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99 VW Beetle Hood Release Cable plastic tab broke

The Plastic Tab on Hood Release Cable that attaches the cable to the Handle snapped I removed the plastic and the handle but can not locate the cable...do I need to replace the whole cable or just the plastic part...

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  • nikola432 Jul 01, 2009

    I finally located the cable, it was sneaking from a whole and the metal ball was still on it...
    I called VW, they say that the cable only has the metal balls on the ends... so the part must be from they handle.
    They have the handle in stock, so I'll go and see if the plastic part is part of it

    Thanks

    Nik

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