Car Totalled From A Fender Bender?! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Catchpole · 02-24-2015, 03:46 PM

A guy broadsided my passenger side in a 25mph zone and hit the fender in front of the tire. He hit just right so that the bumper cover, fender, and hood folded in a fair bit.

The estimate for repairs jumped from $3,000 to $16,000+ because the fuse box cracked. They're saying you can't just replace the fuse box and that you have to replace the engine harness, which requires pulling out the dash.

This seems ridiculous to me, but I'm not an expert on newer cars. Can anyone confirm this?

This is all I have for pictures, I imagine I'll be dropping by this week/weekend.

adamg · 02-24-2015, 03:50 PM

pics? that estimate seems a little insane

ZOMFGAARON · 02-24-2015, 03:50 PM

Do you have pictures of the damage to the fuse box/wiring

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RobertPaulson · 02-24-2015, 03:51 PM

i suggest calling a couple dealers (toyota and subaru) and seeing if they agree with that. also if its not the case and the buy back is cheap, let them total out, buy car back, fix for cheap and spend extra money on mods.

Vides990 · 02-24-2015, 03:52 PM

Lol why be upset, you get a new car now. Most people come on here saying, is it totaled? Please let it be totaled, my car will never be the same now. Plus no more atrocious blue interior.

Catchpole · 02-24-2015, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by adamg

pics? that estimate seems a little insane

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Originally Posted by ZOMFGAARON

Do you have pictures of the damage to the fuse box/wiring

Updated original post with a picture. I don't have more at the moment, but I'll probably be seeing the car in the next few days.

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Originally Posted by RobertPaulson

i suggest calling a couple dealers (toyota and subaru) and seeing if they agree with that. also if its not the case and the buy back is cheap, let them total out, buy car back, fix for cheap and spend extra money on mods.

I'll try calling a few more dealerships, the original one that I tried sent me away because they "don't deal with stuff like this".

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Originally Posted by Vides990

Lol why be upset, you get a new car now. Most people come on here saying, is it totaled? Please let it be totaled, my car will never be the same now. Plus no more atrocious blue interior.

I'm not upset, just shocked. I'd prefer to have a new car, especially if the repairs are going to be this invasive. Even if the absurd amount of wiring went off without a hitch, I'm certain there would be annoying rattles and what not from most of the interior being pulled out.

And that interior isn't atrocious.

strat61caster · 02-24-2015, 04:17 PM

Fuse box is probably a red herring, sounds like the frame got tweaked.

There's lots of stuff that's top dollar in that area, sure some harness could need replacing, maybe the A/C got damaged, suspension/steering. All told if all of those got banged up enough the parts and labor racks up pretty quick I could agree to $16k.

My money is still on chassis damage.

fika84 · 02-24-2015, 04:23 PM

I guess the side impact could've caused frame damage... but where it got hit looks like it's at the crash beams. Just not sure how the crash beams do in side impact. They work wonders in front impact!!

Eski · 02-24-2015, 04:44 PM

your getting taken for a ride. no way that a plug and play harness costs that much. lets say they charge 150$ an hour, that means its going to take them 106 hours to replace a plug and play harness? seems legit..

AznBRZer · 02-24-2015, 04:46 PM

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adamg · 02-24-2015, 04:56 PM

so many totaled series.blue's and it hasnt even been a year yet. i feel like in general someone new post about their totaled brz/frs everyday on here

Catchpole · 02-24-2015, 04:59 PM

Just doing my part to help your car hold some value!

6 months, 2 weeks, and 18,000 miles. Her life was short, but wrought with adventure.

Turbo95eg6 · 02-24-2015, 05:10 PM

How many miles on it? Sign the papers now, get a new car.

Catchpole · 02-24-2015, 05:19 PM

I'm sitting at 17,7XX miles I think. I'm definitely not going to fight to keep the car, I was just shocked at how such a lame accident was apparently catastrophic.

02-24-2015, 03:46 PM	#1
Catchpole Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: Series.Blue Location: NoVA Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Car Totalled From A Fender Bender?! A guy broadsided my passenger side in a 25mph zone and hit the fender in front of the tire. He hit just right so that the bumper cover, fender, and hood folded in a fair bit. The estimate for repairs jumped from $3,000 to $16,000+ because the fuse box cracked. They're saying you can't just replace the fuse box and that you have to replace the engine harness, which requires pulling out the dash. This seems ridiculous to me, but I'm not an expert on newer cars. Can anyone confirm this? This is all I have for pictures, I imagine I'll be dropping by this week/weekend. Last edited by Catchpole; 02-24-2015 at 04:11 PM.

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adamg Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: brz Location: United States Posts: 780 Thanks: 194 Thanked 405 Times in 212 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	pics? that estimate seems a little insane

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ZOMFGAARON A Demon Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: Raven GT86 Location: Denver Posts: 1,992 Thanks: 190 Thanked 1,321 Times in 701 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do you have pictures of the damage to the fuse box/wiring Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Vides990 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 13 BRZ (sold) 20 BRZ TS (sold) Location: CT Posts: 321 Thanks: 466 Thanked 243 Times in 116 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Lol why be upset, you get a new car now. Most people come on here saying, is it totaled? Please let it be totaled, my car will never be the same now. Plus no more atrocious blue interior.

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strat61caster - Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: '13 FRS - STX Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 10,383 Thanks: 13,790 Thanked 9,502 Times in 5,013 Posts Mentioned: 94 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Fuse box is probably a red herring, sounds like the frame got tweaked. There's lots of stuff that's top dollar in that area, sure some harness could need replacing, maybe the A/C got damaged, suspension/steering. All told if all of those got banged up enough the parts and labor racks up pretty quick I could agree to $16k. My money is still on chassis damage.

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adamg Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: brz Location: United States Posts: 780 Thanks: 194 Thanked 405 Times in 212 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	so many totaled series.blue's and it hasnt even been a year yet. i feel like in general someone new post about their totaled brz/frs everyday on here

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Catchpole Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: Series.Blue Location: NoVA Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just doing my part to help your car hold some value! 6 months, 2 weeks, and 18,000 miles. Her life was short, but wrought with adventure.

02-24-2015, 05:19 PM	#14
Catchpole Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: Series.Blue Location: NoVA Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm sitting at 17,7XX miles I think. I'm definitely not going to fight to keep the car, I was just shocked at how such a lame accident was apparently catastrophic.

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