Accident damaged Tesla Model 3

[SirRob]

I've taxed worse.

But seriously, perhaps compile a list of EV conversion garages and see if anyone is interested.

 

[Hurricane]

Thankfully insured and third party was 100% at fault so all claimed off of him but there was a lot of damage under the bumper. It was a 35/40 MPH collision and we were nearly stationary. New bumper, boot lid and a few of the items underneath as well plus the labour. The £12k doesn’t even include the loan LR model 3 which was billed out at £235/day for the 1.5 months the repair took (parts took ages!).

£235 a DAY?? Gee. That’s more than £10k for about six weeks rental. Someone is making money. And people wonder why insurance premiums can be so high.

 

[Mrklaw]

One thing though, considering car #3 hit car #2 (OP) and pushed it into car #1 (range rover), shouldn't car #3's insurance pay for damage to #2 (front and back)?

...and insurance company of #2 only pays for damage to #1?

doesn’t that still pass through to the rear car 3 as its their impact that pushed OP into the car in front? Assuming blame is agreed to be the car that hit them, I’m not sure why they’re expecting to pay anything?

 

[wooter]

If you zoom in on the second image, the outside edge looks like there is very little tread left - and delamination might even have caused the loss of control

Only the OP knows though, so this is pure speculation

It's very rare to have such thread wear on the outside.

Also, surprised that thread wear can be a cause for an insurance to deny a claim.

 

[Goke]

Hi guys,

Thanks everyone for your input, just catching up today.

I have been off here for a while, decided to take my mind off it totally and not put myself down.

Long story short, obviously couldn’t afford Tesla 28k+ repair quote, got a 3rd party garage that said they can fix it for less, so I decided to go for it, the gentleman source the parts from different outlets and managed to do a good job.

Got the car back in February with almost everything done and I can use for my commute.

The lower part of the windscreen is still cracked between the wiper & frunk (well hidden)

Also the car needs to be calibrated by Tesla to get Autopilot working.

Apart from that, everything else works and been driving it close to 2 months now.

I am yet to contact Tesla about the calibration, not sure if they will be difficult about the calibration because the car was fixed by a garage that is not Tesla approved.

 

[JonB]

Crikey. How much did the repair cost in the end (if it's not a rude question)?

 

[Goke]

Crikey. How much did the repair cost in the end (if it's not a rude question)?

Roughly around 14K

 

[DeejUK]

Really glad you got it fixed. My Model X was in a similar state (front was ripped off by a lorry cutting into my lane, three months after I took delivery!) and it was very nearly a write-off. Fastlane Paint & Body did a lot of the repairs, and had good customer service. I seem to recall that it was tens of thousands to repair, but the lorry driver's insurance company paid that.

So I was all ready to post saying that based on my limited and not-quite-comparable experience that the prognosis is not looking good, but thankfully I would have been wrong

In case anyone's morbidly curious, here's what a nearly-written-off Model X looks like:

 

[SR-Plus]

YouTuber Matt Armstrong will fix that in a jiffy and throw in a louder exhaust pipe for good measure!

 

[gangzoom]

I am yet to contact Tesla about the calibration, not sure if they will be difficult about the calibration because the car was fixed by a garage that is not Tesla approved.

I would approach that very carefully with Tesla. They can and have disabled DC rapid charging (including SC) in cars that have been damaged than repaired but not formally 'inspected' by Tesla (some on here got a quote from Tesla and it was a four figure sum I seem to remember).

 

[GRiLLA]

Hi guys,

Thanks everyone for your input, just catching up today.

I have been off here for a while, decided to take my mind off it totally and not put myself down.

Long story short, obviously couldn’t afford Tesla 28k+ repair quote, got a 3rd party garage that said they can fix it for less, so I decided to go for it, the gentleman source the parts from different outlets and managed to do a good job.

Got the car back in February with almost everything done and I can use for my commute.

The lower part of the windscreen is still cracked between the wiper & frunk (well hidden)

Also the car needs to be calibrated by Tesla to get Autopilot working.

Apart from that, everything else works and been driving it close to 2 months now.

I am yet to contact Tesla about the calibration, not sure if they will be difficult about the calibration because the car was fixed by a garage that is not Tesla approved.

If the windscreen needs replacing then do that first before calibration, it needs calibrating after new glass anyway. Getting glass is near impossible at the moment.

I wonder what calibration is required, normally it's changing the glass that means you need calibration as the angle of the camera is off, when I had my glass changed the car was off to the theft of right of the lane until Tesla corrected it. Apparently Autoglass can do this calibration now as well. I would be surprised if you had any hassle asking for calibration after a windscreen replacement,

 

[WannabeOwner]

Apparently Autoglass can do this calibration now as well

Might (now) be the case, but over the last 5 years every windscreen I had for Tesla they told me that ... and then when they had it in they couldn't.

Most recent windscreen replacement was 12 - 18 months ago.

 

[Casss]

Hi guys,

Thanks everyone for your input, just catching up today.

I have been off here for a while, decided to take my mind off it totally and not put myself down.

Long story short, obviously couldn’t afford Tesla 28k+ repair quote, got a 3rd party garage that said they can fix it for less, so I decided to go for it, the gentleman source the parts from different outlets and managed to do a good job.

Got the car back in February with almost everything done and I can use for my commute.

The lower part of the windscreen is still cracked between the wiper & frunk (well hidden)

Also the car needs to be calibrated by Tesla to get Autopilot working.

Apart from that, everything else works and been driving it close to 2 months now.

I am yet to contact Tesla about the calibration, not sure if they will be difficult about the calibration because the car was fixed by a garage that is not Tesla approved.

So were you bang to rights with the rear tyres or did the insurance company just make it plain that fighting their decision would be more expensive than repairs done out of your own pocket?

If you don't mind me being nosey, now that the dust is settled, (glad you have your car back by the way) - can you tell us if it was the tyre that caused the accident?

Reason I ask is that if this were me, and I had any doubt at all that the accident was caused by the tyre tread, I would pursue the insurance co. to hold up their end of the bargain. Tyres can do all sorts during an accident, so dash cam or the EDR in your car might be your friend if it's not too late. There are avenues you can try before going to a motor legal specialist.