[s-cars] Cracked Bumper Skin/Lowers

[chris chambers]

Matt,

Your insurance company isn't responsible for the repairs, but they
should be informed because they may have to step in and sue the 
shop if they don't take care of the repairs.

You should expect the shop to pay to  have it repaired correctly.
This includes replacing the cracked bumper cover with a new one.

The shop most likely has some form of liability insurance, and
will have to file a claim with their insurance. But even if they
for some reason don't have insurance they are still legally
obligated to pay for the repairs.

HTH
Chris


--- "matt ludwig." <urs6avant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Famliy,
> 
> Looks like the repair shop here in town I used for a number of  
> repairs/replacement/stumble issue (both front H&Rs cracked in 3  
> places, alignment, plugs, boots, re-peened time-cert, 2 POSs, brake  
> lines replacement, lower & 1 upper control arms, suspen. bushings,  
> and timing belt job) for my S6 Avant about 3 weeks ago did some  
> front, lower bumper and valence damage and tried to cover it up/hide 
> 
> it. I feel like a complete moron as I would *always* notice this sort
>  
> of thing right away, but i guess with getting married, a honeymoon,  
> starting 2 new businesses, and my current client roster happy, it  
> slipped by me..... until today.
> 
> Among other things, I *finally* had the KY recall done on my car (i  
> swear it had been done years ago, but another check sporadically w/  
> AoA proved that to be false) this week and the tech left a great, but
>  
> curious note on my voicemail mentining that they saw "your front  
> bumper is not secured and noted it on the ticket. just wanted to let 
> 
> you know, but we are sure you knew about this already...."
> 
> Me = very puzzled.
> 
> I go to pick my car up at dealership this morning (been there sitting
>  
> since the recall was done on Tues.) and among *still* having the  
> stumble issue said repair shop did not get sorted out and fixed, it  
> drove fine. I get home and try to open hood to look at their repair  
> work for KY recall and cannot get it done. No bother I think as I am 
> 
> taking it back to the repair shop on Monday anyway (not driving it  
> until then & repair shop knows it is coming back in to fix, among  
> other things, the driver-side turn signal assemby that flew off the  
> car on I95 @ 85mph 30 minutes *after* i picked it up to go to my  
> wedding week...FFS) and they can sort it out/open hood. But, as I am 
> 
> walking away from car backwards I notice the passenger side, lower  
> bumper cracks in plastic.......all the paint missing.....and like 15 
> 
> FARKING SHEET METAL SCREWS HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER!!! WTF?!!?
> 
> Me = infuriated.
> 
> Of course it is Saturday and both dealership and repair shop are  
> closed. Of course it is on lower, passenger side bumper/valence where
>  
> i rarely look at or walk around. Of course it has been 3 weeks since 
> 
> i have spoken to any of them. Of course this is going to take ton of 
> 
> *my* time to sort out who is responsible/going to pay and fix/lying  
> to me.
> 
> Sorry for the ramble, but my real question to you all who have had  
> anything like this happen to you (cracked bumper/lowers w/ a cover up
>  
> job) is this; What should I be looking for for a repair cost to all  
> this? What is best tack to take with repair shop and my insurance (if
>  
> at all)? I have ZERO issue presenting this to them, but tips would be
>  
> great.
> 
> Have a great Saturday everyone. : )
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> matt ludwig.
> 
> 1995.5 S6 Avant
> South Portland, Maine
> 
> 
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