# 1990 Buick Estate Wagon Hood Release Inoperable

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-estate-wagon-hood-release-inoperable/21563>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** wagon, buick\
**Created:** [November 2, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-estate-wagon-hood-release-inoperable/21563 "2008-11-02T21:35:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![popof9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@popof9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/popof9)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-estate-wagon-hood-release-inoperable/21563/1 "2008-11-02T21:35:36Z")

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The hood release on my 1990 Buick Wagon doesn’t open the hood. I think maybe the cable is broken somewhere. The question is, is there an alternative way to open the hood?

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-buick-estate-wagon-hood-release-inoperable/21563/2 "2008-11-02T23:50:33Z")

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When the hood sticks on my 93 Caprice, I have somebody work the release while I push down on the hood a couple of times. Usually this pops the hood loose providing the cable isn’t broken. Then I clean and lube the latch mechanism.

Ed B.