My 'Written off' car is for sale again - Is there anyone to report it to?

[PaulMurkin]

Haha i'm not that good, I mentioned that the sump was damaged too, it was those 2, and then a bunch of covers / heat sheilds, and part of the exhaust was scratched too

New modern car, all alu engine block

 

[ShaneE]

Automatic or manual?
Cracked- I assume it was a full frontal prang and that cracked the bell housing, which probably bent the input shaft too. Not too much of a train-smash, can be fixed.

I've rebuilt a transmission before, not easy, its time consuming but that car is still happily driving around out there

Auto, 8 speed.
haha the car looked 100% perfect from the outside.. All of the damage was underneath

I managed to hit a rock perfectly enough to do it - The crack on the gearbox was maybe 2cm and oil was just dripping out, most of the damage was to the sump which leaked pretty badly

 

[PaulMurkin]

FYI I am the owner of a van that was in a frontal. I knew this I purchased it on auction- Company fleet vehicle, driver had some backyard dude fix it up to hide the damage, but the stealership kept reporting the engine management light coming on. After stripping the front I found out why... exhaust took a knock, severing the wires to the lambda sensor on the exhaust and the numbnuts at the stealership could never find it. I fixed that, replaced the aircon evaporator because that was completely fukked... and she goes like a dream.

 

[PaulMurkin]

Auto, 8 speed.
haha the car looked 100% perfect from the outside.. All of the damage was underneath

I managed to hit a rock perfectly enough to do it - The crack on the gearbox was maybe 2cm and oil was just dripping out, most of the damage was to the sump which leaked pretty badly

Oh dear...

 

[ShaneE]

FYI I am the owner of a van that was in a frontal. I knew this I purchased it on auction- Company fleet vehicle, driver had some backyard dude fix it up to hide the damage, but the stealership kept reporting the engine management light coming on. After stripping the front I found out why... exhaust took a knock, severing the wires to the lambda sensor on the exhaust and the numbnuts at the stealership could never find it. I fixed that, replaced the aircon evaporator because that was completely fukked... and she goes like a dream.

Haha sounds about right - Surely they should have seen o2 sensor warnings when checking why the car had the EML on

Oh dear...

Lol I wasn't proud of myself, much regret and all that

 

[RedViking]

Sounds like a good deal to me. How much?

Give you R2000?

 

[A3@MBB]

I would report it as someone within the system is making money on the side by not doing their paid for job.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

I'm pretty sure it is fraud

It's their car as soon as you accepted the settlement, they can do whatever they want with it.

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[PaulMurkin]

Haha sounds about right - Surely they should have seen o2 sensor warnings when checking why the car had the EML on

It has been recorded in the book at every service interval since 80,000km that the EML is on... Their fancy diagnostic tools tell them nothing. Me and my simple Fluke 77 found the problem. The EML never came on since I fixed it, and its been... what 8000km now

 

[PaulMurkin]

It's their car as soon as you accepted the settlement, they can do whatever they want with it.

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That is how it works in the insurance game yes.
8/10 times those cars are fixed for cheap and go back on the road.
The ones that are really knackered end up being sold as "strippers" i.e. for spares.

When I lived in JHB there was a place in Chamdor that sold insurance write-offs in bulk. I wanted to at one stage buy, fix, sell but then I lost my job..

 

[grok]

When I pranged my 1996 Nissan 200SX (to be fair I was swept off the road by a river that burst its banks near Beaufort West) the tow-truck guy bought the scrapped car with the idea to fix it for himself.
I cried, lots, but the insurance company owned it then & I considered it too expensive to fix myself. The guy only wanted it cos it was a sports car, but it had been submerged in about 1.5 meters of water for a couple of hours & admitted it would probably not be economical to repair.

Gads now I'm sad again..

 

["D"]

I still have the spare key

Walk into the dealership wearing your covid face mask like a decent citizen, then speed off with your ex-car like a madman.

 

[ShaneE]

It's their car as soon as you accepted the settlement, they can do whatever they want with it.

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Well yes, except for the fact that the finance house confirmed the car had been deregistered after it was settled by insurance - Again, not my problem, I'd just be less than happy buying a written off car, and being told it's a code 2 (nevermind the rolled back mileage)

 

[Dan C]

Well yes, except for the fact that the finance house confirmed the car had been deregistered after it was settled by insurance - Again, not my problem, I'd just be less than happy buying a written off car, and being told it's a code 2 (nevermind the rolled back mileage)

If you were still paying a finance house, the car was never yours. So why do you care ?

 

["D"]

rolled back mileage

That in itself is a crime ... even if the rest is found to be irrelevant.

Blow this thing wide open.

Contact some investigate journalists, perhaps?

 

[Steamy Tom]

Put your number and say previous owner on a slip of paper, go view the vehicle and slip it inconspicuously into the glove box.

Let the guy who buys it call you, sell him the spare and service book. Also tell him it's history....

 

[rodga]

That in itself is a crime ... even if the rest is found to be irrelevant.

Blow this thing wide open.

Contact some investigate journalists, perhaps?

Actually its not, its only fraud if the person selling the car does not disclose it to the buyer, but mileage correction/changing/tampering in itself is not illegal.

 

[thehuman]

Pretty much what the title says, but I wrote off a car in April this year, and it's just resurfaced for sale again (As code 2, with mileage rolled back 10k km) - I've confirmed the VIN number and Registration with the dealership.
I guess i'm not under any obligation to care, but should it be reported to anyone? Insurance, finance house?

Dealership selling it or 3rd party person.
You could maybe report them for turning tho killos back if you have proof.

 

[Hemi300c]

You were paid out for the car
You handed over the docs for the car
The car becomes the insurer's car
The car is the given to a company like SMD
The insurer normally has a salvage agreement and the salvagers pay between 28 to 33% no matter the condition
The salvage co then decides what they want to do with it

Nothing illegal or funny from the insurer side.

The turning back of the odometer is illegal if not fully disclosed

 

[Tman*]

Ins companies frequently resell cars that have been declared "written off"

I had a 2009 BMW which was hit in front by a lorry whose steering had failed. The book value of the car was R144000 and the repair cost was R128000

The majority of that was 6 airbags at R14k each and parts that only BMW agents could sell (grille assembly R33k)

My friend who runs a motor workshop bought the car from Santam for R45k, spent R9k on fixing it (he replaced 2 airbags and got parts sent out from China). His wife still drives it, and it is perfect

So why not? Otherwise it is just scrap

Its perfect until your mate's wife gets into an accident. Fixing only 2 of the 6 airbags sounds like an amazing idea, your mate sounds like a stellar oke who cares about the safety of his wife.

#yolo