Clipped the kerb - car is leaning :(

[Zorr]

Yesterday on the way back from work I got too quick into the turn. When I saw I am not going to make it I tried to help myself with the hand break - partly helped but I ended up hitting the kerb with the right rear wheel. I was sliding not even 10mph. The damage to the rim is minimal like parking scratch but still something got damaged as car is leaning to the left.

I am so pissed at myself for going too quick but still the problem needs to be sorted.

I am going to my dealer tomorrow hopefully they will tell me whats wrong.

Now question to you - what it might be and how much its going to cost? I know its like guessing for you but I know you have much better idea about my car than I do

I am afraid I bended a part of the suspension - at the other hand If the pieces holding the wheels are so fragile to be damaged by something like that I am afraid to drive this car

Could the hit make the tracking wrong and this is what causes the leaning ?

Another question is how the Renault warranty works - assuming that it is a part of the suspension. Can I buy the replacement part from Renault and fit it elsewhere ? Will it affect the warranty ? Does all the repairs must be done by the "stealer" to keep the warranty?

 

[freemo77]

could have bent something or suspension damaged?

 

[Zorr]

Is it not the same ? bent suspension = damaged ?

 

[Beef-Mc]

As for warranty AFAIK you can use any garage as long as they use genuine parts and are VAT registered and it wont affect the warranty.

 

[Da]

Gutted for you mate

Can't help really without seeing pics etc, but I hope it's easily sorted

 

[Jonny1*2]

As Daz said, hard to tell without pics, but I'd be surprised if there was that much damage caused at the speed. They can usually withstand some impact.
Wish I had a pic from tail slapping the curb at 30mph. That wheel was bent :S

 

[Zorr]

As for warranty AFAIK you can use any garage as long as they use genuine parts and are VAT registered and it wont affect the warranty.

Sounds good. Maybe it will not ruin my Christmas budget

 

[Zorr]

I will post more info and pics tomorrow. Thumbs up

 

[Zorr]

They didnt manage to squeeze me in today. I am booked for tomorrow. They will be doing 4 wheel tracking it will cost me 90 quid, we shall see what they are going to diagnose.

Thing is that how come they can do 4 wheel tracking If the rear suspension is ordinary beam without any adjustment ?

 

[Alex H]

They didnt manage to squeeze me in today. I am booked for tomorrow. They will be doing 4 wheel tracking it will cost me 90 quid, we shall see what they are going to diagnose.

Thing is that how come they can do 4 wheel tracking If the rear suspension is ordinary beam without any adjustment ?

£90 for tracking. PMSL. My local does it for £15.

Bad times on bending the car though!

 

[Poopensharten]

£90 for tracking. LOL

 

[kerry-w]

You paid £90 for tracking :S £14 at my local national tyres! Bet they do a better job of it too.

 

[Ronnie R]

Cancel that appointment mate.

 

[Zorr]

I haven't paid yet I thought 4 wheels tracking should be more or less around that amount - good that I asked. I wonder how much the rear beam cost for the 200 If it is not going to be tracking than it must be this.

 

[Bubbles]

£90 sounds like they're looking to do a proper alignment check and make adjustments... no one pays that much for a 4 wheel laser alignment

 

[Zorr]

£90 sounds like they're looking to do a proper alignment check and make adjustments... no one pays that much for a 4 wheel laser alignment

SO you are saying that £90 is reasonable ? And the dealer will do it better than any other garage ?

 

[Zorr]

Collected the car - rear axle is bended - Renault is not able to fix it - and the installation of the new one which might cost over a grant is not necessarily going to fix it. This is what I heard.
The rear wheels are affecting the front and it is loosing alignment too. Car is drivable but probably will be getting worse with each mile.

JUST FUC... GREAT !

They advised me that it might be possible to straighten it up on the jig - anyone knows some specialist garage with proper equipment to do it ? I am based in Manchester. Below you can find the print out to see the degree of "damage"



I am in quite pat situation I do not know what to do now. Any help will be appreciated !

 

[jenic]

Ring insurance, make claim.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Ring insurance, make claim.

This ^

 

[Jonny1*2]

Getting it jigged won't cost anywhere near as much mate. Might be worth looking around

 

[magh]

the only way a new axle will not fix this is if it has also bent the floor pan where the axle bolts, tbh a 10mph bump would not do all that damage, its more than likely that it has bent the stub axle/trailing arm. i did the same to my focus but at about 20mph n i had to change my rear axle.

 

[lemonnobby]

i would say the same your talking £1500 with fitting plus the bearing in the disc wont be happy etc
jigging it for the body not suspension.

 

[Alex_X93]

Its gutting stub axles are part of the rear beam same on r5 gt tubs. Jiging the car might not be needed as their normally is room for adjustment when fitting new rear beam. Recomend jiging if you intend on keeping the car as it wont cost as much as the parts. Personally id be looking to sell that car.

 

[Zorr]

Its gutting stub axles are part of the rear beam same on r5 gt tubs. Jiging the car might not be needed as their normally is room for adjustment when fitting new rear beam. Recomend jiging if you intend on keeping the car as it wont cost as much as the parts. Personally id be looking to sell that car.

hmm car its on finance so I'm stuck with it for over 2,5 years more

 

[Zorr]

OK car is sorted now. Happily for my wallet Renault Altrincham (Bristol Street Motors) were wrong. They charged me 90 quid for tracking they haven't done or did not know how to do ...

Friend of mine recommended my an Accident Repair Center - they checked on their machine and from reasons unknown to me front wheels were completely out of alignment. It took few minutes to adjust and car drives same good as before. The wheel that clipped the kerb is alright + nothing bended or damaged.

I feel a bit like the dealer tried to rip me off for 1500 quid. Should I take any actions in regard to that situation ?

 

[Jonny1*2]

no point fella, you'll achieve nothing. I'd go and get the tracking money back though. And renault wonder why they get a bad rep.

 

[sam JFM]

I would write a letter TBH might not do much but you will feel better, and you may get your money back!

 

[Zorr]

If you have a look on the scan of the printout I pasted above the car they put as a reference was Clio III so maybe they were adjusting it to the wrong reference ? Machine that my car was on today had Clio RS in database.

 

[Chris205]

So you hit the kerb with the rear left, didnt hit any of the front wheels but they adjusted your front tracking to straighten up the steering wheel?

I would get someone to follow you and check the car isn't crabbing on the road, this is when all the wheels are driving straight but the body of the car is on an angle (if that makes any sense to you)