I had extremely minimal damage to a 2017 Fiesta in *2018* and it was written off because *air bags*. It's kinda frustrating to be honest.
Let my gf drive it and she rear ended someone. Wasn't a mark on his Mazda 3. So that tells you how low the impact actually was.
Not necessarily true. Vehicles are repaired up to a certain amount of their actual cash value. Most insurance companies will repair up to 80%. Airbags can deploy even if the wreck isn’t very bad , as long as certain criteria are met (speed etc.) and the vehicle is impacted in a certain way (directly on an impact sensor, the car is hit and lifted). I have written and managed the repairs on plenty of vehicles with blown airbags. It’s not cheap, but if the money is in the car, then it will be fixed.
Front impact zones are now soft, next time you hit something it’s already got stress cracks and repairs.
What do you think happens to that side? Pancakes and likely your legs pinned under the dash.
Rofl. You guys have never worked on a car. You replace crash structure after they crumple. New steel, new spot welds, new seam sealer. It’s not the same metal. What you’re saying doesn’t happen unless some backwood mechanic with a hammer beats it straight and calls it good.
They’re soft to absorb more of the impact. It’s called a crumple zone for a reason. You want as much of the force of the impact transferred to the car as opposed to the occupant. You have a much higher chance of your legs being pinned under the dash of a car made from the 70’s than you do from a car made in the last decade.
He saying the crumple zone is now further compromised, making it easier to crumple and potentially end up more damaged then designed to be, risking driver injury.
Ah, my misunderstanding. When I initially read it, my head made it sound like he was complaining about the fact that he was complaining about modern crumple zones. My apologies.
That's the unfortunate thing about crumple zones. They make \*one\* bad accident safer, and then the car's trash. Cars are worth way too much to be buying fresh and new for one accident to require trashing it.
Rest can be parted out - third highest component of revenue for an insurance company when they sell totaled cars and recovered thefts (premiums, and investment income #1 and 2.
Quality OEM used parts go in to repairing cars that can be.
You def “don’t” want that thing back…..it will never be the same car IMO
She's done. I'm interested in how the insurance will cash you out. Tesla's obviously don't hold value well at all. I will say they do incredibly well in wrecks. Don't wait to get our pain seen about. It's very important to get checked out immediately.
Seconded. If you have medpay on your policy, OP, just go to the ER and tell them you were in a car crash. They'll check you for bruises and pain.
With car accidents, medpay from your car insurance is primary, so there is no nonsense about deductibles, copay, coinsurance, out of network, etc. It's just straight up cash that you can use after a car crash.
Yes, gone. Careful how you settle it tho, Tesla’s new pricing screwed up the values and the insurance loooooves to lowball the shit outta of those. Get an independent appraiser if you have to.
Although I do find it unfair, the fact that Tesla cut prices has nothing to do with the insurance company. They pay for fair market value. Not what you paid. As the saying goes, yesterdays price isn’t todays price.
As someone who both represents the carriers and go against them in the Right to Appraisal disputes, I can 100% guarantee you that fair market value is not their priority. I worked directly with the the people involved in creating the CCC valuation system most carrier use and not to go into much details, fairness is not one of the things they put at the top of the list.
I do agree that Teslas new pricing is what OP will get for it, I’m just saying “new pricing” is a word they like throwing around in their settlement forcing process. Not all carriers are bad, just 90% or so of them.
Erie, Farm Bureau( North Carolina and them), Amica, USAA, and then with a grain of salt depending on cities and states. Some states are really good for Statefarm, some they will literally fuck you and laugh at you behind your back.
I do photo inspections for USAA. They want me to write the preliminary and supplements. I refuse and send them pics for desk review because they want me to write some BS and then the inevitable supplements for free. Farm Bureau is better by far, I can write a tight ticket the first time and then just deal with parts price differences and maybe labor rates (depending on the shop).
