Hood won't open
 

Never had any hood issues until now. I removed the hood release latch inside the cabin and have been pulling on the cable with a pair of pliers with no luck. Pressing down on hood while pulling on cable doesn't help either. Also removed driver's wheel liner-can't find any where/how to open the hood. Haven't found anything online for the 958 either. Any one else encounter this issue? Any help would be appreciated.