The primary hood latch is stuck and cant open hood. Any alternative?

Asked by south512side Nov 23, 2014 at 05:06 PM about the 1992 Buick LeSabre Custom Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Need help, cant get into car hood to check oil or anything.

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you should be able to see up under the bumper and behind the grill. you should be able to see where the cable goes to the latch. I had this happen on a 91 chevy, I was able to make a hook out of stiff wire and pull on the cable right where it goes into the latch and release it. this is a bugger to do everytime, so you may want to replace the cable from the inside of the car to the latch.

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The question is about a 1992 Buick LeSabre. Please post comments about 1991 unspecified Chevrolets somewhere they are relevant. The hood latch on the 92 Buick LeSabre is between the radiator and the fan shroud. I have no idea how to resolve the issue but I do know that you can not see latch from underside of car.

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