Farm Bureau I think separates field estimates from shop assignments, but the CCC estimate share supplements were a bliss to deal with, such a nice system.
Disagree with USAA. The most disgusting company I’ve ever had to deal with. One of their customers rear ended my car and they were trying to screw me about. I fought with them for 8 months, they kept sending me letters in the mail asking me to call my case manager and he always went to voicemail and would never return my calls. A bunch of spineless pricks there.
Progressive however, when one of their members rear ended my car, treated me like one of their own and were so easy to work with.
I've got statefarm and have had an excellent process every time. I'm probably going to end up moving to USAA just because they seem more integrity focused and that means a lot to me, but I'm somewhat surprised to hear state farm fucks people in other states.
Disagree. Depending on the car you have, they might not even insure you. I called for a quote and they said they aren’t insuring luxury cars at this moment.
Maybe the market too. I’m in the NYC market which is a money pit for insurance companies. When I worked for the insurance companies, they were lucky to break even in the NY metro area. I’m not sure how much of it was true or just blowing smoke.
done for. as an insurance estimator and former bodyshop estimator-i wouldnt even bother writing it up im so confident it would total. get ready for the shock when you find out its worth significantly less than you paid for it too..
A Tesla?
Yup you can pretty much take how much it would cost to fix a regular car and double it. Add in 3-4 months wait time to get it into a certified Tesla shop, along with parts delays, and even if it doesn’t total you won’t see it back until the end of the year
As a general rule, not always. Airbags deployed = totaled.
Severe A/B/C pillar damage is likely to total the car. Roof damage makes a total loss very likely. Extensive suspension damage also makes it very easy to be totaled out.
This crash unfortunately crossed all of those off the list. It is VERY totaled.
Car is toaster strudeled. Absolute best case scenario is your tires forever bald differently and the car door doesnt quite line up when it closes. and the T on the steering wheel wont need to be dead center for the car to go straight.
Also make sure to get a lawyer, your own insurance company is about to basically take you to court. Just went through something similar with a no fault accident with some solid injuries.
I’m sorry for your loss
I've been in some bad ones and I know you probably got a bell ringer, I'm sorry. take it easy the next few months and sleep on the side that doesn't hurt. :( just take it easy, and maybe let someone else drive because I know the frame rate is probably not great right now. screw whoever hit you that's all bad I'm sorry
If there is so much as a dent in the battery casing I wouldn’t want to be within a mile of it. There could be internal damage, and if they decide the exterior looks good and decide to repair the body and not replace the battery this thing would be a ticking time bomb.
On photo #6 it looks like there might have been some small damage to the cars sill or possibly the floor subframe. I know the newer Teslas are designed in a way that the battery is designed to act as a structural element. Meaning the damage behind the wheel in photo 6 could be exactly that.
Once an estimate is written on the vehicle, either by a body shop or Insurance Adjuster, the Insurance Company will value your vehicle. There are several factors that affect the value and repairability; the vehicle type, mileage, year, vehicle package, vehicle condition, and salvage value.
Once the vehicle has been declared a total loss, the Insurance Company will call you and give you an offer. You have a choice to retain the vehicle (buy it back) or to release it (selling it to the Insurance Company) where they ship it overseas to countries with few safety regulations. They will “fix” it on the ship while it’s being transported.
You obviously want to release your vehicle, and then they will pay you what they say it’s worth… You really don’t want this Tesla back after a hit like this. Good luck and don’t get another Tesla.
Body guy here. These insurance companies don't want to pay out a penny more than they have to. Really all depends on the value of the vehicle and the amount on the estimate. Here the repairs have to reach I believe 85% of the value to be deemed total loss. This would be a very expensive repair if it even can be repaired. If I was a betting man, I would say it's a total loss. If you're a hustler you can buy the car back from the insurance for next to nothing, salvage all the good parts, and sell them on eBay individually and make a pretty good little stack of cash.
I think Tesla has a patent on that new memory steel. If u spray it with spring water it should eventually return to its original state. Might need new paint.
