Feeling real bummed out, just picked her up Tuesday and rear ended at a light Friday. Could be worse but man I’m pissed this is my first brand new car and first accident.
50% value down
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Driving skills are getting noticeably worse over the years
Rear bumper facia is about 1200$ with labor and lower trunk about 5-6k, sorry about that
Yup, definitely looking into filing a diminished value claim. This was literally my first thought.
Agreed
If I wasn’t at the firehouse tonight, I’d be drinking the pain away lol
That was before the crash
Bugger
Yeah you can claim that since its pretty much the first week of ownership. Problem is the back and forth from both insurance to what they agree on “value wise”
Yeah not expecting anything anytime soon, just going to pay my deductible and get it fixed and let the insurance companies do the back and forth to recoup.
At least you're not at fault? Insurance should cover
For sure, just blows.
When I did it was super easy. Got a 3rd party assessment online, submitted to the other insurance company, they paid.
Mind sharing which company you used?
It’s sucks but remember it’s just a thing and you aren’t hurt. But it sucks.
100%, my wife and three kids were in the car as well and we are all ok so that’s really all that matters. Shit happens I’m just dwelling in the shit rn lol
It’s honestly even more of a reason to use FSD. Those cameras can see much more than me and react faster. I hate when I actually have to drive now (try to be in FSD 99% of the time).
I am sorry for your loss but I still don’t understand how this design is supposedly easier and cheaper to repair than OG model y
Sorry for you, but you know it’s not a Gen 1 where the entire rear hatch would have to be replaced for $6-7K+, and $12-13K if the lower body panel was damaged. The lower hatch section is now separate so should be more affordable to replace. I’d almost consider having it done at Tesla Certified without insurance just to avoid the Carfax hit (even though you might be able to get “diminished value”). Alternatively, the other driver might actually agree to pay if it means their insurance doesn’t go up which would ultimately cost them many times more over time. Crazy, I know, but I like to think outside the box sometimes.
One day it will not even be a memory.
Sure thing. This was 2022. I used: https://www.vehicleinfo.com/ and the at fault driver had Allstate insurance.
Fooook! I’m always worried if the person behind me can tell if I’m breaking since we rarely touch the brakes.
I don’t see a problem can we stop with these click bait posts please it’s not funny
In a few decades manual driving will be banned, or at least very expensive (fees and insurance probably on the order of thousands a year).
Agreed.
Gotta love all the mind-rotted instagram and texting girlies that don’t pay attention to anything in front of them.
Wife got reversed into by a Chevy 150 truck driver yesterday….cars only 3 weeks cold too….i pulled the footage and man it was the dumbest reverse id ever seen…..
How do you know OP wasn’t on FSD?
There are a few reasons this design is potentially cheaper to repair. First, the bumper sticks out a few inches that allows some impact absorption before getting to the hatch. Second, the spoiler is a separate part from the whole hatch, so a little spoiler damage doesn’t require a whole new spoiler. Lastly, my understanding is the hatch is a little easier to replace but I don’t know how true that is. On the whole, if you get rear ended, not much has changed. The design changes just help decrease the likelihood of needing an expensive hatch replacement for minor dings.
I have a 2022 MYP, and I was rear ended in a car wash tunnel a week ago. The guy pulled into the car wash and didn’t put his truck into neutral. He idled 50 feet forward along the car wash track into the back of my car. He must have been looking at his phone and not paying attention.
Dude. Really sorry.
What can FSD do if it gets rear ended?
Lucky because in Canada it’s not a thing. I lost a lot of trade-in value and my repair was only $6K CDN after someone bumped my parked car in a parking lot.
i’m sad. i got banned for a week for FSD. i’m getting reinstated next week so it sucks to drive lol
The model 3 I got in 2020, less than 72hrs I got rear ended too. I was working from home, decided to get lunch, and on my way back home with my food I got rear ended before getting on the freeway. My food went everywhere and even then I lost my appetite anyway. It sucks but it was fixed, and I went on. Turned out the guy was in a rental without insurance. I had Tesla insurance at the time and last I heard the insurance company sued him and my deductible was refunded to me.
what you do if your battery goes low because you forgot light etc can you jump start tesla
What’s the rule for getting banned? 3 strikes in a single drive?
