I was rear ended
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I was rear ended
I have a 2011 E350 Sedan. I was rear ended by a Ford F350 yesterday at high speed. I was traveling 70mph and slowed down to approximately 30-40mph and then next thing I knew I was hit from behind and I hit the car in front of me. My transmission was leaking; I do not know of any other damages under the hood. I had 2 error messages on my dash: Rear Right SRS malfunctioned and Left Front SRS Malfunctioned. Does this look like major frame damage? Will the insurance consider it a total loss? If my airbags really did malfunction what should I do: call Mercedes or an attorney?
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I hope you are alright. If you were injured you probably need legal help. An F350 is a large truck and it sounds like it did serious damage to your car. Take it to Mercedes dealer with a body shop for a proper estimate of what is wrong and the cost to fix it properly. It may well be a total loss given the fact there is rear and front damage plus mechanical damage. I would want rid of it. The truck is clearly at fault hopefully you don't get held responsible in any way for the car in front of you. Again an F350 is a very large truck and it's force caused your severe rear-end damage, caused mechanical damage due to forcing your car forward against your driver imputs, and forced you into the car in front of you.
Did your head restraints activate?
Did your head restraints activate?
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I have a fractured left clavicle and bruising on the left side of my chest, stiffness and soreness typical of car accidents but other than that I am okay.
The car in front of me did not stay at the scene. I'm not sure why. He probably didn't know he was hit from behind but considering that my transmission busted I thought he would have felt the impact. There could be a lot of factors contributing to why he did not stay at the scene.
My head restraints did activate. That was a feature I did not know I have. What I found really strange is that the back panel of the driver seat came apart. I'm not sure how to desribe it but I could see into the mechanics of the driver seat from the back seat, if that makes any sense.
The car in front of me did not stay at the scene. I'm not sure why. He probably didn't know he was hit from behind but considering that my transmission busted I thought he would have felt the impact. There could be a lot of factors contributing to why he did not stay at the scene.
My head restraints did activate. That was a feature I did not know I have. What I found really strange is that the back panel of the driver seat came apart. I'm not sure how to desribe it but I could see into the mechanics of the driver seat from the back seat, if that makes any sense.
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if there was an impact from the front, airbags should deploy. how big was the damage on the front end? got pics? fwiw, its just a car and can easily be replaced. good to know that you werent seriously injured. that car should be a total loss, i wouldnt take anything less. and to the ford driver, nowadays, no matter how safely you drive...there are still a lot of IDIOTS on the road.
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What you state is true for an average body shop repair. However, I have used specialty body shops that align everything to factory specs using lasers so its exact and therefore no leaks and no difference from new. These are the kind of shops that also do restorations.
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+1 on attorney especially when injuries are involved. Please keep us posted on what the insurance says about the car repair + diminished value v. total loss. The damage does look extensive based on what you've described. And give yourself a few days before you know the extent of the damage to yourself. Sounds like the break and bruising are from the seat belt - good thing you had it on.
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Don't count on it.
My wife's MB SLK350 small SUV got T-Boned by a pickup truck, threw her 2 lanes over & landed past the sidewalk next to a tree. All airbags deployed. Did over $25K of damage. Our USAA insurance company didn't total it, just paid for the repairs. She traded it for a larger MB ML350 SUV.
My BMW 328i convertible had the hard top crushed by a fallen tree. I drove it to the dealer, car drives fine. However, USAA totalled it since they determined that it'll cost more to replace just the conv top.
I still don't understand how they figured that, but good news is that I got my C7 vert as a replacement...
My wife's MB SLK350 small SUV got T-Boned by a pickup truck, threw her 2 lanes over & landed past the sidewalk next to a tree. All airbags deployed. Did over $25K of damage. Our USAA insurance company didn't total it, just paid for the repairs. She traded it for a larger MB ML350 SUV.
My BMW 328i convertible had the hard top crushed by a fallen tree. I drove it to the dealer, car drives fine. However, USAA totalled it since they determined that it'll cost more to replace just the conv top.
I still don't understand how they figured that, but good news is that I got my C7 vert as a replacement...
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Should have called insurance company as soon as police got there and everyone deemed OK or at least when you got home. Don't get an attorney unless you decide insurance company not doing fair by you. Why pay somebody 20% of what you get if you could have gotten the whole 100% anyway?
Make sure the police report says exactly what you think it should. Get a paper copy. No matter what they said at the scene, the write up is often very different.
As for totalling, you have a fairly expensive car so repair could be less than totalling.
As for medical, get paper copies of all medical examinations, x-rays, etc. Don't assume what MD told you during exam is what they put in their records.
Hope the at fault party had good insurance. If he just had minimum coverage, you may have a problem and your company has to pay difference.
Make sure the police report says exactly what you think it should. Get a paper copy. No matter what they said at the scene, the write up is often very different.
As for totalling, you have a fairly expensive car so repair could be less than totalling.
As for medical, get paper copies of all medical examinations, x-rays, etc. Don't assume what MD told you during exam is what they put in their records.
Hope the at fault party had good insurance. If he just had minimum coverage, you may have a problem and your company has to pay difference.
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if there was an impact from the front, airbags should deploy. how big was the damage on the front end? got pics? fwiw, its just a car and can easily be replaced. good to know that you werent seriously injured. that car should be a total loss, i wouldnt take anything less. and to the ford driver, nowadays, no matter how safely you drive...there are still a lot of IDIOTS on the road.
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The impact had to be excessive in order to push the drive train forward enough to damage the transmission and push your body hard enough into the seat to pop off the rear seat cover. I asked about the airbags to see if the seat bags deployed, which may have helped knock off the rear seat cover. I would contact MB directly about your SBS malfunction warnings. They should be more than interested in finding out why they malfunctioned and hopefully provide some answers to you. I could not imagine repairing this car just to ride around in it knowing full well that the SBS system was not functioning. If that issue cannot be sorted you should dump it.
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Should have called insurance company as soon as police got there and everyone deemed OK or at least when you got home. Don't get an attorney unless you decide insurance company not doing fair by you. Why pay somebody 20% of what you get if you could have gotten the whole 100% anyway?
Make sure the police report says exactly what you think it should. Get a paper copy. No matter what they said at the scene, the write up is often very different.
As for totalling, you have a fairly expensive car so repair could be less than totalling.
As for medical, get paper copies of all medical examinations, x-rays, etc. Don't assume what MD told you during exam is what they put in their records.
Hope the at fault party had good insurance. If he just had minimum coverage, you may have a problem and your company has to pay difference.
Make sure the police report says exactly what you think it should. Get a paper copy. No matter what they said at the scene, the write up is often very different.
As for totalling, you have a fairly expensive car so repair could be less than totalling.
As for medical, get paper copies of all medical examinations, x-rays, etc. Don't assume what MD told you during exam is what they put in their records.
Hope the at fault party had good insurance. If he just had minimum coverage, you may have a problem and your company has to pay difference.