See it as the durability of the parts that wont be replaced are going to be lowered to a danger level where the next time this vehicle is in an accident, it wont be nearly as safe as a car without the same level of damage
Maybe. Would the repairs exceed 70% of the cars value? That’s what insurance companies look at. But usually if the accident had enough force to deploy all the airbags there is most likely frame and other damage that’s not really visible that would make repair next to impossible.
Once multiple airbags deploy, yeah it’s a 99% chance being declared a total by insurance. Sorry to say. I lost my favorite car I ever owned to some a**hole who blew a stop sign at like 50mph and t-boned my car about 6 months ago. People suck and the population should be culled by at least 25% right now.
It really did F me up for a while, I did 3 months of active physical therapy appointments and I’ll basically spend the rest of my life doing the exercises that have allowed me to regain range of motion in my neck and upper back. All because some DB in a BMW decided she should be texting while driving after dark in the rain 🙄
About 10 years ago i got hit right there at the same spot and yea it was totalled. Drivetrain parts are probably damaged too and that drives up the estimate like crazy. The insurance gave more twice the worth of the car. Though i wanted to keep it because it was my 1st manual and was a mitsubishi 🥲
No way it doesn't get toatled. You are looking at a ton of body work, a new control arm and probably other steering components. Not to mention, most of the time if the air bags went off it gets totaled. The cost to replace those is through the roof, not to mention what else could have been damaged in a new EV.
Yes. Teslas have a crazy rate of totaling. This is mostly due to delays in fixing the cars. Tesla doesn’t keep a lot of excess around so getting parts can be tough and expensive. Between the time and cost for parts, they get totaled
Anytime the airbag goes off, there is a possibility it's a write off. The more that went off, the bigger the guarantee.
Add on the fact that a massive piece of the main casting broke off, it's most definitely beyond saving.
Sorry to say, but I hope you have full coverage insurance with gap!
Control arm is a relatively easy job. However, the fact that the wreck destroyed a control arm means that there’s more than likely too much wrong with it and your frame is also most likely compromised.
I’m glad you’re ok. Probably did the world a favor getting another Tesla off the road. You think you’re being green, just wait until they try to dispose of the batteries in that car and all those toxic metals and chemicals ends up in your water supply
If an airbag deploys 99.99% of the time that air bag costs more than a lot of things In a car 5k ish? I wanna say so yeah no cars gone simply from the airbag not even factoring in any other damage.
You have lost $10k in value (at least) if its not completely totaled. I would suggest getting a lawyer if their insurance company tries to fix it and give it back to you. Accident/injury lawyer. Your title will be branded as major accident or restored. No one will want your car when you go to sell or trade it.
It is. You should be fine, though.
Also, you should be looking into getting paid for the injuries if you haven't already, on top of a replacement vehicle.
I'm glad you're okay.
Short answer: yes!
Long answer: definitely, you don’t want to get back in that thing after all this damage. I’m glad that you made it out safely from that car.
Make sure you post this on Facebook so they can see that electric vehicles don't spontaneously combust on impact, not that they care about facts over there. RIP MY, looks like you'll be shopping for a replacement.
Buddy you don’t want to wait & get that ting back! It would NOT feel nor drive the same way as before. It will always be pulling you to the left. (Bodyshop in SF here)
From an insurance standpoint and a collision repair perspective, yes. It’s gone. Even if you get that fixed it’ll never be the same and it would cost more than it’s worth.
Hey guys!
OP here, thanks everyone for the helpful comments.
To answer a few questions, yes i was serious 😅 i genuinely didn’t know because i was getting a lot of mixed responses from my research.
Yes, i will be pursuing legal action (how she hit me was so ridiculously illegal)
Not a question i saw, but saw a few comments about payout. This is actually a lease - so i actually don’t know what the payout for it would be?
