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Hood will not open

Tiny
PAUL LOCOCO
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  • 1998 JAGUAR XJ8
Car listed above is two wheel drive with an automatic transmission.

The passenger side hood latch will not release. How can I open it? Can I go through the glove box?
Thursday, October 14th, 2010 AT 1:05 PM

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Tiny
JAGTECH360
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You will not be able to go through the glove box. I don't exactly remember how I broke into these when I came across that problem but I'm sure its either through the fender well or from below the car.
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Saturday, October 30th, 2010 AT 10:22 AM
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LUCK_99
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Remove plastic on inside wheel well if you have it, if not look for hole or drill a hole in wheel well around location of latch and stick a screwdriver in hole pushing towards trunk and latch should release.
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