Hi, does anyone have experience with this?

 

The bonnet is releasing from the pull inside the cabin and pops up. I can feel the lever under the bonnet and move it from left to right, but nothing happens. I wonder if it is snapped or just not making contact?

 

The car isn’t running - suspect battery connection or something worse - so moving it isn’t easy, and I can’t get my head under it. From underneath I can reach up and touch the top of the fan but no further. 
 

If anyone has any tips, pictures or anything, I’d be hugely appreciative. It’s a diesel 57 plate Octavia, but it is the Mark I body. 

Right. I managed to remove the chrome-coloured grill surround, got a screwdriver in, and flicked the latch. 
 

Turns out I had somehow moved the lever past the latch and it I had to bring it back.
 

Anyway it’s fixed. 

Check the lever to make sure it's not bent out of place. If it happens again, you can probably wiggle the lever around and catch it on the release. Also, check your bolts to make sure everything is tight.

@ManlyJPanda - The release lever is not the greatest of designs. I suggest you also apply copper or lithium grease to the locking catch fairly reguarly.

Edited 8 May, 20215 yr by KenONeill