truck battery died, can’t find the key fob, and can’t key in my code. your video is a lifesaver!! thank you, thank you, thank youuu!! xo

Thank you for this. My car battery died and it's parked on the road, so I seen many other videos that said how to get hood unstuck but all thr videos said the car needed to be jacked up, I'm parked on the road and on a slight hill, so couldn't do that, then I searched up how to do it with a screwdriver, and your video was the most informative.

Thanks a bunch for doing a video on this. I know it takes time, and I appreciate it. Worked for me. I was scratching my head until my head remembered KZfaq.

Thanks for posting a quick and simple solution. I really appreciate it!

Very Nice! Battery dead and keys locked up inside my 05 expedition. needed to put jumper on battery so i could use locksmith tools to hit my the electronic door unlock button. I couldn't ever get a screwdriver to work but I slid the bottom of my grill out and was able to reach in and pop it by hand since i knew just what i was looking for. Much appreciated sir!! :)

Locked out of Ford Expedition 2007 dead battery and ignition key wouldnt open door. Tryed charging through the hitch wires, unlocking with clothes hanger, nothing. Thanks to this video popped the hood in 10 secs with screw driver, charged my battery and crisis averted. Thank you. Ford Expedition basically an F150 without a truck bed.

Took me 30 minutes to manipulate the plastic shroud over the release mechanism. 30 seconds to disengage it. I actually used the factory jack handle & a pair of needle nose to do it, straight thought the grill. (No damage done.) After cleaning & greasing the mechanism, I used the blunt screw end of the jack handle to reinstall the pin on the shroud (also, through the grill). Thanks a million for this video; it worked, perfectly. Hope my trick helps if anyone doesn't have a lot of tools on hand.

*Here is a solution that worked on my 2001 Ford Explorer Scout,* when NONE of the recommended approaches would work. For some reason, my particular car seemed to be a bit different from all the other Ford Explorers. The Chevrolet Monte Carlo bottom up approach video worked on my explorer. The main problem was accessing the vehicle from the bottom up. There was no apparent access path. There is, however, ever one approach that works, which is located just right of your license plate. You have just enough room to stick your arm up it. You just have to push a tiny plunger that is connected to your cable wire. It was extremely easy to move, once you manage to put a flat screwdriver with an extra long shaft in the correct position.

Great info! You saved my family vacation!!

For %150 trucks with the "honeycomb" grill, you can approach the latching mechanism from the left, rather than the right as shown in the video. The pop tab AJ refers to in the video can be depressed using a thin piece of stiff wire rod. Thank you AJ!

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I was able to get my hood open thanks to you. I have a 96 Ford F-250 and my latch is completely enclosed in a metal casing. If you look at the cable in your video (at 1:19) you’ll see that there’s a rubber grommet where the cable attaches to the latch. I pushed on the grommet until it popped out of its retaining slot, then I was able to grab the cable with needle-nose pliers and pop the lock. Hope this helps folks in a similar situation.

Since arriving from Arizona to the much wetter area of Washington, I've had nothing but trouble with my 84' Caddy. Going to try and resolve other issues, couldn't open the hood but with this video, I think I can do it myself. Thanks!

AJ... thank you! As a woman, I'm learning about my truck and my battery recently died and the hood would not budge. I'm going to give this a try!

Thanks for video. Information worth having for those emergency type situations. God Bless ya

You are a genius! It worked like a charm on our 1998 F150. Thank you!!

Why on earth are there 235 dislikes haha. What can possibly be unlikable on a video about how to help people who cant get their hood open. What a weird thing to dislike hahaha

Much appreciated dealing with it on an old Buick. I must say never have this problem in Way older Japanese cars

Thank you. Ive been locked out of my expedition for 3 weeks battery in fob died and truck battery dead. This video saved me $50

Thank you so very much sir! Now I can do my tune up thanks to you. Keep up the good work bro. Kudos

Worked like a charm! Even I had no trouble following the directions.

Thank you for this post! Really helped me when my battery died and doors were locked. I was able to pop the hood and charge the battery

my truck was a little different but after I found the latch the rest worked out! Thanks!

I've said "boom" several times... it still won't open

Thank you! Saved me a ton of time tryna figure it out.

