I know the frame of my car was damaged when I was hit last week. The front end of the car is torn off, front drivers side axle broken, and the frame is smashed. In addition drivers side rear quarter is hit, with rear end torn off. Does frame damage = total?? I think that once upon a time it did...but now???
2007-02-08 08:30:32 · 7 answers · asked by donnam4863 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
Hey Donna Stick a fork in it, it's done. It will never be the same. The insurance company will sell it for salvage. You don't want it. Trust me.
2007-02-08 08:56:04 · answer #1 · answered by Boston Mark 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
absolutely not. that is a very common myth. frame machines are in every body shop nowadays. They can get the frames back to the exact specifications they were at prior to the accident. Of course some times the damage is too extensive to repair- but not all cars that have frame damage are totalled. big fat myth
2007-02-08 09:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Frame damage is just one of the things the adjuster will look at. Does frame damage alone mean a car is totaled? No.
2007-02-08 09:04:59 · answer #3 · answered by oklatom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. A car is a total loss only when the price of repairs exceeds the insurance company's determined value of your vehicle.
Nowadays, most cars are built using unibody (frame and body as one) construction. Skilled technicians, with the aid of our state-of the-art computer measuring system , can return your vehicle to its original factory specifications.
If it is determined that the frame section is bent beyond repair, that section can simply be replaced.
2007-02-08 08:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by rob1963man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
relies upon the place the physique is broken or bent.Can get a estimate for restoration from a physique straightening save.coverage continually totals a automobile whilst the wear and tear is larger than well worth of the motor vehicle or if the wear and tear is structural making it risky to force.even nonetheless you drove it residing house does no longer advise that is risk-free as a every day motive force. EDIT If the wear and tear is the place the bumper attaches to physique,might make it risky in the experience that your in a front end twist of fate and it would enable the different automobile to impinge on cabin section.present day frames are designed to offer up or take up effect in the previous the different automobile can harm occupants in front seat.If the physique is that broken,there does no longer be any protection element left.
2016-11-02 22:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe several years ago, but now...not.
The 2 prior before me are correct. Now, some shops hate doing this type of work and will tell you it's a total.
2007-02-08 10:41:19 · answer #6 · answered by bundysmom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
absolutely. the frame is not strong any more.
2007-02-08 08:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