Yeah its an epidemic....I was really annoyed yesterday bout it but now I just laugh it off because this idiots insurance now is going to be forking out $1k+ for a small chip of paint he caused to my bumper.....
I did the same and third party says I could claim 7200$ (2026 less than 30 day old) but Allstate is countering with 3k and is saying every negative thing about my independent evaluator but not saying anything about how they are coming to their number.
> Driving skills are getting noticeably worse over the years It's the distracted driving - if you look around the amount of people you see looking down at their phone while driving is crazy, especially in stop and go traffic or when approaching traffic lights. Tesla's regen brakes do not trigger the brake lights until a certain threshold so distracted drivers aren't seeing brake lights light up in their peripheral vision until it's too late
Sorry man. But looks like it shouldn’t be too bad to fix.
Five strikes over the course of a week. You lose one strike a week. People that are getting five strikes are one of the reasons that insurance rates are so high...they just don't feel the need to pay attention.
Get a strong suction cup. It should pop back into shape.
Pow right in the shitter
FSD wouldn't have caused them to be at fault for being rear ended. Even during a hard phantom brake. The person who rear ended would have been found at fault for following too close 9 times out of 10.
As a LEO, no, it's not all because of distracted driving. Some of it is but people just do not know how to drive nowadays.
Three years ago my wife drove her brand new 2023 Honda Civic off the lot. The next day a driver ran a stop sign and took off her whole bumper. 2-3 seconds later she wouldn’t be here. Just be grateful you’re okay. Our well being and loved ones are the most important. The rest is just stuff. Your baby will be alright!
Damn I feel your pain, my stealth grey Model Y Juniper was barely just 6 months old and my first new car in 20 years. Got rear ended on the freeway heading to a mixer :/ a couple weeks back and just dropped it off at the collision center this week.
hopefully Tesla can work something out with the government to get your license pulled entirely :)
> As a LEO, no, it's not all because of distracted driving. Some of it is but people just do not know how to drive nowadays. What’s the biggest thing that’s changed in the last 15–20 years that conveniently coincides with driving skill going down? Smartphones. If you can’t keep your eyes on the road because you’re scrolling your phone, you don’t know how to drive.
That’s why I open the camera at stop lights/signs
did you just try to use a zodiac sign in a serious sentence
I’m so sorry. I hope you sort everything out soon
to be fair it was my first month of fsd . most times i was wearing a hat and gave me warnings and also i saw videos of fsd of people drinking coffee etc. i was muskd lol i wont do that agan. lesson learned
I feel for the OP, first new car and it’s smashed. Something about not having anything happen to your first car until it’s just another car. Sorry for him. Happened to me with an 86 Mustang GT. Rear ended and totaled a week after purchase. Afterwards, I decided to switch to GM and I bought 1987 IROC Z. Tranny went out under 1000 miles and T Tops leaked like the Rain Forrest.
These are all opinions so I dunno why you all sound so confident. None of you (or I) have statistics on this My two cents is people also lost patience more and more since COVID. I see far more people cutting in worse and worse ways, or some flat out driving on shoulders during traffic jam. I also feel road rage got worse
Smartphones are a cause but not the biggest. The biggest is still DUI. Distracted driving is second, people not being able to drive is third. Especially where I am. The 2nd biggest county in Georgia and the most diverse county in the state with a lot of nationalities here. That group of people typically do not know how to drive. The other part of that group drive too fast for conditions, too fast in general, and are just idiots behind the wheel. Hell even at the peak of COVID Georgia was litterally giving licenses away without testing.
When the car slows enough it will turn on the brake lights. You can see them glow on the car on your main screen.
