Open hood when hood latch cable broken

PRREM

MEMBER
2004 SUZUKI SWIFT
153,000 MILES

Could you please advice how to open the hood as my hood release cable is broken? My car is suzukiswift hatchback 5 doors, 1.6L engine and model year is 2004
Any advice how to access the hood latch and open the hood would be greatly appreciated
Please help, thank you

1 Reply

KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS

I assume the handle is broken or the cable inside the vehicle is broken as this is most common.

When this breaks the handle inside the vehicle normally feels like nothing is attached.

If this is the case, you need to remove the handle and find out if the cable is still attached. If it is not, then grab it with pliers and you will be able to pull the release and pop the latch.

I am attaching the info below on how to remove the handle so that you can inspect this.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-open-a-car-hood

If the cable is attached, then the cable is broken which means we need to pop the latch from through the grill. This is not easy so let's get to that after we check this out.

Thanks

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