There is a rachet right below the hood that you can reach from radiator grill.
Take a long thin screw driver, reach it and turn that rachet.
You will hear the "click" sound and the hood will pop open.
There is a black plastic cover that snaps in place which is covering the latch assembly. You have to reach in through the front grill and pop the plastic cover off and let it fall to the bottom of the radiator since you can't get it out through the grill. Looking in through the grill at the bottom of the latch you will see a long slot. That is where you have to put the screwdriver to pull the unlocking lever to your left to let the hood release.
Listen carefully, go get a sledgehammer and then slam the hood with it as hard as possible.
From under car... its not too bad on a lift you can find cable near the hood need to get the inner wire and pull with pliers
The 2000 Accord does NOT have the LATCH anchors. It does have 3 tethers.
I have a 2001 Honda Accord. Yes, it does have the LATCH system. Great car. -- Well, I just tried to install a car seat in a 2001 Honda Accord half an hour ago and there is NO LATCH system. And this is a family car!! How utterly puzzling.
I bought a new part for my 1995 Honda accord EX four trunk door but it still won't latch. Can you help?
The only way i can think of would be to remove your bumper so you can get to the latch, and either unbolt the latch from the core support or unbolt it from the hood...
dodge truck broken hood latch
The latch is broken, not the cable. You can still get to the cable where it is attached to the latch in the foot-well of the car. Grab the cable with a small vice-grip (or similar) and pull. Note that it is very unlikely the cable will break -the latch typically breaks before the cable since the latch is made from plastic and the cable from steel wire.
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No lubrication is necessary under normal use.
you can get to the latch through the grill
If it is just the inside handle broken off you can pull the cable with a pair of pliers. If it is in the middle, you should be able to reach up from underneath and cut the cable and then pull the inside cable. If the latch end has pulled off, you may be able to trip the latch from underneath, or take the grill out and unbolt the latch.