Beware: Selling a vehicle with history of flooding

**spoon solitaire** · February 14th, 2014 07:12 PM

i tried to inquire about the car if it is flooded. no reply.

**Lew_Alcindor** · February 14th, 2014 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by spoon solitaire

i tried to inquire about the car if it is flooded. no reply.

You can use the report button in sulit if there is any misinformation. Justbe careful because the sulit seller might just be the 3rd owner and doesnt really know the full history of the car.

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**Monte** · February 15th, 2014 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by spoon solitaire

i tried to inquire about the car if it is flooded. no reply.

Nung nagtext ako kahapon kung flooded, sabi niya "never ever" daw siya magbebenta ng flooded car.

**aligonzales** · February 15th, 2014 07:54 AM

It's either hindi nya alam na flooded or nagsisinungaling sya.

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**boybi** · February 15th, 2014 09:41 AM

Sa condo daw viewing. Dala ka food.

**dr. d** · February 15th, 2014 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by spoon solitaire

i tried to inquire about the car if it is flooded. no reply.

either ayaw magsinungaling, or nabenta na.

**vinj** · February 15th, 2014 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by aligonzales

Sir Vinj, interior was soaked up to the lower part of the dashboard, inabot yung head unit. Owner did not attempt to start it, disconnected the battery right away. She had it towed to Citimotors Makati. After a couple of days, casa/insurance called to declare total loss.

Rare for the insurance to declare total loss on that extent of flood damage (at least per my experience). Looks like the car was sold off by the insurance (usually, as-is). Flood up to the lower part of the dash is still repairable if the car was immediately cleaned out and not started (i'm not familiar with Mitsus so don't know if the ECU was damaged though, with Toyotas, the ECU will most likely survive that especially if the battery was disconnected prior to flooding).

Kung buy and sell ang nagbebenta, alam niyang flooded yan.

**aligonzales** · February 17th, 2014 11:33 AM

Yup sir Vinj. The owner considers herself lucky that the insurance declared total loss. From my opinion when I saw it, it was repairable naman. Unit was barely 4 months old with less than 3k mileage when the incident happened. I guess insurance will minimize their loss when they have it repaired then sell it versus shouldering the repair cost alone without any returns.

If the car is 3 or 4 years old, it would have been another story. :-)

**Starex_Gold** · February 18th, 2014 03:37 AM

Nangyari sa car ko ito before (2010) pero it's between the insurance company (BPI/MS) and the buy and sell shop in Mindanao Ave. near Honda SPA. Yung FD ko before nalubog nung Ondoy. Almost half of the car lang yun submerged but the insurance company is kind enough para i-declare ng total loss. Of course with the help of the manager of Honda SPA that time.

It was December 2009 nung naibalik na sa akin yun pera (total of 805K) since 1 year old palang yung FD (7,XXXkms ODO). The insurance company asked me to surrender the spare key, owner's manual, etc. Keychain nalang at pictures natirang memories sa akin nung FD

January 2010 I decided to buy a Hyundai Tucson nalang. Instead of another Civic FD 2.0S.

Then April 2010, may nag-doorbell sa bahay namin. Looking for me. So humarap ako dun sa guy. At dala niya yung FD! HAHA. Gulat ko akala ko isasauli sa akin yun kotse aba hindi ko tatanggapin yun!

He's asking for the owner's manual, service passport and spare key. Sabi ko sa kanya I surrendered those sa insurance company. So nagulat siya bakit daw. Aba eh nagulat din ako paano niya nalaman kung saan ako nakatira. Tinanong ko rin siya kung saan at paano niya nakuha yung FD. Sa buy and sell daw sa Mindanao Ave.

Guy: Bakit niyo sinurrender sa insurance company yun mga gamit, ano po nangyari?
Me: Flooded yun auto, na-declare na total loss at hiningi nila sa akin yun mga gamit.
Guy: *looks shocked* ser, hindi ko po alam na flooded yun FD. Nagdala ako ng mekaniko sabi okay naman daw at hindi binaha
Me: Tang* yang mekaniko mo and I'm sorry for that. Hindi na ako liable dyan sa sasakyan in fact I already have my Tucson, 1 month old palang. Kung hindi naman binaha at na-total loss yan bakit ko agad ibebenta yan eh okay na everyday car naman yang FD.

