Hi bros, I just got accident in early of this month, my car quite serious damage (hit divider and turn up side down), can i know it take how long to repair? Now i have got insurance approved. i miss my car.

This post has been edited by k3v1n: Aug 25 2008, 03:36 PM

This topic also came out ar? See how serious your accident lor.
Mine last time front crash other's boot and took 2 weeks to repair and come back.

For yours if turned upside down means the top also damage right? Then it should be longer, probably 1 month - 2 months. If you miss your car, go to the factory and pay a visit lar. I did that last time.

This post has been edited by badguy03: Aug 25 2008, 03:35 PM

now my problem is this, the engine block have cracked, the factory said need to go putrajaya registered a dunno what number, if not u cant sell ur car next time. they said it maybe take quite long time, some cars 3 months also havent register the number .
then they said after repaired and got the new registration number, they have to drive to jpj check/test the car.

I know it may take very very long time.

insurance will take a looonnnggg time

how bad? engine crack? i hope your front chassis is ok. if they are gone/badly damage I dont think you can use that car anymore

any picture will help a lot

ya...u r rite...have to go putrajaya,get the letter...then go JPJ pusakom approve ur car...
my car also like that....but my uncle knw the workshop,after my car done repair,thn
take out and drive le....til nw i think more than 1 year le...still no news frrom the workshop...
i dont want to bother it le...and i juz modify my car and spray another new paint myself...

At least a month. The first or two week, is the time where your insurance adjustor will come to inspect the car, then send for approval. Fastest also need at least a week.

nextime drive kfully .

If very serious normally takes 2 to 3 months time...

ha? one year also no news ah?? then ma cannot sell ur car?? i think i also same fate as u

this morning... federal turn up to LDP there...
also got a car.... totally kemek d....

upside down too....

claiming insurance taking longer time, repairing work is fast unless no spare part and need to wait...

if cannot sell my car next time and now "2 side also cannot reach", then i rather total kemek claim total lost

depend on value of claim..if above , possible insurance give u total lost claim also

if ur car upside down i think u can claim total loss, or get a replacement, my frend did tat b4, car gulung dari genting atas , his car then claim total loss

I know the repairing process can be fast, i dun even worry about the repairing process.
Now what I'm worried is the process of registration at JPJ putrajaya there, you know la how "effective" of our government department.....

btw how is total claim works?
is that mean if i pay 20k as downpayment, still got 20k loan, then the insurance will pay bek bank 20k loan and 20k downpayment money to me?

it only pay the current market value

One thing i wish to know. How did you drive the car until it can hit the divider? Did you drive too fast or try to avoid something har?

I think do this, get a replacement. Sure you will rugi, but then from what you say, car is a total write off. If it can be repaired, your crumple zones all gone, if needs new roof, if needs new front end.
This method is faster, as you do not need to worry fixing the car, and get a new car sooner. All depends on your insurance though

aiya i dun even know can replace a new one!! now is too late edi...the loan is approved
ok here is the pic:



up side down...

whoa!! That is some serious damage there! sorry dude i just think its not worth the money and time to repair this car

kevin : u cant get a new 1 , let say the car worth 40k, and u pay 20k downpayment, then u accident and claims total lost, insurance wont be paying back the same amount when u buy ur car, means depreciation or in our term we called betterment. Once u get ur approval in claim, u still have to settle the bank's loan. Means approx u got 15k back, things work like that. Parts are expensive when u get 1 by 1. But ur car condition wont get totaled =) Your chassis not badly effected, only roof, windscreen, and some other minor stuff. Drive carefully next time =) .

This post has been edited by ky_fei: Aug 25 2008, 07:57 PM

is that blood there? are you the driver?

FUIYO, so serious leh ur car . Lucky u still ok after that kind of accident ! But it looks like it would not be tat easy to repair that kind of damage as it involve the crumple zone, engine n bodywork! New car some more. Even if you repair it would involve lots of parts n work. I think it wont be tat safe to be driven anymore.

I also hit divider a week ago. but not as serious as u.
Car still at home..not yet repair..

Last time my friend's car also hit divider and went turtle (a Proton Saga). It took about one whole month for him to get back the car.
As for my case, a lady driver hit my car near to the passenger seat. It took 3 days to fix.

dude, you serious ar!

i dunno bout u guys la, but it looks kinda bad to me la ...

with all those aside, just thank whoever you want to, that you are still posting shit here man ...

you everything still attached rite ... nothing missing i hope ...

and yeah bout the insurance, if say you do not agree to the compnsation, you can escalate, or request that they get you a car similiar condition ... but since viva is still new, dont think so ...no use ask so much, call ur insurance fella, talk to him better ..

insurance approved sure dam fast. All money talk here.

wah bro... only waste money repairing the car...
like my friend who also turned his kancil upside down, after repaired got water leaking from the roof

Repair or total lost is up to your insurance company, you can't decide anyway.

