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How to open hood without being able to pull latch from inside

Old 10-29-2014, 10:20 AM
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Well I F'd up today and opened up the hood to do some work but accidentally locked the doors and left my keys inside. Not a big deal normally but I had the battery unhooked and then shut the hood. So now my dilemma is how can i get the hood open without being able to get inside to pull the latch under the dash. The hood is totally latched down right now too.
Old 10-29-2014, 10:35 AM
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Pop a lock
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lol sorry man this just made me chuckle because it reminds me of my first day with my first car. That thing was very easy to break into at least, I have no idea with your truck though.
I take it you don't have a spare key? You would have to get to the hood latch or cable somehow... maybe you can access it from underneath the vehicle if you remove the front air-dam?
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That stinks! When I was a teenager, I gave three friends a spare key to each of my vehicles because I was always locking my keys in my cars! I think you may have to call pop-a-lock.
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Call a tow company to come and open the door.

It is not easy to open a latched hood from the outside. Likely damage would occur.


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