My wife was in a bad accident a couple of weeks ago and totaled our 2016.5 Mazda CX-5 Touring FWD. A guy pulled out in front of her in a 45 zone and she t-boned him. She said she had time to think about hitting the brakes and then blacked out. When she came to she said the cabin was full of airbag smoke/powder so she rolled the windows down.
Later the SC Highway Patrolman asked her if he could drive it over to the shoulder of a side road, so I assume it worked okay for that. The guy that drove it on to the flatbed said it drove and steered fine.
In this picture is looks like there may be some front suspension damage but I didn't see any looking closer. It appears almost all of the (visible anyway) damage was to the front clip. The radiator was fine even though the radiator support bracket on the driver's side was mangled, as was the sub-frame/engine support beam on that side. There were no fluid leaks either.
The passenger fender pushed into the gap between it and the passenger door so the impact was enough to tweak the entire sub-frame assembly I guess.
The guys at the shop told me that the driver's airbag was replaced by replacing the entire steering column.
Also, the plastics covering the seat belt on the lower b-pillar pulled lose from impact and I guess the belt pulling against them.
So all told, I guess the combined damages totaled it out. The wrote me a check for almost $21k though, for just the car.
Someone is going to get an incredibly well maintained car at auction. Sure hope they can do something with it. We certainly had no plans to get rid of it anytime soon.
It's amazing how safe the CX-5 kept my wife given how violent the impact was. She spun the other car around 180 degrees when she hit him.
She said she won't drive anything else now and we replaced it with an identical (plus Preferred Package) 2019 CX-5 a week later (it's her daily driver)
Stay safe out there!
Later the SC Highway Patrolman asked her if he could drive it over to the shoulder of a side road, so I assume it worked okay for that. The guy that drove it on to the flatbed said it drove and steered fine.
In this picture is looks like there may be some front suspension damage but I didn't see any looking closer. It appears almost all of the (visible anyway) damage was to the front clip. The radiator was fine even though the radiator support bracket on the driver's side was mangled, as was the sub-frame/engine support beam on that side. There were no fluid leaks either.
The passenger fender pushed into the gap between it and the passenger door so the impact was enough to tweak the entire sub-frame assembly I guess.
The guys at the shop told me that the driver's airbag was replaced by replacing the entire steering column.
Also, the plastics covering the seat belt on the lower b-pillar pulled lose from impact and I guess the belt pulling against them.
So all told, I guess the combined damages totaled it out. The wrote me a check for almost $21k though, for just the car.
Someone is going to get an incredibly well maintained car at auction. Sure hope they can do something with it. We certainly had no plans to get rid of it anytime soon.
It's amazing how safe the CX-5 kept my wife given how violent the impact was. She spun the other car around 180 degrees when she hit him.
She said she won't drive anything else now and we replaced it with an identical (plus Preferred Package) 2019 CX-5 a week later (it's her daily driver)
Stay safe out there!
But in the long run, a replacement vehicle, new or otherwise, that hasn't been involved in a relatively major accident is usually the best solution. Vehicles can be fixed, but sometimes there is residual or missed damage, or delayed issues that make owning one a miserable experience. Glad you didn't have any need to fight with your insurance company.
