broken bonnet catch

[jettagolf]

not a golf but our mk5 jetta(2007) has a broken bonnet catch, is there anyway of opening the bonnet to fix it.

[bacillus]

if it's like the Mk5 GTi then removing the inner arch liner on the driver side should give you access to the cable.

[jettagolf]

tried that but the cable has broke or came of at the catch so i need to get into it at the bonnet if this is possible

[joesgti]

i have this problem, at the moment,

if you take the badge out of the front grill you will see 2 screws going through the bonnet catch, undoo them, then at the bottom of you grill there should be 2 screws holding the front grill/mask in, undoo them and prize the grill upwards, if you look in the hole (where your badge was) then you should be able to see a third screw behind the grill (whilst prising up) once youve got at this screw then the bonnet will lift up with the lock still on the bonnet,

HTH

[jettagolf]

cool that is what i will do