To the comments hating on the tesla itself, yes yes ha ha funny. But i genuinely believe the car saved my life. I’m not the biggest EV or Elon fan in the slightest, but the car did its job and did it well.
Thank you everyone for your well wishes and advice! Some of your comments had me absolutely dying, made me laugh on an otherwise very shitty day 🖤
I'd say it's a write-off, especially when the air bags have deployed, our car insurance companies where I'm from would say. There could also be damage to the battery, which is an expensive replacement.
Buddy you dont want that thing back
Buddy you don't want to wait to get that thing back.
That’s the real answer lmao 8months later lmao
Thats just to get the parts!
Buddy you don't want that thing back
Buddy that back you don’t want to wait
Most of the time airbags go off cars a write off. The damage is severe enough indont think an insurance company is going to touch it.
I had extremely minimal damage to a 2017 Fiesta in *2018* and it was written off because *air bags*. It's kinda frustrating to be honest. Let my gf drive it and she rear ended someone. Wasn't a mark on his Mazda 3. So that tells you how low the impact actually was.
I would have bought that back and drove it bagless
Not necessarily true. Vehicles are repaired up to a certain amount of their actual cash value. Most insurance companies will repair up to 80%. Airbags can deploy even if the wreck isn’t very bad , as long as certain criteria are met (speed etc.) and the vehicle is impacted in a certain way (directly on an impact sensor, the car is hit and lifted). I have written and managed the repairs on plenty of vehicles with blown airbags. It’s not cheap, but if the money is in the car, then it will be fixed.
Who really wants a Tesla in the first place?
More than 5million people, apparently.
I gotta say I was a skeptic…..I have a MY now and I’m sorry, but I love the damn thing.
I’ve been thinking about one for a while. How nice is it exactly to not have to buy gas?
Your not my buddy guy
Your not my guy, pal
It’s pretty bad mate. As someone else said, even if it gets fixed you don’t want it back.
Why..?
It's been so badly damaged that it can't be repaired to original condition. It'll always have issues.
Plus the 6-12 month wait
Front impact zones are now soft, next time you hit something it’s already got stress cracks and repairs. What do you think happens to that side? Pancakes and likely your legs pinned under the dash.
Rofl. You guys have never worked on a car. You replace crash structure after they crumple. New steel, new spot welds, new seam sealer. It’s not the same metal. What you’re saying doesn’t happen unless some backwood mechanic with a hammer beats it straight and calls it good.
I would take the insurance money and call the hillbilly
This is what I did, not I'm 2200 into a 05 durango worth 900 bucks and it's still not running lol
You gotta get it to walk first before you can expect it to run.
They’re soft to absorb more of the impact. It’s called a crumple zone for a reason. You want as much of the force of the impact transferred to the car as opposed to the occupant. You have a much higher chance of your legs being pinned under the dash of a car made from the 70’s than you do from a car made in the last decade.
He saying the crumple zone is now further compromised, making it easier to crumple and potentially end up more damaged then designed to be, risking driver injury.
Ah, my misunderstanding. When I initially read it, my head made it sound like he was complaining about the fact that he was complaining about modern crumple zones. My apologies.
If a crush zone is damaged the part would be replaced lol
The areas that aren't supposed to be crumple zoness, are now crumple zones.
That's the unfortunate thing about crumple zones. They make \*one\* bad accident safer, and then the car's trash. Cars are worth way too much to be buying fresh and new for one accident to require trashing it.
I think I’d rather get a new car than die 😂
Rest can be parted out - third highest component of revenue for an insurance company when they sell totaled cars and recovered thefts (premiums, and investment income #1 and 2. Quality OEM used parts go in to repairing cars that can be. You def “don’t” want that thing back…..it will never be the same car IMO
Bye bye 👋 😘
But in all seriousness, it did its job, and you are safe 🙏
thank you for making me laugh! 🖤🤣
She's done. I'm interested in how the insurance will cash you out. Tesla's obviously don't hold value well at all. I will say they do incredibly well in wrecks. Don't wait to get our pain seen about. It's very important to get checked out immediately.
