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How to open hood

Tiny
JSTIMMONS
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  • 1998 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
  • 120,000 MILES
Lever inside does not have cable attached and the pull lever that usally sticks out the front of hood is under hood and I cant reach. How do I get the hood open?
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 AT 11:41 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Cable broke and the front lever unreachable-you gonna have to find a way -you probably have to remove some components on the front to get to the latch or cable to unlatch it-Don't want you waiting this question is not easy-one way or the other it can be done to open it up with good thinking, time and patience-Sorry
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012 AT 8:20 PM
Tiny
EXOVCDS
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Try to disassemble the attaching parts inside the car (see picture below)
then try grabbing the cable (inside the sleeve) with a pair of pliers and giving them a good.

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Thursday, April 26th, 2012 AT 9:36 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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You will have to pull the trim and access the cable and using pliers pull the cable, order a new one so you can replace it at the same time.
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012 AT 10:34 PM
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RAUL MAGNIFICA
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2000 Volkswagen Beetle

How the heck do you pop the hood?
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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 AT 12:36 PM (Merged)
Tiny
NIELSENG
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Pull latch by your left lower leg just infront of the driver side door. That will pop the hood and give access to a pull tab in th front of the hood
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