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Prior Damage May Make a Used Car Unsafe
via Car Fraud Blog by thise on 5/13/11
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A vehicle that has been repaired after a major accident may look all right during your inspection of it, and it may have a clean vehicle history report due to an accident going unreported, but if the accident involved airbag deployment or damage to the car's frame, the car could be unsafe to drive, even if it looks and handles like new.
A car's frame is designed to behave in a certain way during an accident. Cars are rigorously crash-tested before going to market, and they are known to react to accident forces in a certain way to keep you safe. Once the frame has been bent and unbent, the car's structural integrity has been compromised, and it may not react as it should in a subsequent accident, putting you and your family at risk.
Another problem that you might find with a used car with undisclosed damage is that airbags were not properly replaced after being deployed in a prior accident. Replacing deployed airbags is expensive—hundreds or even thousands of dollars. This leads some car owners (or even unscrupulous mechanics) to simply stuff the used, nonfunctional air bag back in the steering wheel or remove the airbag altogether. You may not find out that the airbag is nonfunctional until you get in an accident.
If you bought a used car with damage the seller knew about but failed to disclose, you may be eligible for financial compensation. Contact Texas auto fraud lawyer Dean Malone for more information.
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