Hello all, I'm new to this site and I just purchased my 3g 05' TL not even a week ago...make long story short I was coming home this morning from work and I made a right turn at a light and I hit the curb (snow blizzard)...kinda bad, really bad. Curb was on left side (little island) bammmm I went over the curb....luckily no cars were around...road was too slippery and driving a bit fast maybe 15mph at the time...anyhow after the accident I was able to drive it to my in law's house since they lived no more than 1/2 mile away. After the accident I noticed that the alignment was off cause I had to steer it at 9' o'clock to go straight, noticed clicking/grinding noise coming from driver side tire, cracked the rim, and brake pedal was not working properly....so I had to drive realllllly slow and use the e-brake. My ? is for you pros...what else do you think could be wrong with the car?

thanks in adv. all

 

Did you brake while you slammed into the curb? When my brother did this, he ended up fubaring his whole driver side brake (including cracking the rotor in half) bent a control arm and his suspension had to be replaced.

Take it to the shop?

 

Pics if you can.

 

Pics of said damage will get you lots of info on here. You could have damaged lots of suspension components, including control arms, bent sway bar, cracked steering knuckle, endlinks, balljoints, wheel bearings, ect. If you were braking really hard when you hit you may have also damaged the caliper and/or the brake rotors. Could be lots of things.

Take the car to the dealer and have them look it over. I'd recommend using a flatbed to get there though by the sound of this.

 

Welcome to AZ.

Sorry to hear about your car.
It sounds like all kinds of bad things could have happened, from bent suspension and axle pieces, frame damage, to broken brake parts.

FWIW, this is one case where an insurance claim should be made-- have the adjuster go to your car for an initial estimate, or send the car via flatbed to one of the body shops used by Acura or Honda dealers. G/L.

 

thanks guys, i called my insurance claim yesterday and an adjuster suppose to come and take a look at it...still waiting for an adjuster....what happens after that?

 

any information on the next step or how insurance claims works will be nice...this is my first time doing this.

 

just wait now

 

how long is an average wait?

 

The specific process depends on your insurance company, so confirm with it. Generic description follows:

An adjuster should see the car w/i 3 days, but it may be less-- they generally call to arrange a time. The adjuster may just drop by, if the car is not going anywhere. You may have to wait until through the weekend, though.

The adjuster will visually estimate the damage, give you a quote and then you can be sent to a body shop, or given a choice of shops.

Check to see if the body shops used by the Acura or other car dealers are on the insurance co. accepted list-- they will do the work for the insurer's estimate (plus your deductible). If further damage (electrical, unseen mechanical) is are found by the body shop, it will arrange for the adjuster to pay an added amount to repair.

If a shop you like is not on the insurer's approved list, you'll have to work with the shop to see that it will accept the insurer's estimate.

Get a rental and wait for repair completion.

 

thanks will y. for the great info. all i can do now is wait.

 

Goodluck!

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=accident

this is a link to my thread about my accident last year.

i hit a curb but it bent the wheel back to where it was perpendicular to the car so i couldn't drive it.

check your roof (especially along the sunroof) to see if there are any buckles or waves. that happened to me. apparently, it's an easy fix. but you'll want to make sure it's noticed.

in my thread, which was for my first and only accident ever, i gave updates on the entire insurance and repair process. i was very worried and paranoid since it my first accident and i wasn't familiar with the process.

 

^thanks, reading your thread helped out alot...the adjuster is suppose to come out today...will update soon

 

UPDATE:

just spoke with the adjuster on the phone and he stated that the parts cost were under my deductible (500), but after I take it to a shop the pros will more than likely find more things that's wrong with the vehicle. He recommended one of his shops since they are blue ribbon...lifetime warranty on all repairs they work on or I could of picked out my own shop but there's no warranty on work...at the most 90 days.

shop is suppose to call me now and schedule for a time to p/u my car...

 

right about yesterday evening the tow(flatbed) picked up the vehicle and sent it to the auto shop. Spoke with the person in charge of my vehicle this morning and he said he'd already ordered the rim for my TL and will arrive tomorrow. After that he will then replace the rim and test the car out for further damage and I will know more of what is wrong with my car. I also mentioned for them to do a water test on top of the roof to see if theres any water leaking from above....for now

COLORADO
Autoworks Internationail
Located in Thornton, CO
Person in charge of vehicle is KEN.

If anyone knows anything about this shop please let me know. Thanks

 

OK, here's a list of what the shop found wrong/bad with the car.

Repl. Left/Front wheel, alloy 17x8
Repl. Valve stem
4 wheel alignment
Mount and Balance wheel
Checked left front suspension for damage
Repl Engine cradle auto trans O/H front suspension, left
Repl LT Knuckle
Repl LT Lower control arm
Repl LT Fork
Repl LT Brake rotor
Repl LT Hub
Repl A/M LT Bearing
Repl LT Bearing C-clip
Rpr Frame Rack Set up/ Measure
Repl LT Strut assembly

Total came out to be roughly 3700...now i have to wait for them to fix it and pay my deductible when they're done.

 

That sounds more like an appropriate estimate based on your first post. That's what happens when the adjuster doesn't see the car. Don't be surprised at a couple days' delay if he has to go to the shop to confirm the damage and repairs, BTW.

Find out if the shop will include replacing your RIGHT strut insert if you have a lot of miles on the car, too-- might as well have matched strut inserts.

 

picked up my car yesterday...drives normal again, but i notice that the vsa! triangle light is on and the word "vsa" is on...gonna have to call the shop to see if they can do ne thing or maybe go to honda/acura.

 

Have you tried pushing the VSA button to see if it goes away?

 

^that's what i was gonna say.

glad you got your car back, and i hope there aren't any complications from the repairs.

 

tried doing that plenty of times...manual says take it to dealer if vsa symbol indicator is on, so i will take it to shop tomorrow then the dealer if they cannot fix the issue

 

good luck.

 

and the plot thickens...good luck