Auto Repair collision

2004 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA
135,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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WVUBOB
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Dear Sir or Madam, My car was struck in a parking lot. I must describe this to ask my question. My car was in a parking lot with an empty space to my drivers side. Let's assume the front end of my car was pointing north. Someone pulled though the space heading north and hit my car on the drivers side just in front of the front wheel. This person was turning toward my car when passing through and struck it with the passenger side of a panel van while accelerating through the space. When the person finally got stopped, his van was almost perpendicular with the front end of my car with his rear tire still embedded into the front quarterpanel, hood and where my front bumper once was. In your opinion, would you consider it repair places job to test drive the automobile to determine if any suspension or allignment damage had been done. The car was damaged enought that it wasn't drivable and had to be flatbedded in. I appreciate your reply. (Note drivers quarterpanel, front bumper, head lights, grill and hood had to be replaced or repaired and painted.) The car was inspected in Aug 2010 and new tires and a front end allignment was done and the car drove perfectly before the accident. I picked it up today and it pulls hard left.
Dec 17, 2010 at 11:16 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Any front end accident damage repair should include a full steering & suspension inspection, these components can easily be bent and the smallest alteration to suspension specs can cause problems, have the car checked over by a mechanic and advise them of where the damage was sustained.

Mark (mhpautos)
Dec 27, 2010 at 11:38 PM