2004 Chevy Impala hood latch inside car broken

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA
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VANNOY1959
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Electrical problem
2004 Chevy Impala

trying to open up the hood and the latch that is attached to the wire slipped out from the plastic latch piece.
Jun 7, 2010 at 4:36 PM
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HMAC300
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if the handle broke off, you can grab the cable with pliers or vise grips and pull it and open the hood. If it broke off the mount altogether, then hold what is left in your hand or with pliers an dpull the handle it should release the hood. but make sure you have another cable to install when you do this....
Jun 11, 2010 at 6:16 PM
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