> Smartphones are a cause but not the biggest. The biggest is still DUI. Distracted driving is second, people not being able to drive is third. Distracted driving being second kind of proves my point. DUI has been a constant problem for decades. Smartphones and the explosion of distracted driving is the variable that's changed in the last 20 years
Car is totaled
Oh that sucks. Sorry OP!
My husband was rear ended on the way home from picking up his 2026 Model Y. It will be okay. It's just a car! As long as you're okay, that's all that matters.
Tbf following behind many teslas. Some slow quite quickly with regen without brake lights. Might be a reason why there is an uptick in rear enders.
Wow - that sucks! 😞
Can't wait for that to happen. We just need to survive humanity killing itself first.
You’re delusional and/or a terrible driver if true. This is more of a reason NOT to use FSD.
How does it matter who’s at fault? Two or more cars are damaged
It’s okay it’s only rwd model.
Expect it to be totaled
Premium awd actually. You seem like a pleasant dude lol
Tesla needs to make a damn bumper for this car. The current bumper is basically recessed.
I am. Ya mb didn’t see the blacked out emblem on stealth grey. Definitely a bummer that it happened to an awd
Not with my Tesla but I got rear ended on my way home from the dealership from my other car. Car that hit me was smashed up. Little visible damage to my car but muffler got dislodged and made noise and there was some scuffing on the bumper which needed to be replaced anyway because of unseen damage
Sorry this happened to you. Similar situation happened to me 5 years ago. I at least made it a week before I was rear ended / hit and run at a light.
Sorry this happened to you. I was just telling my wife how I thought it’s getting hypocritical that we’re against phone use while driving but installing huge screens to distract us while driving. Makes no sense
Yikes
Augh! I'm so sorry 😔 I hope something 10 times better turns your week around for the better.
Oh that's awful about the Mustang. Such a blow for a young man. And those Irocs were certainly thought highly of for a few years there. Like rocket v-8's with new buttons everywhere on the dash.
Hit by a green tarantula head. You can and should sue for diminished value
lol, I laughed so hard, my dog looked at me like I’d just revealed I am actually three raccoons in a trench coat. I am guessing LEO is Law Enforcement Officer. But you already know that, don't you?
This👆
A girl magnet for sure, the 80's was lots of fun.
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Had a similar accident. It ended up being a $2300 repair covered under insurance. Body shop took a month to schedule but they only had the car for 4 days.
You have no flare to your car. No one pays attention to your car. Get your car better looking add some cool stuff to it ex: custom license plate, spoiler etc… This really works
Great info, appreciate it!
This is it. I work in healthcare data and the explosion of demand for outpatient mental health has skyrocketed yoyoy. Something is up for sure.
You need to pursue a diminished value claim in addition to a claim to fix the damage.
I was confused by the space in 'ownership'. Sorry for your bad luck.
I work in corporate and also notice a trend in companies offering more and more mental benefits. Like the medical coverage often includes mental wellness now
we had our Juniper fur 23 days when got rear ended. What an ordeal. Sending good vibes your way 🫶🏽
Honestly, it seems like a pretty big impact. Make sure you get an injury lawyer. It's sad that this is the only way you can get compensated well by the insurance company.
I was rear ended 5 minutes after taking delivery. It was limited to the diffuser though.
The Universe is telling you something….what that may be is up to you to decide. Just be thankful you are okay. The amazing crash test rating of that Tesla saved your life.
It matters when it comes to insurance and citations. It matters a lot. Especially in states like Georgia, where every traffic violation is at least a misdemeanor. No such thing as "just a traffic infraction". Every traffic violation is an arrestable offense.
Well sure…and the largest generation getting older in a world where we don’t mandate people over the age of 65 to retake the test, supply an eye test, and/or test their reflexes…. Watched an older man just drive off the road into a ditch on a left hand turn. Couldn’t have been going more than 20 mph. I guess he just couldn’t turn the wheel enough to make that turn at the intersection.
