After a wreck this spring my insurance company recommended Chandler Frame and Body Shop. Body work was acceptable but every electrical problem that could happen to my car happened after they “repaired”it. Not only did it take them 3 months to fix what they said would take 2 weeks, they also passed my car for inspection(which had run out) and as I drove off the lot I had no lights, flashing engine light, loss of power etc. I now have my engine light coming on every couple of weeks and it never reads the same trouble code.
The term “Junkyard” conjures up images of rusted hulks sitting in the mud with giant rats scurrying around. That was frequently the case many years ago but today the term “Salvage Yard” is more appropriate. Salvage yards disassemble wrecked cars and store the parts indoors where they are cataloged as to the origin of the parts. Many car owners and prosecuters for that matter have no idea which parts are perfectly safe for re-use and which ones are not.
“Salvage parts” should not used in many case due to the use of ever changing technology and designs fount on today vehicles. Ultra high stegnth steels are different from year to year. Car manufactures say don’t use them for safety reasons. Who should we have determine the proper way to fix a car, the insurance company or the engineer who designed safety into the structure of the car?
Responsibility…What’s your Policy?????
Exactly. Greed driven policy.
After a wreck this spring my insurance company recommended Chandler Frame and Body Shop. Body work was acceptable but every electrical problem that could happen to my car happened after they “repaired”it. Not only did it take them 3 months to fix what they said would take 2 weeks, they also passed my car for inspection(which had run out) and as I drove off the lot I had no lights, flashing engine light, loss of power etc. I now have my engine light coming on every couple of weeks and it never reads the same trouble code.
The term “Junkyard” conjures up images of rusted hulks sitting in the mud with giant rats scurrying around. That was frequently the case many years ago but today the term “Salvage Yard” is more appropriate. Salvage yards disassemble wrecked cars and store the parts indoors where they are cataloged as to the origin of the parts. Many car owners and prosecuters for that matter have no idea which parts are perfectly safe for re-use and which ones are not.
“Salvage parts” should not used in many case due to the use of ever changing technology and designs fount on today vehicles. Ultra high stegnth steels are different from year to year. Car manufactures say don’t use them for safety reasons. Who should we have determine the proper way to fix a car, the insurance company or the engineer who designed safety into the structure of the car?