If this doesn’t seem to help, try pushing down on the hood, and then try to pull it open manually. Here's a trick that may work for you. Tip: The release latch usually has a picture of a car with a open hood on it. I find it interesting that the answers all say to stick the key in the door and unlock it. It was done neatly through the narrowest area so it is not readily visible with the hood open. If the hood release is at the front, look around and through the grill and feel under the grill and behind the bumper to find a handle, lever, arm, or button. I have gotten he trunk open by doing this and using the latch release or the key button but the hood latch will not release the hood. My question is id there a separate fuse for the hood if so which one is it. The video above shows you the location of both hood … Once the hood is open, remove the latch from the hood, reattach it … The best way is to find a similar vehicle, open the hood on the car that the hood release works on. As a last resort, if the cable is broken, you will have to access the hood latches via the grill or wheel to release the hood. I realized that I had been trying to pulling the parking brake release handle inside of the hood release. You are trying to open your hood, maybe because you have a problem under there, and snap, the hood release cable breaks. Keep the hood release pulled, then ask your friend to try to pop the hood open. Some Prius owners have bent the plastic enough to work the latch through. Step 2: Look for a release latch outside of the car. I am trying to use the fuse box by jumping the fuse with an alternative power source. And it’s usually at the bottom of the dash near the driver’s door, or at the bottom of the dash under the steering column, or on the floor at the driver’s side. Older models open by releasing the latch under the hood. Inspect the cable hasn't come off the hood release under the dashboard. 2. You would need to release the lever to open the hood, while someone else could try to prop open the hood when you do. This video shows you how to open the hood in your 2017 Honda CR-V. Popping the hood on your CR-V is a two step process, you need to release the hood latch inside your CR-V and then you need to release the safety latch under your hood in the front of your CR-V. And getting under the hood could be the tougher one. It's not that easy. To open the hood, first find the hood release inside the cabin. Then try to figure how the latch mechanism works. So I went to check the oil on my car the other day and when I pulled the hood release lever, I snapped the darn cable AND broke the lever. If the hood release is inside the vehicle, press, push, or pull it until you hear the hood pop open. If the hood release is broken, use pliers to pull on the cable. 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