🤦♂️ could have been worse, but it’s an easy repair
I don't care anymore because I'm using FSD, but my god, following teslas in my old car was soooo frustrating, they can definitely code the brake lights into the software if it decelerates more than 1mph per second or something
Have a PDR guy work out some magic
The car gives plenty of warning of not paying attention. They must REALLY not be paying attention at all.
Low Earth Orbit?
How would getting it done at Tesla avoid a Carfax hit?
Sadly, I thought it was a star sign chat
I am So sorry for you having to deal with this on such a new ride — That sucks! Hopefully you have access to a super high quality body shop and the other driver has good insurance. I would demand new parts as well as money for ‘Diminished Value’
Sorry. I was rest ended not long after getting Model Y. Fortunately, they fixed it good as new.
Couldn’t agree with you more on this. The distraction is real!!!!
Who hit you the girl on the phone by your car door?
Ugh, sorry pal. It’ll be back to good as new and give you many years of enjoyment! 🙏
Agree with you 💯. Distracted driving especially over last decade even two decades probably.
Sorry that happened to you but now your own personal driving skills should include decision making on where and not to drive. Yes accidents are likely unavoidable but we're living in a distracted world where young folks attention has been destroyed by the time they receive their driving license. Look at the bright side you now have a unique experience to share that may help others.
9 times out of 10. If your seated as passenger on highway or @ stop light actually start looking around. I bet you either spy someone looking down at phone. Or a phone up at steering wheel. Also all passengers should keep your eyes on rear view random landing strip happens from time to time. Never know when your gonna rear ended by props.
Maybe the ambient chaos? Thinking of Bob Dylan’s line: “Sitting on the pavement thinking bout the government”?
Darn it!! What a bummer!!
This is the absolute worst! Sorry! Beautiful car, with or without the dent.
The other problem is the changes in driver training requirements. You used to spend an entire semester of high school learning to drive on simulators and having the sh!t scared out of you when your instructor told you about terrible accidents. If you were out doing driving practice and failed to use your turn signal, your turn was over and you climbed into the back seat while one of your classmates got to drive. Now these idiots take an online course and only pay enough attention to the material to pass the test. They take two or three short driving lessons with an instructor and then xx number of hours with a parent supervising, who also doesn’t know how to drive so they aren’t teaching them anything.
Not going through insurance would avoid the Carfax hit. Getting it done at Tesla just ensures it gets done properly.
Well, it will hit the Carfax if a police accident report was filed regardless of how/where it gets repaired.
Es tut mir echt leid für dich. Kopf hoch könnte viel schlimmer sein.
How old was the person who hit you?
That's crazy, I didn't realize there was so much DUIs going on. Just wondering if most DUIs are all alcohol, or are there lots of other things people are getting DUIs for? Like is there lots of DUI from drugs, meth, fentanyl, weed, medications? Or mostly alcohol?
It used to be they only gathered accident info from insurance companies. I guess with so many data brokers out there they can gather info from anywhere now, in which case I stand corrected.
No bs. Had an incident that happened less that 6 hours after I purchased it. Hit and run, I chased that ford focus across town until it started running reds.
Lame, yeah someone rubbed up against my car with a bright red toyota and it left a huge mark, fortunately it buffed out about 90% but the tesla paint is super thin on there I highly recommend using ceramic coating or hard wax on your car, it will save you much annoyance. Also avoid automatic car wash with your blackout trim it gets lighter from the caustic alkaline solution used to wash the cars and neutralize salt. I love my model Y and hopefully you'll like yours !
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Cell phones.
Same thing happened to me at a stop sign. Maybe more damage on my model X 2022. 6 months old. You can also claim deminished value.
One is essential for car function, the other is not.. Granted we need more physical buttons for common use items.
If the insurance is paying then there is a high chance it’s gonna show up on the carfax as a reported accident. Plus the other party would have to pay for rental for OP while the car is in the shop too which I doubt they would be keen to do.