EXACTLY what I needed--thank you 🍻

Thank you, sir! Exactly what I need for my 2004 Ranger!

Thank you so much for making this video. I've had a dead battery that I can't jump for months now because I didn't think I would be able to find out how to do this on the internet. I can't believe it. Thanks for showing me how to do this. Here goes nothing. I'm about to head outside and try this. I''ll let you know how it goes.

AJ .. I just became aware of the hood release cable being broken on my F150 when I went to check the oil and clean up the battery terminals. I tried fishing around with a piece of flat steel in the same approximate location as you, but just couldn't find the sweet spot. Thank you Sir! Now if I can find a video on how to fix the cable end without having to fish a new one I'll be in good shape! Thanks again!

Right on! Thank you! Same exact truck I have ha ha. More reason I thank you because I needed info on THIS truck!

That video has been much appreciated by the local car thieves in my neighbourhood

Thanks for this. My truck's battery is dead. The door cylinder has never worked so the remote doesn't work right now. The passenger side doesn't have a door lock cylinder. Life saver!

Greate help, I'v tried it on my Expedition 2007 . thanks.

Thank you very much - Got my 2002 Ford F150 hood opened with my screw driver - When opened I lubed all parts real good -

Thanks man you saved my ass.....I charged up the truck and was able to open it....thanks again CAP!

Thanks for posting AJ, is there a way tom fix the inside hood latch so you don't have to do the screwdriver every time you need to pop the hood?

Wow thank you for showing this..mine just broke on my ranger ...thanks..made it so simple

got in! Had to see the second approach at about 2 minutes in.

I got almost the same truck as you, thanks for the video, helped me out.

Helped so much thank you!!

Thanks for the video got one broke on one of my trucks and I am sure since they are both Ford's they will match..

You saved my day!

just ran out to try mine, 1:00 a.m.. got it! 1998 f-150. the spring that pulls the latch back was broken. get that tomorrow, thanks my friend!

Great video, very helpful because I have the same problem but on a Honda CRV. Hope it works for me !

Thank you so much for your video I'm the new owner of an RV we don't have the same vehicle but what you did help me figure out what I needed to do on mine thank you so much

Thanks for your video. Went out to roll up my windows last night and apparently left the keys in the ignition in the "ON" position of my 2002 Ford Explorer. Woke up this morning to find my doors locked and my electronic keyless entry wouldn't work. I never bothered to get an extra key made since I didn't see a need for it with electronic keyless entry. But since the battery apparently drained down, and I'm not able to get into the locked truck to pull the hood latch to open the hood and charge up the battery, I was thinking I had to call AAA for help. Nope. Your video got got the hood opened so I could jump the battery with the wife's car, and WaLa! The electronic keyless entry worked again. Today at lunch---I'm getting an extra key made. :)

Thank you I couldn't open my hood and this saved me a lot of time

Good details and well explained! Repeated good also thru steps!! ⚡👍⚡👍⚡

thank you this helped me out alot

Thank you so much for how to pop the hood latch open for me to reconnect the cable back into it’s place. I did this for my roommate that’s a female. The mechanic would’ve charged her an arm or a leg for a simple repair. Thanks again

Thanks so much. I been hunting down for a hood release cable and they sold out in stores I had to order one. So now I'm gonna go try this. My car won't start up neither i have to use a screw driver for that. Until I get a new ignition switch and cylinder replaced. So I need to get in the hood to start the car

Thank you so much !! I will try this tomorrow :)

Awesome thanks. Will this work if cable isn't broke but car just won't unlock even though it popped? I have a 02 subaru outback

Thank you 😭 mine was a simple little car. No front like your truck but I was able to get in

Thank you so much! You saved the day!

I hope this works. Thank you so much for the zoom in

Thank you so much very Helpful... I appreciate it..

My 2001 Ford Mustang release cable broke and this is so much help thanks

Thank you I have a truck 2003 f150 xl and the cable broke and the hood won’t latch, so it stays down when I try to drive, trying to figure out how to get the hood to stay down, so with this method if I get locked out I can hopefully be able to open it, how long app is that screwdriver so I can make sure I have one?

