Hey all,
Who knows if this is the right way to find out what I wanna find out,
but anyway I'll ask, can't hurt.
I just had my (fairly new..grrr) Forester repaired after a smash
involving the front right corner... I'm a bit uneducated on these
matters, but my task for tomorrow is to consult the smash repairer
firstly for a full list of what was actually done, and secondly to
discuss the problems i discovered on my weekend driving expedition. My
understanding is that mainly it involved suspension damage and
relatively localised damage resulting from a smaller and lower car
bouncing off the front right headlight...
Anyway... I wasn't at fault, however the other car wasn't insured at
all. Joy. My insurer was very obliging, and all seemed fine, but now I
have discovered there is a veritable smorgasbord of weird electronic
style stuff going wrong since getting the car back. Wipers and their
associated washers doing different stuff, aircon blowing nothing but
outside temperature air, central locking doing all sorts of weird
tricks, mainly involving not working...
So my question is: Does anyone know what my rights are as far as
getting someone who's really qualified to look at a cars electronics/
electrics to deal with it. My understanding is once the insurance
company has accepted the claim and the job's done by the repairer, any
further problems would fall to the repairer to fix, but it seems to me
that the job hasn't been done properly in the first place, probably
cause that's not their area of expertise... They did straighten the
panels rather nicely though, and the national park trails I did on the
weekend suggested the suspension is fine.
Any advice on what I can and can't expect from the smash repairer or
the insurance co??
Thanks heaps in advance for any advice anyone might have.
Sam.
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