I recently got into an accident. I was hit by a guy going about 30 running a red light on my driver's side fender. The fender, bumper, headlight, hood, and frame were damaged, but the car was driveable. A couple days after the accident, the bumper finally fell off. This left the wires/sockets going to the corners/markers/turn signals/whatever exposed. I live in Wisconsin, so a fair amount of snow got caked on them.

After all the bodywork was finally completed, the body shop (located in the chevy dealership I work at) told me that the driver's side marker stays on and that this was probably just a wiring issue and they'd have service look at it. However, they seemed a little shady about getting it fixed. When service looked at it, they claimed it was a problem with the internal control unit located under the dash, and that this was not accident related. Therefore, insurance is telling me they won't cover it. The part alone is 350, so I sure as hell do not want to pay for this ****, especially since everything worked fine before the accident.

My question is this: is it possible that after the bumper fell off, the exposed sockets shorted out the control unit because of all the snow on them? Or, is it possible that the body shop dipshits somehow [freak]ed something up there? Or is it just a pure coincidence.

Sorry about the length of the post, but I know it's hard to tell without seeing the car, so I tried to provide as much info as possible. Thanks in advance for any help guys!

 

No, tell the idiot at the dealership that cars have fuses.

What control unit are they even talking about?

 

I suspect the control unit they are talking about is the one on the back side of the fuse box.

I suspect that a Chevy dealer is not the best place to do Honda electrical troubleshooting either.

 

after all that your car wasn't declared totalled? lol should of just bought another prelude if it was

 

what you mean by driver side marker stay on? i believe it stay on when you turn on the signal. is it both front and rear? or... I don't know much about how the car wired or used relay or micro-controller to controls the light signal to blinks, but I know little bit about electronics. matter of fact about to get my degree in electronic telecommunications and technology.

there is no need to spend that much money on just that light stay on. put a small relay or transistor circuit down the wire to make it blink would be more easy and won't cost you more than 10 bucks from radio shack even less. if that is you only concern and problem lies. it's just my opinion... see what other who has dealt with this particular problem has to say or any better alternative.

 

Thanks for the quick responses guys! And I know it's not the best place, but I'm a car salesman at a Chevy dealership (I know, but they offered great commission and my manager is the best salesman/mentor you'll ever meet) so it was for the convenience and free work.

Anywho, are you guys sure that there's a fuse or relay that would make a short near impossible?

 

Yep. Looks like the stealership is doing what they do best again. Look for some blown fuses

 

thank you so much.

 

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Yes, anything electrical on the car has a fuse between it and the battery to prevent major problems. Just like houses have breakers to keep the power under control.

 

I ran into a similar problem, inside the car the driver side turn signal indicator was on constantly (after I started my wire tuck). Turns out there is a bulk-ground on the driver-side (also on passenger side). white box held up with a 10mm bolt, has a bunch of black wires comming out of it (grounds. If you have any problem with that box and its grounding surface, you'll have some freaky electrical problems. IIRC, that box grounds the headlights, cruise control, signals on that side, etc, so you may want to look into the wiring on your driver-side as thats where the repairs were made and thats also where those grounds are located. hth.

-l8r