Is my 2022 model 3 performance totaled or would it be repairable?

[jorge reveron]

Sunday night I was involved in a 4 vehicle accident. A Durango SRT driving and speeding in front of me caused the entire accident. As he was speeding he crashed into 2 more vehicles and I, successfully avoiding the 3 car collision (all were totaled btw), hit the divider in the middle of the road and swerved to avoid contact with all of the 3 vehicles, thank God. As a result, both my front wheels were damaged (mainly the front left one, rim is destroyed) as well as causing damage to my rear left wheel and front bumper including the right headlight. The rest of the car is basically in perfect condition. No glass was cracked and no airbags were deployed. I’ll attach some pictures below.



Can anyone tell me if this looks like a total loss or would it be reparable? Thank you so much to whoever takes the time to assist in this.

 

[Perscitus]

First time poster... I'll bite with the usual disclaimer that we are not insurance adjusters on here and have no idea if your insurance would decide to push for repair or a total loss.

With that out of the way, my take is this is far from totalled. Will be repaired but will likely never be the same (damage to front suspension, steering rack, issues with steering alignment, tracking, white paint color match, etc)

 

[Soul Surfer]

That will buff right out

 

[Clover]

Probably won't be totaled unless the battery was damaged, but it won't be cheap either. Curious, was the Durango driver found at fault for your crash? I know he caused it and you avoided the three cars, I just don't know how they handle situations where you hit something avoiding a crash. My gut tells me one thing but my mistrust of insurance companies tells me something else. I would not be completely surprised if they said your crash was separate and you got stuck even though you were avoiding their crash. Glad your okay and hope it works out.

 

[Adam3]

Any video of the Durango?

 

[gaswalla]

there is a lot more damage than is visible externally.. suspension for sure
if this weren't a late model performance, it would be totaled... my guess is that this will be a close one... depends on your repair shop, the adjuster, and insurance company
BTW: how many Teslas are there in that wreck lot? seems wild that one make is over represented

 

[jorge reveron]

Probably won't be totaled unless the battery was damaged, but it won't be cheap either. Curious, was the Durango driver found at fault for your crash? I know he caused it and you avoided the three cars, I just don't know how they handle situations where you hit something avoiding a crash. My gut tells me one thing but my mistrust of insurance companies tells me something else. I would not be completely surprised if they said your crash was separate and you got stuck even though you were avoiding their crash. Glad your okay and hope it works out.

Hey man sorry just seeing this. And don’t know yet, it happened Sunday night still waiting to see what’s going on. I’ll attach some pics of the crash below but the other cars were totaled completely including the Durango!

Already submitted a claim to my insurance company since I doubt the Durango has the sufficient coverage to satisfy all parties (3 cars)… been meeting with my attorney and that’s what he advised. Will get an official answer on the state of the vehicle hopefully by Friday!

 

[jorge reveron]

Any video of the Durango?

Yes check attachment under Clover!

 

[Beran]

Hey man sorry just seeing this. And don’t know yet, it happened Sunday night still waiting to see what’s going on. I’ll attach some pics of the crash below but the other cars were totaled completely including the Durango!

Already submitted a claim to my insurance company since I doubt the Durango has the sufficient coverage to satisfy all parties (3 cars)… been meeting with my attorney and that’s what he advised. Will get an official answer on the state of the vehicle hopefully by Friday!

Wanted to check in, see if they ended up totaling yours or not. I was in an accident 10 days after you, still waiting for the official word but it's been a complete circus from the start. The original thought, around 11am on a Tuesday, was 90% it would be totaled and he'd know by the end of day, day after at worst. I hear back after 5pm that Friday that he doesn't even think it's close any more, not even 3k in damage, so I get it moved to a repair shop. A week later I get that guy on the phone, he tells me the adjuster was a lazy SOB and the estimate is terrible, probably 25-30k in damage, easy, but he won't know until Monday or Tuesday for sure, at the earliest.

 

[ThomasD]

Looks you escaped the worst of the damage. Were you able to drive away.