My Citroen Saxo bonnet won't open - is there a trick to it?

Question

I can't afford a Haynes Manual for it yet and I need to open the bonnet. I can release the catch under the dashboard but I am havig problems with the manual catch under the bonnet itself. I can feel the squarish plastic part that I think must be the catch but I can't work out how to manipulate this to open the bonnet - is there some trick to this?

I can't legally take the car out of my garden and I have no money. I need to open the bonnet to be able to get the engine block number for a SORN certificate so I don't get fined £1000 for not paying road tax for
a car I can not use for a month or two.

I have found the catch inside the bonnet but as I said before I can't find any direction that it will push in to open the bonnet. Is there some unusual trick to doing this?
I have had 7 different cars before and all of them have not had this problem.
The car is less than 3 years old and the grill is undamaged.

Answer 1

you ought to be able to declare sorn without the engine number just the regstration number has always been enough for me (i have only just declared sorn a few weeks ago myself) but the relese catch under the dash might not have relesed properly so give that another go as well

Answer 2

the owners manual will tell you, failing that the latch could be jammed through corrosion. have a friend check it out before going to a garage

Answer 3

there should be a little clip under the bonnet and u just flick it a pull that should do the trick......cya