What if your car’s Hood won’t Open?

1. Great video. Happen to have experience with popping the hood of a 2001 Ford Taurus? Cable isn't popping the hood

2. That's how u open it on that car. Not helpful for me, but good tutorial

3. Outstanding! Thanks. particularly helpful that the video pictures were clear and easy to see what we needed to look at.

4. Awesome 👌🏽 👏🏾

5. You my friend are a life saver , I hope god is looking after you and your family very well , god bless and keep up the good work 👍

6. well done , easy to understand and most helpful . Thanks

7. Chris you are a genius

8. Thank you, worked a treat.

9. I currently don’t have a car, but this is still nice to know! Love the detailed camera angles too!

10. The grommet…keeps water out, gasses from the enginebay ,a lot of noise too and mice..😀

11. I have the same exact car and this happened to mine, same side too

12. WOW!!!!! You just showed me how to fix my problem. THANKS!!! X3 I have not been able to open my hood for months and my baby needs oil.

13. Place charged me $500 to change the hood cable and it stopped working a year later

14. Great explanation and demonstration!

15. You're a GOOD teacher.

16. yeah i just need help opening my mazda 3 hood is a 2007 i guess from the bottom ?

17. Chris has become the Bob Ross of car fix videos

18. Jeez – like a Jaguar is standard to most cars. Maybe a standard population regular car???

19. Hey, this video showed me exactly where to look and what to look for. I used a large flat head screwdriver rather than a pry and it only took about 3-4 mins to pop it open. Cheers!!

20. Can i put thr old cable back ?

21. I will be a mechanic thanks to you man I learned so much from watching your videos

22. Hood latch hold down kit will work too no cable required

23. Hi thank you so much for the video! It’s very detailed and I feel confident I can do this myself! I don’t think I can afford the ramps right now so what’s another safe way to prop the car up so I can slide underneath? I know you can probably jack it but that seems a lil sketch to me. I have a Subaru Impreza it’s a little low to the ground but there’s still space I feel like. Any suggestions ?

24. 2021 atlas vw here any tips?

25. Nice detail showing everything . But what can you do if you don't have a replacement or can't afford . How can you fix it and also get it open . Having problems with my 2004l3 Cadillac Seville STS

26. this assumes that the reason the hood won't open has something to do with the cable or latch…

27. Thank you very much, it is so good explanation on this problem. I even didn't know such thing can happen. Please could yo tell if I want to have a spare Hood Release Cable and can't find for 2001 Saturn SL2, is it possible to modify another one to fit the car? Probably if it is same length of the cable you can. Thank you again.

28. Thank you really great

29. what if the cable still works but the main latch that is still holding the hood won't release!?? explain that!

30. I have a rear passenger door that the lock is stuck and the door won’t open. Could you do a video on that repair.

31. Here it is the very first chrisfix video I watched and ever since I watched this video I've been a huge fan thank you so much for giving us tutorials on how to fix stuff on our cars and I hope you get to 10 million as fast as possible

32. Excellent video and all the better as I have a Jaguar X Type! My cable had come adrift the other (UK passenger) side. No need to remove the splashshield/front undertray but you cannot see the latch too well as there is a large pipe in the way. Nevertheless there is plenty of room to get you hand round it and release the latch with your fingers – no pry bar required. The cable was good except the nylon bush which keeps the actuator/bullet/nipple in place had perished. Rather than replace the whole cable I am currently looking into what may provide a suitable replacement. A nylon bush or electrical cable sleeve with a slit cut for the cable to be inserted into are the current favourites! EDIT: In the end the solution was to thread a 6mm spring washer around the cable to the left of the nipple as viewed fro the front of the car. It was then possible to lassoo the washer using two 100mm cable ties and secure the latter to the latch arm. One 100mm cable tie may suffice but would require much greater dexterity. remember to squeeze the ends of the washer closed and pull the cable ties as tight as they will go!

33. Any advice on the driver's side door not working. I've seen everything on the door not opening from the outside. My problem is that it won't open from the inside

34. 3:45 intresting tools

35. Why is the cable pulled from the car interior to the engine compartment, but not in the opposite direction?

36. Man this is a huge help 🎉 thanks chris

37. You are a life saver!

38. 🫵🏻👍🏻🤘🏽👍🏼👏

39. How to pop open a lexus hood stuck, being told by AAA THAT THE cost is $250.00 need to remove the front bumper@!@???

40. How about an 02 Deville DTS glovebox? BTW, the key tumbler will turn, but the door won't open.

41. great video.. tks !

42. I think the Jaguar name is Joe.

43. If you don't want snagging when pulling cable through, you should tape from bottom to top when securing both cables together. That way the exposed ridges of tape job is facing down and won't try to unravel vertically when being pulled through, like in this video.

44. Many thanks. I have just this problem with this car and you have stopped me panicking!

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