Our 2011 with 36k miles was totalled by the other person's insurance company and I'm contemplating a buy back to fix it given the low miles and cost to upgrade to a newer car but I'm not sure what's involved with repairing/resetting the airbag system. The car needs a fender and front bumper but the reinforcements behind those panels are actually in good shape. The control arm and end links will need to be replaced but I've done that before on the other side when it was involved in a minor fender bender a couple years ago, so I'm completely comfortable with that work. I've never touched airbags in my ~30 years of auto tinkering.
It was only the driver airbag that deployed. I know I need to replace that and it seems like I should also need to have the control module reset, but is there more to do? Here is my Leaf Spy Pro code listing and a photo of the car.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/S9vBYPkrbhoMc2CS6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oHS4VxPFnKjiP1qDA
(There is no way to include photos in my post correct?)
I think the parts (junkyard color matching) would cost me around $1000 and I'm contemplating just straightening (rather than replacing) the bumper as we're only going to have the car a couple more years at most. I don't need it to be pristine as it's just our daily driver. The payout is around $6000 which includes around $1000 for tax and registration replacement. If I buy back the car I will get around $2000 less. The additional complication is I need to then have the car retitled here in California, which doesn't seem hard, but definitely not something I look forward to.
Any thoughts anyone has to share would be greatly appreciated!
It was only the driver airbag that deployed. I know I need to replace that and it seems like I should also need to have the control module reset, but is there more to do? Here is my Leaf Spy Pro code listing and a photo of the car.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/S9vBYPkrbhoMc2CS6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oHS4VxPFnKjiP1qDA
(There is no way to include photos in my post correct?)
I think the parts (junkyard color matching) would cost me around $1000 and I'm contemplating just straightening (rather than replacing) the bumper as we're only going to have the car a couple more years at most. I don't need it to be pristine as it's just our daily driver. The payout is around $6000 which includes around $1000 for tax and registration replacement. If I buy back the car I will get around $2000 less. The additional complication is I need to then have the car retitled here in California, which doesn't seem hard, but definitely not something I look forward to.
Any thoughts anyone has to share would be greatly appreciated!