Honda Car Forum

all front end damage: needs new hood, bumper, 2 head lights, grille, radiator, a/c coil. check eng light came on after accident. engine whistles now with the rpm's. air bags did not deploy. the car is a 1998 honda civic with 85000 mi on it. kbb value is around 5k

No, but You can do better.

kbb 5k in good condition. Your value went way way way down now didn't it? It will probably cost 5k for a dealership to fix it. Any time the cost to fix equals or exceeds the value of the car it is considered totaled.

Yup its cactus.For the true value measure the fuel in tank.

It will probably cost about $5k to fix it. Try to sell it as is or part it out if you can. Get some new wheels.

No, it's not totaled. If you really tried you could get it back up and running and in decent shape, too.

Totalled means the cost to fix the damage will equal half or more than the value of the car. You say it needs a new hood and bumper, but have you checked the shock absorbers on the bumper? Airbags? Hood latch/hinges? You mentioned the headlights, what about the wiring? Yeah, it needs a radiator and a/c condensor, probably 2 a/c lines, not to mention 4 lbs. of freon. The insurance company will take all of this into account. If the car's value is truly $5000, I'd say it's well past totalled, because we're just talking parts, no mention of labor, in which case the frame more than likely got tweaked, and you might as well figure at least $90 an hour for tying up a body shops frame machine.