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plain and simple, i was involved in an accident that led to the rav4 rolling over. my wife and i have had the 2005 RAV4L for a month or so and are just shocked as to all this. we have full coverage plus GAP, so we're guessing it'll get covered... for pictures, take a look at my personal album =(
for those that care, my wife and i are fine and only came out with a few glasses scratches in the hands when we crawled out...
few questions though:
1) we tried a regular 2005 RAV4 before this one that supposedly had side air bags. we then saw our current RAVL at the lot and liked it. inside the dealership, we told the salesman we were interested in the RAV4L and wanted to know if we'd qualify. he and the finance guy said yes, boom, hours later we got it. we were given to believe by the salesman that this L had the best safety package available and so forth. turns out, it doesn't have side airbags as he had told us and we unfortunately found out. could anything be done about this? i'm guessing it's partly my fault for not double checking the tag, but we really were meant to believe it did by the salesman. in fact, we wondered for a whole day and a half after the accident as to why the side airbags didn't deploy only to find out we didn't even have 'em in our package...
2) based on the pictures, you all think it's a total loss? i'm not sure what the insurance will do 'cuz the adjustor hasn't yet contacted us after repeated calls to the insurance. we're assuming they'll want to just fix it. honestly, my wife just doesn't want it fixed because she feels so unsecure now. she felt so safe before thinking she was really safe only to find out she didn't have side airbags and the RAV flipped over. not to mention, we have 4 disc brakes and we hate a "jolt" that feels as if the brakes get depressed for a while before it comes to a full stop... like a burp if u can compare...
3) i know it's an SUV, but is the RAV that prone to a roll over? we googled and found no stats on RAV4 rollovers.
any help from some of you would be appreciated; i'm assuming there might be some that have gone through this or are insurance people yourselves. no airbags popped out since the car hit us on the rear right coming straight while we were turning left on an intersection. the front windshield is kinda smashed, the top is bent as shown, the rear right wheel is somewhat smashed in too, the rear bumper needs replacement, replacing or straigheting (chopping from another car) all doors and panels from when it slided and rolled over, and it leaked some transmission fluid (not sure if it's still leaking).
really appreciate any help i can get.
for those that care, my wife and i are fine and only came out with a few glasses scratches in the hands when we crawled out...
few questions though:
1) we tried a regular 2005 RAV4 before this one that supposedly had side air bags. we then saw our current RAVL at the lot and liked it. inside the dealership, we told the salesman we were interested in the RAV4L and wanted to know if we'd qualify. he and the finance guy said yes, boom, hours later we got it. we were given to believe by the salesman that this L had the best safety package available and so forth. turns out, it doesn't have side airbags as he had told us and we unfortunately found out. could anything be done about this? i'm guessing it's partly my fault for not double checking the tag, but we really were meant to believe it did by the salesman. in fact, we wondered for a whole day and a half after the accident as to why the side airbags didn't deploy only to find out we didn't even have 'em in our package...
2) based on the pictures, you all think it's a total loss? i'm not sure what the insurance will do 'cuz the adjustor hasn't yet contacted us after repeated calls to the insurance. we're assuming they'll want to just fix it. honestly, my wife just doesn't want it fixed because she feels so unsecure now. she felt so safe before thinking she was really safe only to find out she didn't have side airbags and the RAV flipped over. not to mention, we have 4 disc brakes and we hate a "jolt" that feels as if the brakes get depressed for a while before it comes to a full stop... like a burp if u can compare...
3) i know it's an SUV, but is the RAV that prone to a roll over? we googled and found no stats on RAV4 rollovers.
any help from some of you would be appreciated; i'm assuming there might be some that have gone through this or are insurance people yourselves. no airbags popped out since the car hit us on the rear right coming straight while we were turning left on an intersection. the front windshield is kinda smashed, the top is bent as shown, the rear right wheel is somewhat smashed in too, the rear bumper needs replacement, replacing or straigheting (chopping from another car) all doors and panels from when it slided and rolled over, and it leaked some transmission fluid (not sure if it's still leaking).
really appreciate any help i can get.