Learn me car flooded

In reply to coolusername: Contact insurance compant and total it.Why: Mold/mildew issues, non-ending electrical gremlims will come along; carfax report makes resale very difficult, water in areas of the body never inteded to drain out so it'll rust....did I mention electrical problems down the line as the wiriing harness corrodes??? I'm sure it's possible to overcome all of these, and lots depends on how badly it was flooded, but, if this is your "dependable" daily driver, dump it.

Sell it.

I'd say your career with it will be short. I would definitely have it totaled out. I've seen much more expensive cars totaled out for water that is not as deep. If this poor Accord got doused that badly, even if you pay to have it fixed, the life expectancy has been halved and the value has been quartered.

Even if it wasn't running, it had 12v running through the electrical system the whole time (and since) and that is just going to start corrosion everywhere. And that's assuming you can ever get all the insulation and padding in there dried out quickly.

Sorry, bud.

get the insurance company to replace every interrior bit, then have them verify all electricals, have the engine and transmission replaced (water can get in there too), tell them you have severe mold allergies and if you have any future problems you will be sending them your medical bills...

(they should agree to total it at this point)

Please tell us you you bought it and had it insured BEFORE the flood. I hope you didn't buy it as a flooded car, then waited a bit and then registered it and simply got liability on it. BTW how much did you pay for it, and did the seller tell you of the flood damage? Did they tell you "easy fix, just let it dry out..." If so you may have some legal recourse. Not much but some. And if a dealer sold you this...call you lawyer

Totalled.

usually once water hits the fuse box.. a car is totaled by the insurance company.

Honda likes to stick their computers on or near the floor

I stepped in here expecting RX-7,or RX-8 content. That would have been better as a flooded with water car is a tough one to fix.

When the guys on this forum (who have been know to build cars out of some rusty sheetmetal and a couple bushel baskets of parts) tell you a car is not worth the effort, it sounds like a good idea to let the insurance company total it.

My day job=insurance adjuster. If the water is over the seats or console we like to junk them. If it's over the dash, we absolutely junk them.

I have fixed cars with just floor water. Provided it's not salt water they can be repaired satisfactorily, but it is a risk that I'll 'own' that car for the rest of it's life with that owner.

I passed on a GORGEOUS 635CSI BMW, 5 speed and all, for almost no money. Katrina car. That was hard.

Considering Honda has a habit of putting engine air intakes down near the level of the front bumper...I'm amazed this car didn't stall out and/or the engine is still working.

Unless the insurance company won't total it, sell it/junk it. If not today or next week, you will soon have myriads of problems and among them COULD be stalls at highish speeds at odd moments on the freeway.

cwh wrote: I passed on a GORGEOUS 635CSI BMW, 5 speed and all, for almost no money. Katrina car. That was hard.

I probably still would have grabbed it.. nothing a complete tear down and rebuild could not fix (with a wiring harness salvaged from another non-flood car)