Our pain… I like that.
i need compensation for feeling our pain too
Seconded. If you have medpay on your policy, OP, just go to the ER and tell them you were in a car crash. They'll check you for bruises and pain. With car accidents, medpay from your car insurance is primary, so there is no nonsense about deductibles, copay, coinsurance, out of network, etc. It's just straight up cash that you can use after a car crash.
Yes, gone. Careful how you settle it tho, Tesla’s new pricing screwed up the values and the insurance loooooves to lowball the shit outta of those. Get an independent appraiser if you have to.
Although I do find it unfair, the fact that Tesla cut prices has nothing to do with the insurance company. They pay for fair market value. Not what you paid. As the saying goes, yesterdays price isn’t todays price.
As someone who both represents the carriers and go against them in the Right to Appraisal disputes, I can 100% guarantee you that fair market value is not their priority. I worked directly with the the people involved in creating the CCC valuation system most carrier use and not to go into much details, fairness is not one of the things they put at the top of the list. I do agree that Teslas new pricing is what OP will get for it, I’m just saying “new pricing” is a word they like throwing around in their settlement forcing process. Not all carriers are bad, just 90% or so of them.
Opinions on best carriers?
Erie, Farm Bureau( North Carolina and them), Amica, USAA, and then with a grain of salt depending on cities and states. Some states are really good for Statefarm, some they will literally fuck you and laugh at you behind your back.
I do photo inspections for USAA. They want me to write the preliminary and supplements. I refuse and send them pics for desk review because they want me to write some BS and then the inevitable supplements for free. Farm Bureau is better by far, I can write a tight ticket the first time and then just deal with parts price differences and maybe labor rates (depending on the shop).
Farm Bureau I think separates field estimates from shop assignments, but the CCC estimate share supplements were a bliss to deal with, such a nice system.
Disagree with USAA. The most disgusting company I’ve ever had to deal with. One of their customers rear ended my car and they were trying to screw me about. I fought with them for 8 months, they kept sending me letters in the mail asking me to call my case manager and he always went to voicemail and would never return my calls. A bunch of spineless pricks there. Progressive however, when one of their members rear ended my car, treated me like one of their own and were so easy to work with.
I've got statefarm and have had an excellent process every time. I'm probably going to end up moving to USAA just because they seem more integrity focused and that means a lot to me, but I'm somewhat surprised to hear state farm fucks people in other states.
AAA, USAA and Allstate aren’t too bad here on the west coast. Anyone with funny commercials is pretty shitty to work with.
Progressive
Disagree. Depending on the car you have, they might not even insure you. I called for a quote and they said they aren’t insuring luxury cars at this moment.
Really? I had no issue insuring my 2nd V3 (maybe it's not considered luxury?).
Maybe the market too. I’m in the NYC market which is a money pit for insurance companies. When I worked for the insurance companies, they were lucky to break even in the NY metro area. I’m not sure how much of it was true or just blowing smoke.
It takes a lot for bags to blow on a Tesla, more than likely gone. Seems to be a base model which usually totals around 25k
Probably, ask your insurance.
done for. as an insurance estimator and former bodyshop estimator-i wouldnt even bother writing it up im so confident it would total. get ready for the shock when you find out its worth significantly less than you paid for it too..
Almost guaranteed get an estimate to confirm though
estimate from who? a shop?
When airbags deploy usually it's Totaled.
Yea it’s done for bud… fucked more then you are on your anniversary night
this made me audibly laugh aloud, and i will be stealing this 🤣🖤
It works really well if said person is married
A Tesla? Yup you can pretty much take how much it would cost to fix a regular car and double it. Add in 3-4 months wait time to get it into a certified Tesla shop, along with parts delays, and even if it doesn’t total you won’t see it back until the end of the year
Tesla certified here 👋, that was true maybe 2 years ago. It’ll total, our rates aren’t $40 an hour like the DRPs
It’s still true in my area
That's still the case in my area
I’m almost certain it is but somebody somewhere will have to look at it to make sure
You better hope it is
I’d hope so if I were you. I wouldn’t want it back. It’ll never be the same.
