Hood Release

Still, if somebody wanted to its not that hard to lay on the ground and reach up and pull the cable housing, if you pitch the sleeve with needle nose pilers, then the cable locks in and a good yank will open the hood...if that fails you always can cut the cable with diagonals, just twisting it should pop the hood open.

You need to chain or a thick cable and padlock the hood with the frame if you really want to stop a thief. If I park my car overnight outside I pull the battery cable and use a bike chain and good key padlock to keep the hood tightly shut.

You can't stop a good thieve but you can slow them down.