On the way to work this morning a small Nissan truck pulled right out in front of me. I walked away, not hurt at all, however Nissan driver left on a stretcher with broken leg among other things (hit him in the driver side door). He will be OK.

Anyway, does it appear that there is enough damage to be totalled or not?


What do you guys think? Will they fix this, or do you think think the truck will be "totalled"?
My driver side door was bent, and lets assume the frame is bent a little.

Any opinions?

 

I can't say for sure as your damage is more centerd than mine. but the insurancee company should be able to tell you soon (I knew within about 24 hours). My truck is a 2000 and the repair costs totaled $8300. Since your truck is newer you obviously have more value in it, but how much frame damage is too much? keep us posted


P.S. there was damage to the bed as well (that you cant see) so the left side of the bed was replacecd along with the entire front clip.

 

It looks fixable to me, but I think it will end up if the engine is still running or not. If the engine is still good, they will probably fix it, but who knows. Good luck with insurance.

 

I have a 2002 Supercrew KR. I hd similiar damage if not worse about 2 years ago. It was repaired. But there was very little frame damage, It may depend on the amount of frame damage? Good luck with the truck.

 

Ouch!! That sux! I'm glad no one was hurt worse than they were.

 

Glad to hear you're okay Ryan...

Any update on your status?

RP

 

I had a car accident in 2004, both airbags went off, and the hood was bent up a little(not as bas as yours). I think the total bill in the 6 grand range, I only paid 1 grand so I can't remember. The lady at the shop I took it to, told me they can go up to 14K in damages before they total it out.

 

glad to hear you're okay.

That doesn't look like a write-off (unless there is serious, unrepairable frame damage)

 

My wife wrecked my truck last year, the frame was bent and they did a frame swap on it. Of course mine was pretty new at the time. It's an '03 and at the time i only had 18000 mile on it. Check it out here http://fordtruckworld.tenmagazines.c...&album=1&pos=2

 

Glad to see you're alright. There seems to be a rash of crashes this past couple of weeks. IMO I think that any amount of bent frame is unacceptable. I've heard that frames can be straightened but are they really as good as before the accident??? Even if it could be fixed, subconciously you'd always think there ws somthing wrong. I hope that's not the case and everything works out ok. keep us posted.

 

Having seen the front part of the frame on my truck, I have to ask why is there not a cross piece between the 2 front rails? The design lends itself to being bent whenever the front sustains a crash. I think it would be better/ stronger with a crossmemeber up there.

LT Dan

 

Probably so it WILL bend, buckle, and collapse. Otherwise you have no crumple zone and YOU will end up absorbing all of that energy, not a good situation to be in!

 

the insurance company will take the value of your truck, and then figure out a %. from there they total up all the damages and if its more than that percentage they will total it.

 

just to follow up:

$9500 worth of damage, so they will fix it.
Not sure if frame was bent or not, still try to confirm that.
Thanks to all that replied.

By the way,
Enterprise rent a car, had a 2004 Supercrew so I rented that (its on the other guys insurance, ha ha)
I gotta say I like the ride & interiors of the new models, but still prefer the looks of my old truck *(that is before it was wrecked)


later!

 

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