Have a 97 ford explorer hood is jammed unable to trip latch please help with solution
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Assuming the truck has an interior hood release, if the hood isn't closed completely or accurately, it can cause a jam. Before attempting to 'open' it, you might want to try 'closing it' a little more first by pushing down on the end of it a few times. This can sometimes free it from being jammed. The second effort would be to have one person attempt to jiggle the end of the hood up-and-down while the other person releases the hood from the interior of the truck. It is sometimes necessary to have the hood release held open while the hood is shaken free from being jammed. Lastly, the hood release cable may be stretched or broken. This can sometimes be bypassed by accessing the hood release mechanism from under the front end of the truck and attempting to release it from there with a pair of pliers. Good luck.
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hello i had this problem with my wifes 2000 explorer between the hood and grill (pull up on the hood it wont move much if any)on the hood latch when you are in front of the truck it will be on your right where the cable goes into the latch you will see a zink coated piece it will kinda look like a c take a long slim flathead screwdriver slide into c and twist to the left you want it to move up so that it pop the hood the first time this happened to me it took me 2.5 hrs to get it opened i went to junkyard and found another latch and studied how it worked it took me maybe a min to get it opened i hope this helps
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