By judging at the pictars, I don't think can claim total lost. Some cars are far worse than this.

Your car roof most likely they will ketuk back into shape.

even feel like tin kosong in my viva... but the pic show the viva is strong to handle upside down...
sorry to hear such loss but at least the driver is safe.....
a reminder to all viva out there as well... the car can be easily turn upside down.... drive slow...

it's not blood, it's oil i think....ya i'm the driver.

Im ok bro, just my right hand side bone cracked abit and scalded by airbag, then my gf injured by the seatbelt.

actually how they ketuk balik? use hammer? damn my car cannot see liao.... even repaired i also feel not syok!

yes it is easy to turn up side down, i remember i drive not so fast only edi become like this, but think in other way round, hit like tat we both also not injured so much...i think we should trust malaysia car.

bro..ur car damm serious

the car is not important. money is not important.

just thank god your girlfriend and yourself are still alive. (and thanks to Perodua Viva technology)

dont think about repairing it..not worth the money...

Wah.. it's indeed worst than what i have expected. Even though if somehow the car managed to be repaired, it won't be like original anymore for sure. Because no matter how great the mechanic are, they won't be able to normalize the car's "bone" to 100% which will affected the shape of the car.
Be prepared, the silence in the car when you driving later will probably won't be as quiet as before.

P/S: You seriously should have requested to change to new car.

This post has been edited by badguy03: Aug 26 2008, 05:42 PM

yep u are right after this accident, i've really changed my perspective on life, i know that family is the most important to me right now...

yea...i hope to get new car too but no money
is it possible to trade in with perodua without let them know i got accident b4?

perodua viva got wat kind of tech...? for me i just consider that is an upgrade from kancil only

One more thing is you should appreciate perodua safety tech that save your life and the life of your passenger... Maybe if you get second car next time, it should be a perodua as well. a token of appreciation to thier safety standards.

Should have request from Insurance before you claim see whether it's possible to change whole car or no instead of repair.
You might able to do that but not if they have an expert mechanic with them to inspect the car, they will know it just by look and few knocks.

Wa viva very tough eh...boleh lawan savy =p

whoa... de damage r bad... if they din totalled ur car... it would easily take at least half a year to get all the claims as well as ur car fix... and i said minimum half a year...

sumore u r saying engine block cracked... how can u reregister? unless u r claiming a new engine that is...

btw, sayang... a new car crashed till that bad... isK~ but nothing cost more than life... treasure life...

got la..EFI, DVVT, ABS, EBD, AIRBAGS etc

Yo bro..long time no chat with u alr. U accident ah? That Viva is ur car? U ok or not?

Insurans nowaday quite fast claim also(Depend which company). So now is repair process alr? I think better sell off after knocking. lol...

actually i dunno anything about car insurance things, i just let them do only....they said the car u look at it, is very bad, but actually it's not that bad wo...the things have to change is windscreen, both door screen, a side mirror, rooftop, bonnet, bumper and engine block...the front chassis got abit affected but can be repair, i ask them chassis can be repair one meh? then they said can ah....just replace a new one to the affected area lo...(got such things ga? ) they said a car chasis actually is combined by several chassis, just to replace on the affected area...

I also dunno why have to register, i think it involve on engine part also need register? actually what is engine block ah??

ya bro im fine now, it is my car lo
i scare cannot sell off le after accident.... can teach me what to do? if u guys will u guys sell it??

actually i doesnt took long to get repair if u got the spare part.last time i crashed my jazz and hav 2 wait for new gearbox to arrive.u know long it took to finish?6 month

The important u r fine. What parts need to replace. Depends on ur loan also if wanna sell off. If cant covered the lost just drive it 1st. See got any problem after repair. If fine then no need change 1st. So sad to see that.

may i know how fast were u travel when u hit the divider

I guess the sales agent is trying to avoid getting a new car for you cause that will claimed a large amount from the insurance company and means they will lose money instead of suppose to earn money from you.
Then the agent probably got some "jalan" with the sub car repair shop that this "big repair" claims which still cheaper than changing car claims will definitely make some money between those 2 party which involved.
(This is only my thought but it might be true. We won't know.)
Suppose from the things to be changed as mentioned, it's nearly like changing a half cut of the car already which will reduced the safety of your car in future when driving. (Original whole body and remounted bone got very big differences.)

If it need to register, could it means the engine is totally replaced with new one?