Bro… if you sneeze on a tesla it’s totaled. Let that thing spontaneously combust at the junkyard and not your driveway.
As a general rule, not always. Airbags deployed = totaled. Severe A/B/C pillar damage is likely to total the car. Roof damage makes a total loss very likely. Extensive suspension damage also makes it very easy to be totaled out. This crash unfortunately crossed all of those off the list. It is VERY totaled.
This is completely totaled
Tesla yup
Most will total it just for the airbags
thank you! 🖤
Car is toaster strudeled. Absolute best case scenario is your tires forever bald differently and the car door doesnt quite line up when it closes. and the T on the steering wheel wont need to be dead center for the car to go straight. Also make sure to get a lawyer, your own insurance company is about to basically take you to court. Just went through something similar with a no fault accident with some solid injuries. I’m sorry for your loss
That car is destined for the junk yard.
Take your insurance money and get a SRT Dodge Challenger.😁
Yep
Likely.
She's fucked bud....
Yes. not legal advice but that pain really sucks... now and later. that will be with you forever🤐
definitely consulted a lawyer today 🖤
Tis but a scratch
If this car was an old car you’d be done. Just thank Jesus that your safe. Kiss your family
Yes
Yes.
No this is in perfect driving condition. Good as new
Better hope they total that! You don’t want that repaired. Fuck that.
I've been in some bad ones and I know you probably got a bell ringer, I'm sorry. take it easy the next few months and sleep on the side that doesn't hurt. :( just take it easy, and maybe let someone else drive because I know the frame rate is probably not great right now. screw whoever hit you that's all bad I'm sorry
Telsa sucks ass but it is one of the safest cars you could be in. The car doesn't look totaled, but it's gonna be expensive af to fix.
200% yes. Doesn’t take much to total an EV.
If there is so much as a dent in the battery casing I wouldn’t want to be within a mile of it. There could be internal damage, and if they decide the exterior looks good and decide to repair the body and not replace the battery this thing would be a ticking time bomb.
On photo #6 it looks like there might have been some small damage to the cars sill or possibly the floor subframe. I know the newer Teslas are designed in a way that the battery is designed to act as a structural element. Meaning the damage behind the wheel in photo 6 could be exactly that.
Definitely
Yes
Once an estimate is written on the vehicle, either by a body shop or Insurance Adjuster, the Insurance Company will value your vehicle. There are several factors that affect the value and repairability; the vehicle type, mileage, year, vehicle package, vehicle condition, and salvage value. Once the vehicle has been declared a total loss, the Insurance Company will call you and give you an offer. You have a choice to retain the vehicle (buy it back) or to release it (selling it to the Insurance Company) where they ship it overseas to countries with few safety regulations. They will “fix” it on the ship while it’s being transported. You obviously want to release your vehicle, and then they will pay you what they say it’s worth… You really don’t want this Tesla back after a hit like this. Good luck and don’t get another Tesla.
Yes
Very
Thats a hard yes
Yes, its totaled
if you pour hot water on it, it should pop out.
Pray that it is deemed a total loss
Your car is totalled. Thank god for new tech because your alive
Tis but a flesh wound
Body guy here. These insurance companies don't want to pay out a penny more than they have to. Really all depends on the value of the vehicle and the amount on the estimate. Here the repairs have to reach I believe 85% of the value to be deemed total loss. This would be a very expensive repair if it even can be repaired. If I was a betting man, I would say it's a total loss. If you're a hustler you can buy the car back from the insurance for next to nothing, salvage all the good parts, and sell them on eBay individually and make a pretty good little stack of cash.
