There are several things that you should be aware of. First and foremost, do not sign the final release that they put in front of you. What you need to do is more than likely make a telephone call and follow up with the letter, stating that you are unhappy with the overall repairs that have been made to your vehicle and that you want to keep it open as far as the claim is concerned and you want to have your vehicle looked at by an independent shop of your own choosing.
At this point, you have gotten your car and it has already been looked at by the insurance company’s repair shop and if you find yourself unhappy with the overall repair, what you’re going to need is to take your car to a trusted repair shop, typically someone that you’ve worked with before and have an independent estimate done by that particular repair shop.
What you want to put them on notice of is to look for aftermarket parts which are used parts pulled off of vehicles from salvage yards and if you can establish that those have been used or that the repairs were substandard or more importantly maybe there were some undiscovered repairs that were not taken care of, there was some hidden damage that wasn’t there that’s discovered by the second mechanic, you need to bring that to the attention of the insurance company of the defendant and say, “Look, you guys missed this particular part and these parts are unacceptable. I want you to go back and I want you to replace it with new parts and this hidden damage needs to be repaired as well.”
So you’re going to have to get that new estimate. You’re going to have to provide it to them and you’re going to say these numbers don’t jive and what are we going to do about it.
It’s just going to be a matter of negotiation between you and the insurance company in order to get the kind of result that you want with regard with the kind of money you need to repair your vehicle.
If you need help with a car accident. Please contact The Hartman Law Firm at 843-300-7600 today.
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