I haven't driven the max in a few weeks and apparently I had a battery drain of some sort while it was parked. I attempted to open the hood and jump it with my other car but then pulled the release and nothing happened.

I'm pretty sure the cable is busted as the release now stays in the open position without pulling on the release yet the hood remains latched.

Is there a way for me to open the hood through the grille? If it comes down to having to cut through the grille and unscrewing the latch, that's fine as I can always get a replacement grille.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

have u tried bumping the hood with ur hand...and get someone to pull the release as u bump the hood...

 

pull, we have an oldsmobile at school that had that problem and we had to bump on it to ever do work sooo yeah

 

the hood release stays in the "pulled out" position on its own, meaning that there's no tension on the wire and the hood cable is most likely snapped.

just trying find out if there's a way to somehow partially disconnect the cable and still use it manually, or if I'll have to cut through the grille to get to the latch.

 

dude, you have the toughest of lucks. well, i've seen a jumper you can buy that only requires you to plug the cigarette plugs of both cars to charge the battery for a jump. if you can't open hood, that may be your quick fix.

other than that, i dont even know what to do with the hood.

 

Try reaching behind the grill and just pulling on the lever or grab hold of the wire leading from the latch and peal back the shielding then pull on the wire with pliers.

 

my friend had this problem and I was able to open the hood with a long screwdriver. Just get in there with a flashlight so you can see and push the latch up

 

thanks for the great replies guys. I will try some of your ideas out after work.