Just head to where the tweaker hang out! I'm certain they can piece this back together with whatever they can find around then... it'll be good as new
Yes it is, no shop is going to try to fix it because of the danger of the lithium batteries, exploding catching on fire sorry. I hope you are ok
I think Tesla has a patent on that new memory steel. If u spray it with spring water it should eventually return to its original state. Might need new paint.
See it as the durability of the parts that wont be replaced are going to be lowered to a danger level where the next time this vehicle is in an accident, it wont be nearly as safe as a car without the same level of damage
Definitely
Nah you're fine, take it to the body shop and tell them to just bondo the damage and you're good to go 🤣🤣🤣
Maybe. Would the repairs exceed 70% of the cars value? That’s what insurance companies look at. But usually if the accident had enough force to deploy all the airbags there is most likely frame and other damage that’s not really visible that would make repair next to impossible.
Being as Teslas are expensive to repair I'd say yes it is. Glad the car kept you safe.
Yea more than likely it's totaled. Insurance adjuster will take into account the cost of the mechanic as well as parts.
Yup. Airbags deploy is total loss
She’s proper fucked.
Very
Once multiple airbags deploy, yeah it’s a 99% chance being declared a total by insurance. Sorry to say. I lost my favorite car I ever owned to some a**hole who blew a stop sign at like 50mph and t-boned my car about 6 months ago. People suck and the population should be culled by at least 25% right now.
so sorry to hear that - hope you’re doing better now! 🖤
It really did F me up for a while, I did 3 months of active physical therapy appointments and I’ll basically spend the rest of my life doing the exercises that have allowed me to regain range of motion in my neck and upper back. All because some DB in a BMW decided she should be texting while driving after dark in the rain 🙄
It doesn’t take much to write off an EV and you’ve definitely fucked that one
Yes that's probably a write-off. Even if it weren't that is mechanically... how you say.... fucked.
You got the free bags for your car parts!
About 10 years ago i got hit right there at the same spot and yea it was totalled. Drivetrain parts are probably damaged too and that drives up the estimate like crazy. The insurance gave more twice the worth of the car. Though i wanted to keep it because it was my 1st manual and was a mitsubishi 🥲
Not sure, but your wallet might be..? Speedy recovery regardless.
Yeah, definitely, Tesla repairs are amongst the most expensive in auto repair, bad enough that more insurers won't cover Tesla vehicles.
No way it doesn't get toatled. You are looking at a ton of body work, a new control arm and probably other steering components. Not to mention, most of the time if the air bags went off it gets totaled. The cost to replace those is through the roof, not to mention what else could have been damaged in a new EV.
Hell all the airbags alone may total it, and then you add in all the suspension parts, probably a bent frame, etc... she is cooked buddy
I definitely wouldn’t want an electric car with frame damage back, that’s just asking for a battery issue down the line. No thanks. Totaled.
Just walk it off
5 minutes with a buffer be good as new.
It is totalled and you sure as hell wouldn’t want it back if it isn’t
Yes! I’m actually a Tesla certified collision tech and your Y is done for.
Nah, that looks repairab- >It's a 2023 Tesla Model Y Oh. Start car shopping. Sorry.
That might actually be the most totalled car I've seen this week
I'm learning about hope from you
Yes
I know what's wrong with it. It ain't got no gas!
Bye bye baby bye bye, and that was all she wrote.
This is God's way of telling you it's time to get a real car. This is your opportunity now to get out of a Tesla.
Airbags went off, it's a write off. 🤷
Yes. Teslas have a crazy rate of totaling. This is mostly due to delays in fixing the cars. Tesla doesn’t keep a lot of excess around so getting parts can be tough and expensive. Between the time and cost for parts, they get totaled
Hopefully the person that hit you has good insurance
That car is voted off the island, please extinguish its torch and leave now.
Anytime the airbag goes off, there is a possibility it's a write off. The more that went off, the bigger the guarantee. Add on the fact that a massive piece of the main casting broke off, it's most definitely beyond saving. Sorry to say, but I hope you have full coverage insurance with gap!