For me, i would try to sell it as soon as possible. Otherwise, use it for light purpose only. Not recommended for another accident with that same car. Good luck.

my advice,check ur car throughly after u get back ur car.better bring to any other workshop to check.what happened to me,they change to the non original part of proton and only repair the appearance,some parts they didn't even touch it.

thanks for the advice bros....but i have no budget to change a new car at this moment...
i already decided to use it first see got any problems or not, car only ma just for convenience only, not necessary have to spend alot money on that right? can drive then can lo, i still need to save money to buy house, save money to married and on others things, no matter u drive a sport car or bad car, it also just a 4 tyres to make you move only....i just think like tat to make myself happy abit....

yeah , car is just a transport just that its fast or slow only , your car i think not much problem one , dont worry

Bro, think it's better for you to claim total lost if u dun have confidence in d workshop that's fixing ur car...damage seems pretty bad....
Luckily u n ur gf is alright

If u wanna keep on repairing, u better go and pester those workshop fellas daily or at least once in 2 days time so that they can fix ur car faster
M doing it right not coz car also accident, hit a car in front

That's also advice from my fren coz last time his dad's car door was dented,accident and took the shop for a month to repair that!! it's only like juz change that door only la and repaint it...when his mom's wira was hit front and back (quite bad), the repair only took a month plus coz he chased the workshop everyday after work

Juz my 2 cents

This post has been edited by hitsugayat10: Aug 29 2008, 06:55 AM

i don't think owner can do that, only the insurance company have the right give total lost.

You can request for total lost from insurance company
That was wat i was told, it's like insurance will 'buy' d car from you, fix it and sell it off...but of coz u'll lose some money la coz insurance won't give u at market price since d car was in a bad shape

thats mean if the damage cost RM10k, the insured value is RM35k. the insurance will only paid RM25k?

This post has been edited by zacevox: Aug 29 2008, 08:12 AM

Err...m not sure how it does coz as said, it's like the insurance company's buying the car from you...
value, should be like selling ur car at second hand minus the damage cost...

Not sure how it does coz that's wat was told by d shop where i bought my car a year ago

o...

if true it look like will losing more money to claim total lost.

correct me if i'm wrong

Yeah, u'll lose a bit of money in d end but if u wanted ur car to be 'accident free', then request for total lost claim and get a new car then

if your car damage kaw kaw....there is always sign to show..and NOT easy to dispose it to the market.

First of all, thank god you and your gf survived from that accident, secondly, about the car, I personally had a accident before, driving 120km/h hit divider but my car didn't turtle. My car had a lot of problems even after repairing, I totally think it's the mechanic's fault, they are so unprofessional and ah beng ah beng style one. Now they have made my car even worse than ever before.

So in my humble opinion, if you don't want to spend money on buying a new car, at least try to get a good and experienced mechanic. Pricier a bit never mind lar as long as they know what they are doing.

can i know such as what is the problem after ur repaired?

my friends KIA optima hit and run from behind, by lorry, the front end is ok, but when he sent his vehicle to workshop.better crush it to da max.bcoz the chasis all out oledi.so considered totaled.my friend agreed, n then he saw the foreman 'destroy' the car by using bulldozer.huhu.after that he took da pic and sent to the insurance. , n get new car.

btw, u cant feel satisfied after ur car repaired.still lots of 'scar' after the accident

This post has been edited by ryugan: Aug 30 2008, 12:06 PM

actually the period of repair is depend to which insurance company you stand with. I knew Kurnia's claim will be very messy and take times, you can choose for Mitsui, UniAsia, MultiPurpose next time if you need a good service.

Common issue:
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U will feel the car is not urs.
Then will hear something loose sound.
Close door not balance.
The spray looks not balance and can see wave on the place u repaired.
The parts replace with non original(to save their cost but claim with ori parts price<--beware this).
Water run in(If u knocked the door place)

i wait 6 month b4~make me so unconvience~

This is true. If ur car chasis is damaged, better go to big and experience workshop since they have better equipment. Small workshop can only ketuk and sometime they can't do it correctly.

This post has been edited by caviars: Sep 20 2008, 02:21 PM

depand how the incedent lolz

Ya. depends on how badly damaged on the car lo, normally insurance will approved within 2 weeks After the repairer submit the claims and repair estimate to insurance company.


If ur car badly damaged like the photo shown, sure nid take months.!


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like that stil can repair?

kereta cantum adi lo,since the frame also kemek adi.

my fren kenari~~ dy 1 month~~ still haven come out..his car front hancur..need change da whole front..

the car still can be repair, but will got a lot of problem after that, engine affected, door problem bla bla bla

Y cant b repair? the chassis can be repair mar...

A-Pillar cannot cut and replace or will fail Puspakom test what..how the gonna replace it? ketuk issit?

means cantum adi lo..

later break apart when u drive in high speed?

Any idea how long it takes around to repair my car?

Wah killerz, when did you crash? That's pretty bad man I think it will take about 2 months to repair

It happened on sunday around 1am at karak highway.
Haiz,hope my car are repairable

wah, ganas...U lumba at karak ar the damage so serious........Btw, festive season got many police standby at highway...

No lumba la,just back from bentong hotspring only. What really happened i already forgotten.

bro i think 3 months should be done , else the workshop ......

Hope can faster lor. No car is like no life

lol , no car not no life , no transport = no life lol , got bike also dont mind if no car