Had a customer at our dealership years ago that picked up our first Taurus SHO and caught a deer 2 miles down the road!Not an award i would hope to ever win but unfortunately my vehicle struck a deer last night.I avoided the first deer but caught the back end of the second one, another half a second and I would have missed it entirely. Fortunately both the animal and the vehicle are mostly ok.
All things considered it could have been much worse but still to have any kind of damage to a brand new car is just heartbreaking for me.
At early glance it doesn't look so bad, obviously one of the sensors was punched in (Still works!) and the impact separated the bumper from the black trim a bit. Hoping for some good news from the body shop when i have it looked at tomorrow...
You can take it to any body shop you desire, most I spoke with said they do the body work and bring your vehicle to the Ford dealer if something needs attention that isn't cosmetic. At this point everyone is going to be a rookie at working on the car so it is what it is. I was originally going to take it to a body shop that was run by a car enthusiast but when I brought it in today he looked at the car with disdain so I knew I didn't want them working on it.
Actually I have the say the sensors are secured VERY poorly...basically glued (chemically welded) to the bumper itself...very flimsy..but I guess adequate if your not running into things ?
Dealer was New Holland Ford and they were nothing short of spectacular. No games, all discounts and rebates applied without asking....Couldn't have been a better experience.
Does the sensor needs a recalibration or realignement of any sort?
I'll let you know after the repairs are done, but I can tell you it's still working just fine...of course it reports false contact because it's free to bounce around inside the bumper but it doesn't affect anything while driving.
