1997 Honda Civic hoodlatch release broken

Tiny
MOYAMARIA
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  • 1997 HONDA CIVIC
1997 Honda Civic Automatic 225000 miles

how do I open the hood of my car when the hoodlatch release is broken? When I pull the release latch under the steering wheel it comes out. I have not pulled it all the way out. The hood did not unlatch.

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Saturday, July 25th, 2009 AT 5:41 PM

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Tiny
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Hi moyamaria,

If the opener is broken, you can use a plier to pull the cable to release the latch.

If the cable is broken, that would make things complicated. You would have to find a means of getting at the hood latch release from below the vehicle.
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009 AT 1:56 PM

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