Depends on the insurance company. A while back my wife's KIA soul was rear ended and totaled. They offered a price, I went online and found three for sale for more than they offered. They upped the dollar amount.
Please keep us posted on this. If they deny the extras, ask how they could have been covered going forward
Not needed on a new Maverick. They are worth more used than MSRP + TTL. you should never be upside down on a new Maverick unless you pay Over $5,000 ADM.
Sorry to read about your accident. Glad there is nothing more than bad bruising.Last weekend, my Maverick was involved in an accident at a traffic light-controlled intersection. Both I and the other driver claimed we had the green light. With both of us entering the intersection, his Tundra with a cattle guard struck my front left fender with his right front quarter. Both my wife and I were belted. I was thrown toward the passenger side with sufficient force that I struck my wife. I and the occupants of the other vehicle were uninjured. My wife suffered deep tissue bruising of the chest and leg which continues to be a source of pain with movement. I was not found at fault by my insurance company. I don’t know whether the other driver was.
My concern is that no air bags deployed in my vehicle. I’m attaching photos of both truck to evidence the force of the collision. I recently had the side air bag recall procedure completed on my truck. My question for the membership, especially those who might have auto engineering expertise, is whether there is an expectation one or more air bags should have deployed. I raise this as a possible continuing safety issue on the Maverick. If Ford has a representative monitoring MTC, I will welcome their input. Is there another agency or Ford element it would be appropriate for me to address my concern?
I’m awaiting the result of the collision center’s assessment. I would be surprised by anything other than the truck being totaled. Now, I begin the search for a replacement (VB, hybrid XLT, lux package, 360, SIBL, front tinted window, X-15 soft rollup cover). So far, I have struck out with Alabama dealers. Before the accident, Carvana and CarMax gave me offers of 31-31K.
This is just a reply regarding the belt tensioner.Well, this was not a total( see picture), so I would be highly surprised if yours is. This was a deer encounter in Illinois. On the airbags situation, as a few have already posted, they are not intended to go off for every encounter, there are speeds, angles( also referred to as yaw rate) and points of hit, along with rate of deceleration that are calculated by the RCM( restraint control module) by strategically positioned crash sensors that determine if deployment is necessary to save a life or prevent major bodily harm. Many times, even in frontal crashes( at a below threshold speed) the bags will not deploy, but what is called a pretensioner built into the front seatbelts will actually fire off a pyrotechnic device that instantly pulls the seatbelt tight to prevent the occupant from moving forward and contacting the steering wheel or instrument panel. Air bags can go off at you and cause harm, that is why they don't go off every time, there is a calculated point where possible harm by the bag( broken nose, bruises and even in some cases broken ribs or more) is the lesser evil when possible death is the alternative. I'm sorry to hear of your injuries and damaged Maverick, and hope all will heal with time.
Looks to me like that big bar on the tundra did nothing but help push in the whole front end.
Agreed, tweaked the cattle guard! Mav’s wrap around front bumper was a big selling point for me.
Actually I was referring to how far the front bumper was pushed left. Gotta be frame damage there in addition to the whole front clip. The "cattle guard" held up better than the truck.