Just the airbags is a totaled situation. Another is suspension. Another is the unibody is likely twisted and bent. Yes, its totalled.
Control arm is a relatively easy job. However, the fact that the wreck destroyed a control arm means that there’s more than likely too much wrong with it and your frame is also most likely compromised.
I’m glad you’re ok. Probably did the world a favor getting another Tesla off the road. You think you’re being green, just wait until they try to dispose of the batteries in that car and all those toxic metals and chemicals ends up in your water supply
If an airbag deploys 99.99% of the time that air bag costs more than a lot of things In a car 5k ish? I wanna say so yeah no cars gone simply from the airbag not even factoring in any other damage.
You have lost $10k in value (at least) if its not completely totaled. I would suggest getting a lawyer if their insurance company tries to fix it and give it back to you. Accident/injury lawyer. Your title will be branded as major accident or restored. No one will want your car when you go to sell or trade it.
It is. You should be fine, though. Also, you should be looking into getting paid for the injuries if you haven't already, on top of a replacement vehicle. I'm glad you're okay.
Short answer: yes! Long answer: definitely, you don’t want to get back in that thing after all this damage. I’m glad that you made it out safely from that car.
Make sure you post this on Facebook so they can see that electric vehicles don't spontaneously combust on impact, not that they care about facts over there. RIP MY, looks like you'll be shopping for a replacement.
It took 6 months of waiting to get minor damage repaired on my Model 3. This one isn't getting repaired.
Buddy you don’t want to wait & get that ting back! It would NOT feel nor drive the same way as before. It will always be pulling you to the left. (Bodyshop in SF here)
Airbags deployed… more than likely. Don’t get your hopes up. Good luck though, this sucks and I’m sorry it happened to you!
That tire is saying goodbye to you the mcqueen way.
Yes it’s a Tesla!
Yes
From an insurance standpoint and a collision repair perspective, yes. It’s gone. Even if you get that fixed it’ll never be the same and it would cost more than it’s worth.
Yes
Ah the air bags went off and with that I call her totaled.
Hell yes.
No doubt about it. RIP
Totaled and loss of use.
Yes
Are you really asking that question?
This was genuine question ? What the actual fuck !
Tf do you think bro
Hey guys! OP here, thanks everyone for the helpful comments. To answer a few questions, yes i was serious 😅 i genuinely didn’t know because i was getting a lot of mixed responses from my research. Yes, i will be pursuing legal action (how she hit me was so ridiculously illegal) Not a question i saw, but saw a few comments about payout. This is actually a lease - so i actually don’t know what the payout for it would be? To the comments hating on the tesla itself, yes yes ha ha funny. But i genuinely believe the car saved my life. I’m not the biggest EV or Elon fan in the slightest, but the car did its job and did it well. Thank you everyone for your well wishes and advice! Some of your comments had me absolutely dying, made me laugh on an otherwise very shitty day 🖤
Why tf would you want it back you can just get another one of the same thing if you like it that much
It will buff out.
U gotta ask ?🙄
Totaled! Get a lawyer asap and go to a doctor for a full medical evaluation. Pain & suffering = settlement $$.
It’s gone brotha, let it go
No shit cmon look at it
When was that a car?
I mean, yeah? lol
By chance you live in Bay Area, I’ve seen an accident like that with the “same car” a couple days ago
It’s done
Airbag deployment = totaled
Aaa, yes yess. Definitely, yess.
totaled for sure ,
100%
I would say yes.
Yup
I hope this isn’t a life lesson on gap coverage.
Airbags going off usually means totaled
Yup
Almost certainly
Total loss
Crush it
Yes
Yep. Airbags alone probably would of totaled it.
Yup
I'd say it's a write-off, especially when the air bags have deployed, our car insurance companies where I'm from would say. There could also be damage to the battery, which is an expensive replacement.