How much value does a car lose once its been in a front end collision?

Question

A hyundai accent. 2001.
A dealer sold it to my mom withot her knowing of it being in a wreck. It has also not been reported because it comes up clean in the carfax report. I discovered this a couple weeks after her purchase.

Answer 1

Lots - unless you sell it to someone who doesn't know any better.

Caveat emptor!

Answer 2

Looks like you bought a pre-owned car... So, don't worry much about the resale value. When you sell it, you are gonna be a 2nd owner... of a 5+ year old car! U'll be lucky to even find a buyer. Just stop thinking about it and enjoy ur car. Of course, if the dents are not noticeable and there's no damage to the engine, there's nothing to worry. Otherwise, get it fixed by a reliable mechanic and chill out.

BTW... hope, u didn't pay more than 30% value of a brand new hyundai.

Answer 3

A 2001 Hyundai accent has hardly any value anyway. The value shouln't bother you. A p.o.s. like that should just be driven into the ground. That's the only way to make sense of a car like that.

Answer 4

if its been fixed back right it may not loose none of its book value,,but to me it would loose value,, i wouldn't own one that had been hit in the front end,,or any where else for that matter,,because they do give problems after they have been it ,,i own a repair shop,,and i see cars bought and sold every day that people don't know have been wrecked and fixed back,,and some of them were fixed back right,,but the majority of them are not done the right way,,and will sooner or later give a problem,,that will be caused from an old injury,,good luck,,i hope this help,s

Answer 5

20%

Answer 6

They should have the lemon law in your state, she should be able to get her money back