all front end damage: needs new hood, bumper, 2 head lights, grille, radiator, a/c coil. check eng light came on after accident. engine whistles now with the rpm's. air bags did not deploy. the car is a 1998 honda civic with 85000 mi on it. kbb value is around 5k
2006-11-20 22:34:29 · 7 answers · asked by Dave 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
Totalled means the cost to fix the damage will equal half or more than the value of the car. You say it needs a new hood and bumper, but have you checked the shock absorbers on the bumper? Airbags? Hood latch/hinges? You mentioned the headlights, what about the wiring? Yeah, it needs a radiator and a/c condensor, probably 2 a/c lines, not to mention 4 lbs. of freon. The insurance company will take all of this into account. If the car's value is truly $5000, I'd say it's well past totalled, because we're just talking parts, no mention of labor, in which case the frame more than likely got tweaked, and you might as well figure at least $90 an hour for tying up a body shops frame machine.
2006-11-21 02:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by chevytuf76 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow this one is getting a lot of feed back. Well kiddo you bought it and you own it. There are no laws stating that wrecked, flooded, blown up or whatever happened must be reported to car fax, nothing. They, car fax, retrieve their information from insurance companies. You have no case what so ever.The only thing that might happen is out of the goodness of the dealers heart, very unlikely. You bought something as is where is and how is. You bought the car expecting it to be covered by the factory warranty, nothing wrong with this. However you failed to check into it. You bought a car online from a web site that has nothing to do with trying to verify the listing either. You do not have a case of false advertising. Totaled cars are bought and sold every single day. Cars get totaled, insurance companies, pending the insurance type, buy the cars and sell them cheap trying to recoup some of their money. The buyers get these things, fix them and unload them. Ok fix is a broad term. Here another tid bit. You bought a car that was totaled and repaired. Well now you have a partially rebuilt/ restored vehicle that was built by hand. Wrecked cars can be fixed depending on the damage and sometimes can be made new again, sometimes. Then again if there is noticeable frame damage it will never be the same. This is when a car needs to be crushed, unless someone can live with the damage. If you are worried about a warranty you can purchase a car warranty which in many cases is better than the factory warranty.
2016-05-22 05:08:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kbb 5k in good condition. Your value went way way way down now didn't it? It will probably cost 5k for a dealership to fix it. Any time the cost to fix equals or exceeds the value of the car it is considered totaled.
2006-11-20 23:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by The Truth 2.0 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It will probably cost about $5k to fix it. Try to sell it as is or part it out if you can.
Get some new wheels.
2006-11-21 01:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by Wil T 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yup its cactus.
For the true value measure the fuel in tank.
2006-11-20 23:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by kevin_4508 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not totaled. If you really tried you could get it back up and running and in decent shape, too.
2006-11-21 01:21:32 · answer #6 · answered by Blue Sky Dreaming 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, but You can do better.
2006-11-20 22:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by BRAINY SKEETA ® 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