Absolute legend mate I didn't have a cable but halfords sell those you have for £3 so a £3 cable, mole grips, and a very sore hand later mine is open too saving me an estimated £120 at garage and being told I will never be able to do it myself it's done I honestly can't thank you enough!
Fair play to you Nick, thanks for posting. My neighbour just called into me with the same problem. I'm going to now attempt this repair on the side of the road, God help me.
I just managed to do this too. I couldn't get mole clips in the gap. So, I managed to get a cable tie onto the plastic end of the cable to pull it and this worked. I then tied some thick metal wire to connect the broken ends. Saved me a fortune, thanks!
Thanks, I have to do this today. It's rubbish on a 6-yr-old car. I've always bought VWs (coming from aircooled) but every one is lower quality than the older one it replaces. Oh well, that's progress
@@nickfowles2943 ..Hi Nick..need your expertise here. I am facing 1 now. any other way I can jump start the car? Please and thank you VW Golf R MK7.5 Wagon 2017
Many thanks for the post. Let me know that it was possible. I made a slop knot on the end of a piece of electrical cable and slid it over the end of the front cable. A good tig and up popped the bonnet
Max Brinckman Hi! That’s what happened to me. It was so stuck that when I pulled the handle it popped the cover of the housing open and released the cable, leaving me unable to open the bonnet. The video above shows you how to access the area you need to reach (assuming that the cable housing door has popped open and not that your cable has snapped or that you have some other issue which is preventing you from opening the bonnet).
Watched a other guy he lifted the bonnet a tiny bit and took bolts out the bonnet lach mines just went😩 just got the car from arnold clark and needed a new caliper bonnet went when fixing that then was told all my alloys are fake and arnold clark said what do you want us to do about it arnold clark is a joke sorry for the rant 😂
smidsyonfire Yes, absolutely! The video is aimed at helping those who were in the same situation as me, ie unable to open the bonnet because the cable had popped out. Certainly, I’d advise putting a cable tie round it to prevent it from happening. Much simpler to avoid the problem in the first place!
Thanks Nick :) I must say I am surprised how poor some of the manufacturing is compared to their original price tag and no recalls to put things right.
and I thought VW have the best car engineering.. I am facing 1 now. bloody hell..and it is not easy when you have pretty basic tools. let alone the another additional cable..VW is not that smart now, arent they any other way I can jump start the car? VW Golf R MK7.5 Wagon 2017
They used to, 30/40 years ago and earlier, these days it's quite the opposite, but they rely on their good name still, from halfbaked engineering to cutting costs heavily on integral parts, vw isn't what they used to be
This video is called "How to open the bonnet...", but the how to open the bonnet was never covered. Instead, there is in-depth discussion and video of how to reconnect a disconnected joint AFTER the bonnet is open! Call it what is is, maybe?
