How to Open a Stuck or Damaged Mercedes Hood Latch With No Tools

Procedure for opening the hood latch of most mid-2000's Mercedes hood latch if the cable or latch release mechanism is damaged. This particular video is of a W211 (E-Class) but the principle and latch mechanism is the same for most similar vehicles. Tools required are limited to having a way to get under the vehicle and possibly a long flat blade screwdriver. Time to complete is under ten minutes not including lifting the vehicle.

Hope it helps! Mercedes would no doubt quote $500 for a job that you can do yourself with the spare tire kit, a block of wood, and some hand soap. Get to it and save the money!

[pistolg]

Hello, Alex. Your uncle here. My father is a mechanic and he approves of your videos

[bennyblanko]

Oh my gosh, you just saved my life ... I replaced the hood release switch in the car and to do that I disconnected the cable under the hood where one cable attaches to 2 cables (to give me cable room under the dash). It started to rain real hard, so I slowly dropped the hood, ensuring not to latch it. 2 hours later, the rain stops, and I go to hook the cable to the 2 cables under the hood. The rain and wind must have closed the hood. Oh how happy I was about that ... but, using this video, I'm going to go back out and unlatch it, and fix the cable before the rain starts again ... joy!

[arnoldyoung]

Hello, Alex. Your grandfather here. My brother is a mechanic and liked your videos. Wish you would do more.

[joshsimmons]

Hey man this video help me tremendous.. it took a headache of a problem (that I was stumped on what to do) an completely turned it into a 2 min job with a worry.. thanks! These videos are more than appreciated.. I was the same MB as you so this was very beneficial. Looking forward to watching more of your vids..

[DawwgInMe]

Quick, simple, and great explanation. I’ve been struggling with my hood for 4 hrs and just came across this, got it done in less that 15 mins

[seanodwyer]

You just saved my day!! Car locked with dead battery and key won’t work. Now I should be able to jump it. Many thanks.

[davidbryant]

Tremendous video. Perfect filming of releasing that latch. Thanks!

[renegadegrizzlybear]

This video probably saved me a day of trying to figure out how to open that latch. Thanks you're a lifesaver

[seanflaherty]

After taking a quick look at it yesterday I was all set nd read to go at it from the passenger side wheel-well. Figured id b at it a couple hours. Nope. Not if this works on the model i'm working on. Gratitude my friend, kick ass video.

[MikeM-vmjj]

Thanks for the video. Just unlatched the hood on my 98 E320.

[lylesgarage]

I wish I would’ve found your video before I spent the past few hours trying to do my divers side one. Thanks, now I know what I’m trying find and pull on👍🏻

[heidijohnson]

Thank you very much for this post. You saved my cars life. LoL

[dsplynx]

really thanks for the clarity bro. Its really help me to gain knowledge, have been looking to solve this problem so long

[greekbecky]

Thanks Redline for the great video and clear instruction!

[Joshua-fvug]

This is about to save me so much money

[gelee]

Awesome buddy ! Its really clearly explain with pictures and instructions Thanks

[direbw]

See i knew this but i didnt know there was two and not one in the middle 😂 after not finding it, i realised there was two *ding* noises from either side 😂 then i came here to find out if there was an easy way to get to them 😂 so thank you 😊❤

[samuelpizzolato]

Nice detailed video! really appreciate your service !

[michiel]

Ah yes. No tools, only a garage grade car jack and a screw driver. Exactly what i needed

[Trillajawn]

Thank you for the video! Happy I can fix the hood on my own without it being so costly