Help needed on opening hood
 

After doing some work on my MB 600 SEL I shut the hood and took it for a spin. When returning I then tried to open the hood with NO luck.... Both hood catches would not release. It looks like the cable is stuck behind/under something. Any ideas on how to open the hood without the hood release cable being used?

Thanks,

Stephen

I had a similar thing happen recently, but gave the hood a few push/pulls to free it up. Fortunately it worked, so everything got a good spray of CRC and it has not repeated. Gave me the same question though, which still needs an answer - can the hood be released other than using the inside car lever? Anyone??

Finally got it to pop
 

Hi,

I finally got the hood to pop....

1st I went to my official MB dealer. They had a quick look (at no charge) for approx 20 min. No luck. I needed to make a follow on appointment so they could try something else...

2nd I wanted to try something myself before spending a lot of money on poping the hood by the MB guys...
This required the usage of a web-cam (!!), a laptop and a strong lamp. By removing the left indicator light (this is a snap-in mechanism, so if you pull real hard it will come out (undamaged hopefully)) and inserting the lamp and web-cam I thought I would get a good picture of wat was under there, and attaching a piece of thick wire to pull the catches. However there was not enough room to get the lamp and web-cam in...

3rd By inserting my hand into the opening of the indicator light I could feel the cable that opens the hood from inside. I gave a good yank on this cable and guess --- YEP! the hood popped open.

Hope this helps anyone else, or at least gives you some new ideas. A web-cam can be bought for less than 50 euro's these days..

Regards,

Stephen

Well done. An excellent and simple solution!!
 

Don't we wish that all Merc problems could be so easily solved. Thanks for a trick I will remember and pass on.