2003 Honda Civic Bent Axles

Tiny
TYLERWELSH
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  • 2003 HONDA CIVIC
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 60,000 MILES
Last night I was taking a back road and went around a bend a little too fast. My back end started to skid, then soon my front followed. I skidded into the curb with my front and back tires hitting around the same time. I hit going approximatly 25 mph. Both of my rims (plastic) were cracked in half and my front tire was leaking. While waiting for AAA to come, I replaced my front tire with a dounut tire. I tried to drive extremely careful and slow about 20 feet but I noticed a terrible wobble. At first I thought it might be the doughnut not securely fastened. But it was not. I managed to move my car about 50 feet traveling no more than 2-3 mph and when the tow truch came he said that both of my axles were bent. Just out of curiousity, what are the chances that it bent my frame? The tow guy said approximatly $2500 in damage. However, other people have told me that it might be totaled. The car, before the accident, held a value of about $9,000. If the frame is bent, it's probably totaled. So what do you think the chances are of the car being totaled?
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 AT 8:50 PM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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Hi tylerwelsh,

At the speed that you mentioned, I would say the damage should not be very severe.

The frame should be ok and the things that you need to replace shoud be the rims, lower arms and some other linkages.

Without looking at the vehicle it would be difficult to give a correct analysis. Get a few other opinions and see where it goes.
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Monday, September 8th, 2008 AT 1:15 PM
Tiny
TYLERWELSH
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Thanks alot man. I just found out that the total is $2500 in damages, not nearly as bad as it could have been. They have to replace both axles and i'm not exactly sure what else yet. The worse part is that I have to pay this out of my pocket because my insurance agent recommended not going through insurance. Unfortunately, Allstate and my parents will have had an account for 10 years in 12 days, which they said they have a 10 year membership driving bonus which would have taken care of all the damages, and not raised my insurance at all. Just 12 days early I guess. Funny thing is, I just had keyless entry put in at Circuit City about 15 minutes before my accident. I guess somethings are just ironic. Thanks again
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Monday, September 8th, 2008 AT 1:53 PM

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