Minor accident- What might be broken?

natural_tools · 06-14-2005, 11:02 AM

A grumpy little old lady decided to test her steering wheel by changing lanes into the front passenger side of my 2004 Prius, right around the wheel. It was about a 30 MPH hit... a glancing blow. Mostly scratching and broke the mirror casing.

Impressive resistance to denting, by the way.

Her insurance is going to totally cover repairs and I can get it done at a Toyota dealership. So my question is: what might she have broken in Sparky's guts that I wouldn't notice from looking? I want to make sure that I don't discover a year later that she messed up the alignment or broke some sensor right under the skin or something like that. Anything I need to request they check out when they're repairing?

DanMan32 · 06-14-2005, 12:14 PM

If the fender was not dented, then probably didn't break anything.

**Tideland Prius** · 06-14-2005, 12:54 PM

If it's the front wheel, doesn't hurt to get the alignment checked and the axle for any shift.

Just tell them what happened and suggest that they look at the front wheel alignment/steering rod/axle stuff like that.

06-14-2005, 11:02 AM	#1
natural_tools Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 30 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Minor accident- What might be broken? A grumpy little old lady decided to test her steering wheel by changing lanes into the front passenger side of my 2004 Prius, right around the wheel. It was about a 30 MPH hit... a glancing blow. Mostly scratching and broke the mirror casing. Impressive resistance to denting, by the way. Her insurance is going to totally cover repairs and I can get it done at a Toyota dealership. So my question is: what might she have broken in Sparky's guts that I wouldn't notice from looking? I want to make sure that I don't discover a year later that she messed up the alignment or broke some sensor right under the skin or something like that. Anything I need to request they check out when they're repairing?

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06-14-2005, 12:14 PM	#2
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	If the fender was not dented, then probably didn't break anything.

06-14-2005, 12:54 PM	#3
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 19,633 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 229 Thanked 345 Times in 244 Posts Friends: 23	If it's the front wheel, doesn't hurt to get the alignment checked and the axle for any shift. Just tell them what happened and suggest that they look at the front wheel alignment/steering rod/axle stuff like that.