Pains my heart to see this. Wish you best of luck with the repair.So this happened to my 3-week old '22 Premium.
When the heavy winds brought the artic air to the east coast last Friday. In my driveway supposedly safe & sound but for overhanging limbs from the neighbor's tree. Insurance will cover but soonest Ford-certified shop appt is 2 weeks out. Hopefully replaceable & not totaled!
when the heavy winds brought the artic air to the east coast last Friday. In my driveway supposedly safe & sound but for overhanging limbs from the neighbor's tree. Insurance will cover but soonest Ford-certified shop appt is 2 weeks out. Hopefully replaceable & not totaled!
Very unlikely a branch would cause the entire car to collapse inward on itself. The pillars are meant to handle roll-overs, not crumple from a branch hitting the roof.
We can relate, 3 weeks ago we had a collision. Normally this would probably be fixed by now. But parts are hard to get and EXPENSIVE. The parts estimate for this insurance repair is already at $18k and growing. We may get the car back in mid or late January, maybe . . . . The photo on the right is current status at the body shop the one on the left is right after the accident. If the body shop guys can get the parts, it would be finished in just a few days.
PS - If you wreck a Mach E, you are going to be perhaps stressed out. #1, you must find a body shop that is "certified" to work on aluminum stuff. #2. After the body work is done, the entire sensor array must be recalibrated and that will take a certified Ford EV tech with the right tools. #3. The body shop will have to get up to speed on all of the unique idiosyncrasies of fixing a Mach E. i.e. OSHA High Voltage safety requirements to Paint Booth maximum temp limites, etc. "This is not a car, it is a laptop on wheels."
We are lucky, the body shop guys are taking on the challenge, they are fully engaged, they find it an interesting challenge because they have never fixed one like this before. They are doing research, presenting questions to Ford, etc. these guys are great.
We got the car back from the body shop this week.1/3/2023. Everything looks good, they did a good job. The total cost for this repair ended up at $15k. General scope of work was, replace hood, headlight assembly, fender, front grill, bumper parts, paint the parts and re-calibrate system. It took about 30 days to get the job complete. Getting parts was the biggest issue. Normally a job like this would have been done in about 1 week.
LOL! GEICO has said (so far) it's covered under the 'comprehensive' part of my policy- didn't talk about the glass coverage part. So hopefully I'll only be paying my deductible out of pocket. First going into the shop Monday for assessment /insurance adjuster. Stay tuned!
How did you find a Ford Certified repair shop. Have to get my MME Roof Glass replaced too.
