1988 Oldsmobile Regency "hood latch stuck closed" Questions

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...latch is in the center of the hood ,if grill is off you should be able to reach up and behind the latch pull on the cable towards driver side ,its easier if you apply pressure down on the hood as you ...

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...1999 Chevy Prizm is stuck closed. Pulling on the hood release latch inside the car does nothing. How can I manually open the hood? try pushing down on hood while somebody elss pull latch mau be ...

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latch to release hood how do I get to secondary latch to release hood . If the hood of your vehicle is stuck and will not release from the latch, there could be several possible causes. Here are a few

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hood latch stuck it opened the hood and now not closing even droping the hood from difference hight and even pressing it ??? SOUND LIKE YOUR HOOD LATCH IS STUCK IN THE RELEASE POSITION. YOU CAN DO TWO

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...hood latch has always stuck and before i would manually turn the release inside the vehicle to make it close, but today when I opened the hood it wont close the relese inside the vehicle seems stuck, ...

...latch closed Hood release has no tension on it. Hood will not latch. Appears that the cable may be stuck. The latch is stuck in the open position. I always found white lithium grease worked best on ...

...hood stays down by the safety latch only i drop it from diffrent heights press on it hard and it still wont close?? try pulling the hood release while it is open while watching the latch mechanism, ...

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when the hood alignment isn't quite right, the latch will lock before the hood end gets in the right place. Otherwise your hood latch is misaligned or your cable is rusted and has the latch stuck open

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...a screw driver Use a long flathead screwdriver to push on the bullet on the end of the cable. You can see it under the spring on the latch. After extending the cable, the hood will latch when

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...latch. the hood latch is out of adjustment loosen three bolts and pry latch up retighten bolts also check cable isnt stuck in the open position spray with lube my mama had this exact same model with ...

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