Crazy Bimmer

This is just scary... So my buddy bought an 04 TSX and within ONE month it was in two accidents. One he got rear ended but wasnt much damage done. The 2nd was a hit and run when the car was parked which costed $16k to fix.


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Crazy Bimmer

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...ng=&cardist=15

he sold it and got a 06 IS250 but here is his TSX for sale. Says its even CPO with a clean carfax.

Guess us as a consumer really have to look over cars when buying used.

Minch00

What was the question?

TylerIS1

Basically after all that it was given a Certified Pre-Owned warranty??

Wow..

Good thing I bought my TSX new

F23A4

The carfax history is clean on the VIN. However, carfax states "Not all accidents or other issues are reported to CARFAX".

That said, that is scary though. Caveat Emptor.

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

Was the Acura dealer made aware of the damage?

And the body shop must have done an amazing job because damage from an accident, especially damage to the frame, should be pretty noticeable.

TylerIS1

What legal avenues would be open to someone who bought a CPO Acura and then later discovered it was in an accident?

badboy

That is pretty scary. That car is going to have problems for sure.

Crazy Bimmer

Acutally i realized somthing. He bought it used and it was a CPO at the time. So maybe they just kept it with the car and didnt bother to check the rest of it out?

Also he traded the TSX to a lexus dealer, so i have no idea if the acura dealer knew it was in a wreck.

hemhaw

Kinda makes you wonder what good CarFax is too...

zamo

that's a crazy sellout

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Kinda hoped they missed it when I was rear-ended. They didn't.

njzprettyboy

There are alot of easy ways to tell if a car was in a wreck, or even if body panels were repainted. It bothers me that people dont really take the time to look over the car when they buy it....

ZtotallynakedZ

wow, they didn't total it with 16k in damage?

SodaLuvr

I thought if the vehicle wasn't totalled, they could still CPO it ???

mclarenf3387

CPO vehicles are supposed to be collision free.

cM3go

SSMTL01

did lexus not notice it was wrecked as well during the trade in?

Crazy Bimmer

Well lexus dealer mentioned that the front bumper was repainted and asked him if it was in an accident. So he told them. No mention of the rear though.

fsttyms1

why should it be noticable? these cars are unit body and they are very easy to repair. If there is damage, like in the pics above the panel gets replaced. Making it very difficult to spot damage. Especially if the shop knows what they are doing. Thats teh beauty of cars now days. they can have extensive damage and be repaired easily with no actual side effects to structure