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My car is 2018 Model 3 Performance model with FSD.
I got accident back in May 2022 with my model 3, but it was not fixed yet. Insurance company is dragging their feet and I want to get some legal help to make them move faster. Could anyone help? I got no injury, no airbag deployed. I contacted to local legal firm, but they said they only deal with the case with injury involved. Here is my situation.
1. Car accident happened on May 2022 (Picture attached)
2. Before the case is fully investigated, they advised me to use my own insurance first
3. The other party accept liability. They will pay directly to my insurance.
4. Shop was making estimation, they did not know what to do with after market part (I have UPP suspension set and after market wheel)
5. My insurance would not cover after market part, so shop does not want to fix it
6. Shop fixed everything (there is a surprise later) except after market part on Dec 2022. (this took 8 MONTHS!!)
7. I demanded to move the car where car can be fixed entirely
8. Moved the car to the different shop and appraiser came and took a look on Jan
9. The shop reported me sub frame damage that previous shop did not fix. This was very unpleasant surprise (They said they fixed everything!!!)
9. They are silent for a month now.
What should I do now?
I left USA on June and was going to sell my car at May. At that time, Tesla used market was so hot and my car's value was so high. I think it's at least $10,000 less now even though I don't consider diminished value due to accident.
So my question is
1) Is there anything I can do speed up them?
2) Is there any chance I can use legal power to compensate for the loss?
Thanks a lot!
My car is 2018 Model 3 Performance model with FSD.
I got accident back in May 2022 with my model 3, but it was not fixed yet. Insurance company is dragging their feet and I want to get some legal help to make them move faster. Could anyone help? I got no injury, no airbag deployed. I contacted to local legal firm, but they said they only deal with the case with injury involved. Here is my situation.
1. Car accident happened on May 2022 (Picture attached)
2. Before the case is fully investigated, they advised me to use my own insurance first
3. The other party accept liability. They will pay directly to my insurance.
4. Shop was making estimation, they did not know what to do with after market part (I have UPP suspension set and after market wheel)
5. My insurance would not cover after market part, so shop does not want to fix it
6. Shop fixed everything (there is a surprise later) except after market part on Dec 2022. (this took 8 MONTHS!!)
7. I demanded to move the car where car can be fixed entirely
8. Moved the car to the different shop and appraiser came and took a look on Jan
9. The shop reported me sub frame damage that previous shop did not fix. This was very unpleasant surprise (They said they fixed everything!!!)
9. They are silent for a month now.
What should I do now?
I left USA on June and was going to sell my car at May. At that time, Tesla used market was so hot and my car's value was so high. I think it's at least $10,000 less now even though I don't consider diminished value due to accident.
So my question is
1) Is there anything I can do speed up them?
2) Is there any chance I can use legal power to compensate for the loss?
Thanks a lot!
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