2007 CHEVROLET AVEO
38,000 MILES
Avatar
EMMAPAULRANDALL
  • MEMBER
  • 1 POST
can you help my car is 7 years old and today a fuse melted in fuse box but and hour later when my husband checked the lights the heater motor caught on fire behind the back seats my insurance company are going to have a look at it to see if it can be repaired but it lookes like it cud cost a fortune my excess is 500 and cant afford this can i ask my insurance company to write off the car as i would not thrust the car again especially as my kids were in it
Jan 25, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Advertisement
Avatar
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
  • CERTIFIED EXPERT
  • 110,175 POSTS
You can try to do that, but they make their decision based on the book value of the vehicle -vs- the repair cost. Once the repair cost reaches aprox 80% of the vehicle value, then it is consdered a total loss.
Jan 25, 2013 at 5:53 PM