I got in a wreck the other day, a car pulled out in front of me, I swerved to miss them, spun out and end up hitting an embankment on the side of the road. I hit the embankment going backwards with most of the force hitting the driver's side front bumper/wheel. What kind of things should I check for? My steering wheel alignment is way off now. When I drive straight, the steering wheel is point to the left about 45-50 degrees. When I have my wheel full lock to the right, I get this kind of grinding noise. I looked at my steering rack and it seemed like the driver's side had some spots of liquid outside of boot, but the passenger side was dry. The steering also feels a bit easier if that makes sense. But it doesn't seem to pull to the left or shake, but does anyone know something I should check for? I can't do any repairs until I talk to the adjuster.


Big gash in bumper. Lots of grass and rocks.




Lots more grass and rocks. Found out I have rocks and grass pushing in the bead of the tire, so I now have a slow leak. Hopefully that's all and it's not punctured the tires.




I added this picture, because I noticed that the hood latch was angled over a little, but nothing else seems to have shifted in the bumper. Just odd.

 

Doesn't look like a wreck, looks like you flew into a ditch. Minimal body damage, but I'd check the suspension. Also you hood closes fine so that hook was probably like that before.

 

"Collision" then. My car made contact with something else with strong force. Any thoughts about what could be wrong pertaining to the specific details I posted?

 

An alignment shop can tell you if something is wrong with your suspension, a body shop can tell you if the unibody is off of alignment.

 

odds are you bend a control arm, destroyed a tie rod end, etc. get under it and start looking.

 

Definitely get a professional opinion if you're not used to looking for collision damage.

 

Everything under it should be checked and if there's any question parts should be replaced. Tie rods control arms ball joints. Look at everything underneath it.

 

Full underbody inspection, look for anything bent, mysteriously now clean, missing paint, make sure everything shuts properly, your brakes work, no weird rattles, NO LEAKING FLUIDS, etc.