Hood Latch
 

my 2006 hood latch cable is unhooked. how do i fix this?

Unhooked? At which end of the cable ???

the mechanism that releases the latch under the hood

Hello and welcome...No need to double post. I removed one and moved the other.
So your 2006 car/truck/suv/van is what make, what model?

2006 saturn ion

Looking down onto the hood latch mechanism, you should see the end of the control cable sticking through the lowermost tang on the latch, and secured with an adjustment nut. I seriously doubt that the tang has broken - more likely either the adjustment nut has come off the end of the cable, or the cable itself has failed inside the cable housing.

yes, I can see the cable but there is no adjustment nut. what is the lowermost tang? the cable is not attached to anything.

Near/next to the cable is a plate with a small hole in it (the latch actuator tang) The cable should fit through that hole, and the adjustment nut fit on the cable end. As you pull the hood release lever inside the car, the cable shortens, pulling against the latch tang and releasing the hood lock.

Sounds like the end of the cable has broken off, and the adjustment nut and threaded end of the cable has been lost. If enough slack in the cable housing is present, you might be able to reposition the cable housing, slide the cable through the hole inthe tang, and locate a bushing that would accept the cable end - clamping down on the cable end.

If that doesn't work, you are gonna have to replace the cable assembly -- good luck

After getting quotes of $55. to $200. i went to a small shop and they sprayed it and it works! It was just frozen.

thanks for your help!

Hmmmmmm --

I'm repeating part of your earlier message ".......the cable is not attached to anything......."

Apparently, it was attached after all .............