thank you Happy-jack it worked very well , followed your instuctions to the letter and now the bonnet is open, no damage no fuss didnt even have to jack up the car. So Thanks again. painter tony

Think I must be a bit thick!

I have an 03 75 1.8T Club SE and washer bottle is on the opposite side, but I can't see any junction box with 1 cable coming in and 2 coming out

Can anyone help???

Happy Jack saves the day ! I had borrowed my mums car to and jammed the bonnet , cured now !

Thanks again !

You don't need to cut anything or remove the wheel or wheel arch liner. Turn the steering as far to the left as you can and reach inside the small inspection hatch at the top of the wheel arch liner. Use a torch so you can see what you're doing. You can push the neck of the washer bottle up and off to give yourself more room. Unclip the cable junction box from the inner wing and pull it through the small hatch. Tug on the shuttle inside the junction box (plastic thing that the three cable ends go into) to pull the two cables to the latches. You shouldn't need pliers. One latch will probably pop open first then the other.

Hello

I wonder if anyone can give me some more clues here. I've opened the inspection hatch, and felt around inside, but I'm not really sure what exact location/shape of object to feel for. I can see what looks like the washer bottle neck, and I tried pushing it off, but it wouldn't budge, and again, I'm not sure how much force it's sensible to apply...

Is it possible to have a picture or some more specific details to help with this? I do really need to get the bonnet open!

Thanks!

This was a great help this morning when I couldn't open the bonnet of my 2004 75. Followed exactly the instructions and it's now open. Thanks

You don't need to cut anything or remove the wheel or wheel arch liner. Turn the steering as far to the left as you can and reach inside the small inspection hatch at the top of the wheel arch liner. Use a torch so you can see what you're doing. You can push the neck of the washer bottle up and off to give yourself more room. Unclip the cable junction box from the inner wing and pull it through the small hatch. Tug on the shuttle inside the junction box (plastic thing that the three cable ends go into) to pull the two cables to the latches. You shouldn't need pliers. One latch will probably pop open first then the other.

Thanks for this advise. I have just followed your instructions and would like to add a couple more tips. I struggled with removing the neck of the windscreen washed reservoir but on searching through my tool box found an old Raleigh bicycle tool which had a semi-circular section at one end which fits snugly under the flange on the neck. I attached a mole grip too the other end of the Raleigh tool and with a bit of up and down levering the neck came free, no need to cut the neck. The rest was easy but I discovered the cause of my problem. The cable junction box clips had sprung slackening the cables. Having WD-40ed the bonnet release catches I secured the junction box to the inner wing with a cable tie and it all now works perfectly. Took some photos but I don't see how I can upload these onto this site?

Kind regards,

Tony