I put a trailer hitch ball mount on my model Y just in case someone rear ends me.
That’s some bad luck
Seek diminished value!!
Think about it this way, now you don't have to stress of every little scratch/dent.
FSD can't come fast enough.
People are just getting worse and worse at driving it seems. I was rear ended not too long ago at a stop sign and the dude said "I didn't know you were going to stop, I was looking up the road to make sure there wouldn't be any traffic before I pulled out." Bro how do you just assume someone isn't going to stop at the stop sign? I ended up saving the clip for the insurance company cus I was going to file the claim through their insurance, and in the clip you can see the dude looking down at his lap. So he was on his phone.
Sue for diminished value and massive back / neck pain.
You shouldn't have to pay a deductible. File the claim through their insurance company. They rear ended you, you had no involvement other than wrong place wrong time.
Don't forget the education. More and more "teachers" are teaching politics in the classroom instead of their subject. More and more professors and teachers are unable to do the 'work' they require of their students (my linear algebra professor was a perfect example). The education system has been dumbed down to spit out 69 IQ 'adults' and we expect them to be able to handle driving?
Same here in the Seattle area with the transplants here for tech jobs. My previous employer also has a campus in Alpharetta.
My second brand new car was 2023 MYLR. Dude on a motorcycle going 65mph texting and driving totaled it. We were stopped in traffic
Reply with every negative thing about Allstate.
Remember, diminished value is a thing 😉
Breakdown in social trust. I actually blame social media, though Covid lockdowns were a catalyst to accelerate the issue.
Get the tow hitch and put a battering ram on the Y
That’s alright a deer ran into me about a month after buying mine, I’m heartbroken
People depending on self driving cars and "driver aids" are not gonna help matters either, it'll just make more and more people who lack skills to drive a car
Pull up your rear camera video. Was the driver looking down as they approached?
Same here, just got repaired. Now filing a diminished value claim with attorney. Bring to your preferred tesla shop, and ask that they guarantee no out of pocket costs for you.
Yes, new cars are a magnet for accidents, specially the 1st year. Always happens to me every time I get a new vehicle. And only a New one, if I buy used one it doesn’t happen. My 1st new car someone let their door fly open so hard it put a crease on my door, second vehicle not even have license plate yet and someone backed into rear corner panel of my vehicle because they did not clear snow off their car enough to see my car, and 3rd New car only had car less than 6 months and some truck twice kicked up something from road and damaged my vehicle.
Completely agree and a bit of proof is how taboo it is to even talk about. Many people will act more defensive about screen-time addiction than they would drugs/alcohol. The doc The Social Dilemma clearly explains how cooked we are. Pretty scary imo as is the LEO above downplaying distracted driving. So glad my views on distracted driving are not based on what others think or say. My eyes work well and every day and every night, I see an incredibly alarming amount of people driving distracted. 100% the worst addiction this world will ever know.
and this is why we need perfected autonomous driving to arise and take over as opposed to relying on faulty human skill
At least it's super super minor. Try not to let it ruin your excitement on your first new car.
Were you in FSD when this happened? If you have FSD I wonder if it could've avoided it
Lol I couldn't see any damage... Just figured it was normal Tesla panel gap.
That’s fair lol
It's not as bad now but there was a post a couple years ago where a minor fender bender fixed his gaps 🤣🤣🤣
Driving isn’t racing, it doesn’t demand any special skills. All you need is to be familiar with traffic rules, be responsible (not driving drunk or high), and be attentive (not using your phone, blasting music, or singing loudly while shaking your head like you’re at a party). Unfortunately, many people fail to meet even one of these requirements the moment they get behind the wheel. So, I would argue that it’s not the driving skills that people lack, but rather the mental skills to understand what truly matters in life. Otherwise, there’s no explanation for wasting countless hours debating trivial matters online, trying to prove everyone wrong, yet driving in a way that endangers everyone around you.
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