Chevy Blazer Hood Release Cable Broken. Look on the sides of your headlights for a slight indent behind the headlight. Sometimes it helps to have a helper standing at the end of the hood and pop the hood with palm of hand, in the area of under hood release mechanism, at the same time your pulling the cable.
Tug gently on this cable and see what happens: 2 hood latch problem of the 1998 chevrolet blazer failure date: Now, with the hood open, have an assistant pull the release so you can watch it open a few times.