Good video worked on my wife's toyota. Thanks

Just did this earlier on 17 Charger.. thank you 🤙🏽

Thanks so much!

I got it open thanks to this video! Now it won't latch so i have to find another one! 😂

Hey A J - I will try it, but I don't think I have enough space to get a screw driver into the space under the hood - 1998 Ford Expedition

I have a 99 Dodge Dynasty, will this technique work for me? Or is does this work only for the kind of truck you have?

Very helpful video, was able to get into my ford ranger hood when the cable was frozen so I could jump start it to get it out of the way of snowplow. Thank you!

MAN.........WHAT A LIFESAVER! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MMMMMUCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

will this work on a 1998 too I think the ball on the end came off of the release under the hood

Thank you for sharing 😊

Thanks worked on my 04' Heritage F150

Thanks so much ,appreciated

Thank you for this.

Hey AJ, I have a Ford Windstar from the same year but it looks like the cable and all are hidden elsewhere. I'm able to pop my front grill off but I'm not seeing any moving parts to engage.

Thank you very much, it is good to know. 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. Update: on 2001 Saturn SL2 it doesn't work. More of that, when I put the lock in closed position with the hood open (I wanted to see how all that works) I could not open it back. I tried to pool w/cable how we normally open the hood (I should remark here that there is no problem w/cable or lock and I just wanted to see if I can open the hood if the cable is malfunctioning) and discovered here that the cable was not under any tension. When I closed the hood everything started to work again. So somehow the loop from the hood is needed to bring the lock in operation. So my question is: @1:45 if you close that lock with your hands (pry bar or smth), can you open that lock w/open hood or not? I mean the hood is open and you close the latch (lock) and then open again.

How have to learn the Hood latch mechanism before to operate this procedure...anyhow this is great help, only few videos I have seen opening from the car grills, the key is to find the cable line and try to find the end of it then fit the screwdriver end in between the latch mechanism and pull sideward the handle opposite from the cable line direction, thanks a lot!.

Thanks! It is difficult to hold a camera while doing this, but you really helped by opening the hood multiple times. We need to open a '98 Explorer hood. God bless you and yours.

Good stuff bro

Thanks got the video!

THANK YOU BUDDY!! LET ME GO TRY IT..

Thanks you saved me so much money my battery died and my car locks are broken so I had no way to get to my hood. I was going to have my car opened by a locksmith :(

You are a lifesaver!!! Have the same make and model and was stressing out it was going to have to go to mechanic, your video was the last ditch effort before it went in on Friday... and voila... it worked!!!" Thank you!!!!!!

Nice one AJ. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya PS haven't heard from you in a while, how it going?

Thank u so much u save my day ....

I'll try this on the focus when it gets here. Thanks

Thanks for making me sweat an extra 15 seconds to watch an ad for microwave shrimp

Any idea how to do this on an ‘01 Crown Vic? The latch is a good 8 inches farther from the grill and I can’t access it with a screwdriver like you did.

This video should be called "the hood way to pop your hood"

Will this procedure work on a 1994 Ford Lariat p/u? Awesome video. Thanks a lot.

I thank you for showing us how to open up that hood. My hood on my 1999 Ford Explorer won't open using the latch inside, and I have to find out if the cable is broke or the latch under the hood is not working and need to be lubed. I am checking the hood latch under the hood first and if that isn't the problem I will check for a broken cable.

T H A N K. Y O U!! Latch release cable froze up on my 2000 F150

You're awesome 🙌🏿

Hmm, let me see it oonee moree time lol. Great video

Sure hope it works like that on my ‘08 Kia! Will try it. Thanks

Thank you love 🙌

this is one of those things that i was sure could only happen to me. not sure what the issue actually is, but my cable on the interior is dangling, with a ton of slack. can't imagine that the cable is broken (hood has not been opened too many times), but i suppose it's possible. thanks for the tip!!!

Would that work on my 2000 Lincoln town car? Have to replace hood be because it got smashed by an asshat in parking lot that smashed and dashed me while in a store

Very helpful

I have a 1990 Buick Century im changing the hood release cable also, do i need to take off the whole front end grill to replace it?

thanks, man

Thank you!!!

Thank you!