RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

Well that just sucks. lol.

Next step: I'm about to pull the cable off of the hood release on the inside and just pull the cable until it un-latches. Think it will work?

We'll see!

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

This is officially the biggest PITA I've run into with my car (I've replaced the front rotors/pads and the timing belt/water pump). I still can't get it open.

I think I'm just going to have the local shop pop it open for me. [:@]

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

i dont know im outa ideas

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

any luck? I kinda went through a similar problem but not nearly the same. when i put my rs4 grille on i closed my hood and left my hood latch on the inside of the grille... but all i needed was to pry it out with a screw driver, lol... this sounds like hell

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

Yeah I've got nothing. The second latch is easy to get open, but the one you pop from the inside is near impossible. I was searching around and I guess the Passat has a major problem with the cable snapping or the lever breaking on the inside. Most of those guys took their cars to the dealer, I didn't see any posts where the guys could get it open themselves.

I hate when a DIY fails!

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

god that is a huge PITA, he io never would have thought about the hood latch when i do mine, jsut another thing to write down on taht todo list.

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

i have the same problem but i got there a different way. someone backed into my car in the school parking lot hopped up on the bumper and pushed the hood and the grill in. the lock for the hood pops but the safety hook won't move because the lever is being pushed down by the hood itself. can't figure out anything (that doesn't require sticking the jaws of life in-between the radiator and the hood and hoping the hood is weaker then the radiator)that will get the hood out of the way so i can move that lever enough to get the hood up.

body shop wants $750 to re-align the hood and smooth over and paint the dented area above it (with bondo or whatever they plan on using). is this a fair price to pay w/paint?

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

Jaws of life will probably just rip a hole through your hood. But, hey, if you live close i'll bring em over and we can try it:D.


see if you can remove the latch from the hood. it the first latch(the one from insdie the car is reeased you should have enough room to unscrew it from the hood

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

Did someone use the jaws of life on this thread?

Lol, stuck hoods suck. The Miata I'm picking up has a stuck trunk!

RE: Hood latch problem- cant open hood
 

i used em on a suburban tuesday. turned it into a nice vert...... with no doors