can trace the cable back.

 

ok well, you can also thank someone for trying to help you...just saying.

 

but of course thanks for the info .

 

Wow I was grumpy earlier, I was elbows deep in a Cummins Diesel for 2 days, I didn't get any sleep...finally got some sleep. My apologies for being a delta bravo.


I am going to get some pics of the latch so you have somewhat of a reference when you put your hand behind the catch. I will attempt to show you show you where the cable is running too.

 

its alright i do it sometimes also but thanks for all the info that will definitely help me.

 

Here is a picture of the backside of the catch. You can feel for the small spring and pull it in the direction of the arrow and the hood should pop-up, I checked the routing of the cable and it goes under the DS fender...I didn't investigate any further.

 

see if this helps at all

 

thanks for the help guys i appreciate it alot i already got the cable on the way and will be here friday.

on the other hand idk whats wrong with the car it was 90 degrees today and i decided to drive it to the dealership and it was turning off and on within idk maybe half a second. the gauges and radio would shut off and on it only happens when its hot and i would loose power to the car for that half second i tryed turning it off to see if it would leave me stranded but it started right back up idk what the deal is ugh more problems

 

ok i did this today not as hard as i thought and it works awesome thanks for the help
i ended up taking the old wire out and it was rusted :/ and thats why it broke.

 

good to hear...

make sure your battery terminals are good and snug...is it throwing a code?

 

its been throwing o2 sensor codes and the crankshaft sensor my negative terminal was loose a little bit so i just tightened that down today i think ill do a coolant flush sense its dirty and maybe the underhood bushings im gonna go to autozone as well and have them re-scan it for any new codes