Wayne Smith

Two paint sticks? How?

mopar bob

OK here's how it went. The latch was being released but the second half that would spring back when released wasn't. Since the spring was now holding the second half of the latch in place the hood wouldn't come up. So I used 2 paint sticks between the hood and front bumper to push up the hood as the wood is soft no damage was done. Even doing this still took some time as the spring had a good hold of the latch. I had the remote in one hand hitting the button will pushing down on a paint sticks. I did hear the paint sticks start to crack as the hood started to move. Using the pull cable wouldn't work as it being released so the only other way the get it open would be to remove the front bumper to get your hands under the hood to pull it up. I have a new latch coming in to the local dealer.

Wayne Smith

Better you than me. Congratulations on having the courage, or desperation, to pursue a solution!

bricheun

This is the stupid design of the 997 emergency release cable - attached to the sheath of the actuator cable.

I had an incident over the weekend where you can hear the click of the solenoid but not action, knowing the position of the emergency release , found it pull and pulled very hard , and i mean very hard with some pliers - finally it popped open. The emergency cable is not even attached, just hooked around the white cable sheath and whilst pulling so hard, it tore up the frunk inner lining!


Anyway, in my instance, the front of the white cable detached - not your normal detach, the plastic was brittle and decided to crack and separate. Since our cars are over 14 years old , plastic deteriorate and things happen. I am going to redesign the emergency cable release to allow easier access, smoother operation using some bicycle brake cables i have laying around.

Wayne Smith

At this point this is a well known problem. My search doesn't work from my phone but there's a write up on adding a cable to behind the right side front fender light. This mod will insure you can get in if you must.

I forget if I added to that post that I eventually found that a bicycle brake cable with shroud was the best option. This prevents the cable from hanging up as you pull it.

Later someone added using crimp connectors to attach the cable at the latch and to create a loop behind the light as well. This was a great improvement.

There used to be some good YouTube videos on how to do this but the last time I looked I had no luck finding them. I suspect someone more capable will add links soon.