My hood release lever finally broke off today. My problem now is that I need to open the hood to add coolant, and I can't. All I have is the broken hood release cable, and the actual cable has disappeared inside of the black wire/tubing.
I know the whole cable needs to be replaced, but I need to know how to get the hood opened. I replaced my heater core yesterday and the car needs coolant.
Is there ANY way at all to get the hood opened? I heard about removing the turn signal/marker light assembly, but from what I've seen, you need to open the hood to remove that. Is there another way to release the hood?

 

Yes, just going to need some patience. Here is a thread for you

https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-...od-open-35736/

That is pretty much the jist of it. GL

 

I looked over this thread, too... I'll have to try to get that light out, because I don't see any other way that it'll be done.

 

All it is is a spring that hooks on the turn signal light and then just fits in a groove on the headlights. So it is not hooked to the headlights. Stick something thin and long like a screwdriver and just unhook it from the groove. Might take a little bit of maneuvering.