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Hood pull thingee won't pop out V70-XC70 1998

posted by  cleeland on  Fri Dec 27 07:34 CST 2002
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The "V" models don't have the thingie protruding from the grill (as others have already mentioned), only the 850s have that.

If you do have a thingie (regardless of year/model) and it's not protruding, that happens on my '94 855T every year, usually while I'm on a long car trip with the family. The way to get in is to release the hood latch, then feel around the bottom of the perimeter of the grill for the slides that hold the grill in place. There is one at each side, maybe an inch in, and one in the middle. You'll need to get your fingers in and try to slide them, then work them off the post (it'll be easier if it's not cold and if you can find another car's grill to look at before you try this blind). BE READY TO CATCH THEM BECAUSE THEY FALL IN UNRECOVERABLE PLACES.

Once you've got the bottom three out, you should be able to pop the bottom of the grill out (towards you, i.e., the front of the car) and then lower it down. Now you can get to the latch.

Awhile back I wrote up a long description of how I fixed this problem from recurring, so before I write it up I'll try to find that (maybe it's in the archives?). Also, maybe I'll go snap a digital photo of my solution...

-cj






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