Driving up a small road, council workers trimming branches of trees, and headges. They leave tree branches behind in the road, you drive past, large branches go under the car, hear a bang. About 8-10 miles later, you see smoke which appears to be coming from the exhaust. Just get home, car making a wirring noise. Call out RAC, who say's "there is a leak in the gear box". NOT engine oil, as this is too thin. Checked the engine oil levels, OK. Evenutally flat bedded transported to a main dealer garage, Main dealer for Renault, not knowing the extent of the damage, nearly give me a heart attack - they say needs NEW gear box £2500 inclusive. But you WON'T BE ABLE TO CLAIM FROM INSURANCE, AS THE LEAK IS ?? ENGINE OIL ?? AND THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THIS . IT IS A MECHANICAL FAULT - CANNOT CLAIM ON A MECHANICAL FAULT. Why would the garage say this? The car was fine until this incident. The garage is on a list of authorised repair garages for the Insurance Company.
2006-09-17 07:46:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Something similar happened to me and I attempted to claim compensation from the council rather than put it through my insurance policy. The council rejected the claim saying the damage "wasn't consistant" with what I was saying, therefore they rejected the claim. I took the car to a garage later and was told that there was numerous problems with the car which was additional damage (from the incident in question) which I didn't know about previously. Had I know about all the problems, maybe this would have been "consistant" and my claim would have been paid out on. Later I found out that had I got an 'independant Motor Engineer Report' ALL faults would have been picked up on. My advise would be to get one of these reports NOW at a cost of about £50 but it will be well worth it. Good Luck. PS Submit a claim to your local council and with this report you should be quids in!.
2006-09-17 07:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by jakdaw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be right, but I think I might at least call another shop and see if a second opinion is warranted.
2006-09-17 07:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Scott K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know your policy but I bet you aren't going to drive over loose debris anymore.
2006-09-17 07:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