VW Golf MK4 - Hood Cable Replacement

[@matthewmcfarlane5143]

What happens if your cable was pulled out prior to the fix? now I have to try and feed it in blind through the firewall... not looking forward to it

[@dynamo4543]

in the same boat & its a pain

[@dank5122]

Did you ever find a way to fix it? I found myself in this same situation😿

[@ae-zd3xv]

It’s genuinely no problem with a wire snake I thought I was screened but then I didn’t even need the snake and was able to just file the rusted hole a bit to fit the ball of the cable in then it goes straight into the foot well

[@JohnDoe-kp8xu]

What is the trick to reattach it to the hood release.

[@Nuge17]

Just put the flexible clip into the head of the release lever first. Then push it onto the spindle until it clicks.

[@JohnDoe-kp8xu]

@@Nuge17 Thanks. I tried that and beating on it among many other things. I think I will buy a file or a die grinder to make a groove, and then use some epoxy to ensure that it stays in place.

[@mastergamer7610]

Please let me know

[@povlrueger3898]

Did this resolve the issue of it taking a relatively absurd amount of force to get the hood to pop open? I got my son both a latch and a release and it is still a pain in the ass. I just don't know if they are all a pain out of the box or if we need to replace the cable as well

[@Nuge17]

Hi,
Not sure why you are having that issue. Ours was never hard to open. Sorry no help.

[@QLFProductions]

Did you ever figure out what the problem was. I have to stretch my cable out and pull in order to get the hood to release.

[@lordofloneliness2069]

Thanks

[@lountweni23]

Thank you