Serious Mechanical Failure = No more RA
Just talked to my insurance. They are paying a mechanic to go look at my car and represent them. In Michigan we have the no fault law, so a mechanic has to make the call, not the insurance. The insurance can not place blame because of this. Stupid rule. So their hired a mechanic. This will hopefully get it done
Last edited by CF-Ninja; Nov 2, 2006 at 09:34 PM.
Originally Posted by CF-Ninja
hmm wow that lower control arm broke nearly identical to mine. Do you know the full story on what happened, as well as the actions the dealership took?
PR_Mivec...your friend car was a yellow ralliart???
I'm pretty sure a local guy had the same thing happen to him, the dealer tried everything to blame it on him but I think they finally fixed it all.
Originally Posted by wiretap
Oh thank you thank you. Those are verrrrrrrry helpful pictures. I can see in the first picture that the break was in the exact same spot. I just went out and inspected my OZ Rally today, and I can see why they break. The lower arm there is a two piece object. Its welded together in an upper and lower portion. The weld breaks from rusting or just being weak, and then it causes the whole thing to snap off and sheer back. If you go out and inspect your vehicle, you'll see where I'm talking about. Very poor design in my opinion, and people should look at these on their cars to see if there isn't a poor weld job or any rusting out occuring. I'll definetly be keeping an eye on mine. =/
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Being in such disbelief that a major front end component could fail so badly, I decided to cross-post over to vwvortex for some car lounge insight. To the OP, hope you don't mind and good luck with everything!
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2910125
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2910125
Lmao i like the guys comment about me flying through the air into curbs. Would I not have had bent rims if I curbed a rim hard enough to damage my control arm? I've never hit a curb in my life. Also I haven't done very much highway driving at all, so no pot hole damge.
ohh ohh I know what caused it. You and the cop must have not noticed but you actually ran over a small land mine... totally not mitsu's fault silly boy! [/sarcasm]
what the hell? either they can't read or they are too lazy to.
EDIT: serious ninja, what's with the avatar????
what the hell? either they can't read or they are too lazy to.
EDIT: serious ninja, what's with the avatar????
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Wow... this is getting to be quite a nuisance. I would make sure everybody in that dealership knows where you stand and how close to the edge you are. Especially those who are tryin to enter your personal life and judge you and your family's personal matters. Sorry that freak accident happened and I wish you the best of luck, man. Ooh this makes me mad.
Don't step down and don't settle without them giving you what you deserve!
Don't step down and don't settle without them giving you what you deserve!
Originally Posted by PGDlancer
ohh ohh I know what caused it. You and the cop must have not noticed but you actually ran over a small land mine... totally not mitsu's fault silly boy! [/sarcasm]
what the hell? either they can't read or they are too lazy to.
EDIT: serious ninja, what's with the avatar????
what the hell? either they can't read or they are too lazy to.
EDIT: serious ninja, what's with the avatar????
Damn those land mines! that must explain the snap!
well so far this is on 5 forums that I have seen. (evoM, VW, Ford Contour, xceedspeed, and MI EVO) I hope mitsu and my dealership are enjoying all of this negative publicity.