Tapos pinakita niya sa akin yun deed of sale from buy and sell. Nagulat ako forged yun signature ko. At mayroon pa photocopy ng driver's license na kasama dun sa papeles kaya pala nalaman kung saan ako nakatira, bukod sa address sa deed of sale. Walanghiyang buy and sell yan pinalabas pa na I directly sold my FD to them.

Iniisip ko ihabla pa yun hudas na nagbenta sa kanya nung FD, pero sayang din yun pera. Pang mods nalang nung bagong sasakyan diba

Malamang sa malamang alam nung buy and sell na flooded yung FD. Galing daw sa Honda SPA, diretso sa kanila. Kaya rin ata nawala na yun owner's manual, service passport at spare key.

Until now nakakasalubong ko parin yun FD sa Makati halos araw araw. Siya parin yun owner. Mukhang hindi naman siya nagka-problema dun sa kotse. Yun nga lang, hindi na kasing kintab nung ako pa nag-aalaga. Hehehe.

**Gecko Guy** · February 18th, 2014 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

Nangyari sa car ko ito before (2010) pero it's between the insurance company (BPI/MS) and the buy and sell shop in Mindanao Ave. near Honda SPA. Yung FD ko before nalubog nung Ondoy. Almost half of the car lang yun submerged but the insurance company is kind enough para i-declare ng total loss. Of course with the help of the manager of Honda SPA that time.

It was December 2009 nung naibalik na sa akin yun pera (total of 805K) since 1 year old palang yung FD (7,XXXkms ODO). The insurance company asked me to surrender the spare key, owner's manual, etc. Keychain nalang at pictures natirang memories sa akin nung FD

January 2010 I decided to buy a Hyundai Tucson nalang. Instead of another Civic FD 2.0S.

Then April 2010, may nag-doorbell sa bahay namin. Looking for me. So humarap ako dun sa guy. At dala niya yung FD! HAHA. Gulat ko akala ko isasauli sa akin yun kotse aba hindi ko tatanggapin yun!

He's asking for the owner's manual, service passport and spare key. Sabi ko sa kanya I surrendered those sa insurance company. So nagulat siya bakit daw. Aba eh nagulat din ako paano niya nalaman kung saan ako nakatira. Tinanong ko rin siya kung saan at paano niya nakuha yung FD. Sa buy and sell daw sa Mindanao Ave.

Guy: Bakit niyo sinurrender sa insurance company yun mga gamit, ano po nangyari?
Me: Flooded yun auto, na-declare na total loss at hiningi nila sa akin yun mga gamit.
Guy: *looks shocked* ser, hindi ko po alam na flooded yun FD. Nagdala ako ng mekaniko sabi okay naman daw at hindi binaha
Me: Tang* yang mekaniko mo and I'm sorry for that. Hindi na ako liable dyan sa sasakyan in fact I already have my Tucson, 1 month old palang. Kung hindi naman binaha at na-total loss yan bakit ko agad ibebenta yan eh okay na everyday car naman yang FD.

Tapos pinakita niya sa akin yun deed of sale from buy and sell. Nagulat ako forged yun signature ko. At mayroon pa photocopy ng driver's license na kasama dun sa papeles kaya pala nalaman kung saan ako nakatira, bukod sa address sa deed of sale. Walanghiyang buy and sell yan pinalabas pa na I directly sold my FD to them.

Iniisip ko ihabla pa yun hudas na nagbenta sa kanya nung FD, pero sayang din yun pera. Pang mods nalang nung bagong sasakyan diba

Malamang sa malamang alam nung buy and sell na flooded yung FD. Galing daw sa Honda SPA, diretso sa kanila. Kaya rin ata nawala na yun owner's manual, service passport at spare key.

Until now nakakasalubong ko parin yun FD sa Makati halos araw araw. Siya parin yun owner. Mukhang hindi naman siya nagka-problema dun sa kotse. Yun nga lang, hindi na kasing kintab nung ako pa nag-aalaga. Hehehe.

Ganun pala nangyari sa FD mo SG...sayang naman di mo na-enjoy...anyway maganda naman kapalit eh hehehe.