Vehicle Damage and Structural Repair Report

[chinx_4eva]

thanks for the very helpful information Josh! I will definitely keep that all that in mind

I did take your advice and went to R Kent & Sons to see what they had to say
what they told me was, the structural report was made for cars that were sold in auction, meaning that cars that were damaged but repaired to be safe on the road
now, apparently Road Worthy testers are able to ask for such report and especially those who are not specialist's in that field.

What he also told me was that, to bring the vehicle in for an inspection as well by them, thus they can give me a genuine lowdown on how the vehicle structure actually is.
It will cost me $50 and pretty much after that they'll let me know whether its a yes or no in terms of passing a road worthy.
They can do an actual Structure report for me but the gentleman advised me not to because it would cost around $600 and its just stupid to do so.
Given that he says the car is fine, he'll call up my original tester personally to give his professional advice and hopefully he'll let me pass otherwise he'll take me to another tester that will obviously test the vehicle again but would not note down the VSR report.
R Kent & Sons were also very very helpful

[chinx_4eva]

Ok so an update on the situation now

I bought the car in for Andrew to have a look at, at Kents.. unfortunate to say that the vehicle has suffered damages to the rear rail and has been poorly repaired
He gave me a few options
1, to go back to the original road worthy tester and let them know what the situation is and how come they've let the vehicle to pass in the first place, give them a scare with notifying vicroads and solicitors etc etc. as this shouldn't have happened if a, the vehicle was properly repaired or b, the tester sighted the problem.
2, Repair the damages and get another road worthy from another tester

I did take the first option, but that didn't turn out so well obviously. The original tester did have a look at the car once again and said the damanges can't have been that bad when he signed off the road worthy etc and refused to sign it again due to new laws and what not.

I ended up taking it back to Kents to get a quote on how much it'll cost to repair the vehicle.
He recommended me to Cambro Motors which was just a few shops down as they supply the RWC and Kents don't, just so they can have a look at it and assess how bad the actual damage is and what it would take to get the car road worthy.

They had a look under the car and checked most of the sections and it turns out that its in a lot worst condition then even what Andrew at Kents thought, pretty much the job was done very poorly, welds were done so bad that its beginning to crack and rust etc and for them to get the car back on the road it'll cost $4-5K because they'll have to replace the whole rear rail and possibly even sides because they haven't actually taken the car apart to check the extent on the damages.
I was then told, the car would probably never because able to get a transfer ever again in its life and ill be the last person with registration on it till it dies

Of course at this stage I wasn't a happy chap, but as I stated I did have another Jazz I can sell and I guess ill be keeping this for the rest of my life..........................

So at home I decided to do a vehcile status check, everything is fine.. I still wasn't convinced so finally I bought a PPSR certificate and here we go, finally came to conclusion that
**drum rolls**
the car has been smashed before and was listed as an 'Economic Repairable Write-off' then 'Inspected' and of course re-registered and now its in my hands

What I want to know is, is it possible to find the repairer responsible for this fix? as akira said on an earlier post, given that its been repaired properly it should have a lifetime warranty on it :S
if anyone can guide me what I should do next, I mean worst case i'd keep the car but knowing that the vehicle has and is facing major structual damage, for safety reasons I wouldn't want the missus or in fact anyone driving the car around

[GSi_PSi]

solution...

repair the jazz with extra welds throughout chassis

because jazz race car

turn it into a track only car

[Rudy]

The original tester did have a look at the car once again and said the damanges can't have been that bad when he signed off the road worthy etc and refused to sign it again due to new laws and what not.



So at home I decided to do a vehcile status check, everything is fine.. I still wasn't convinced so finally I bought a PPSR certificate and here we go, finally came to conclusion that
**drum rolls**
the car has been smashed before and was listed as an 'Economic REpairable Write-off' then 'Inspected' and of course re-registered and now its in my hands

Compare all the dates (ie listed as write-off, inspected, then given RWC) , and use the timeline to prove that he inspected and passed the car after the damage and subsequent poor repair. Get a few 3rd party notes from licensed testers assessing the status, ie saying the repair is faulty and car is unroadworthy, as well as estimates to correct the damages. File a case in small claims against the original dodgy tester taking all the evidence (PPSR, original RWC, notes, etc). I would also consider filing against the original repairer who did the work. Someone screwed you around and deserves to pay or at least be inconvenienced majorly.

[stndrd]

Shame to hear about this man. I would be looking into your legal rights and pursue the matter further. Best of luck with it

[akira]

So at home I decided to do a vehcile status check, everything is fine.. I still wasn't convinced so finally I bought a PPSR certificate and here we go, finally came to conclusion that
**drum rolls**
the car has been smashed before and was listed as an 'Economic Repairable Write-off' then 'Inspected' and of course re-registered and now its in my hands

What I want to know is, is it possible to find the repairer responsible for this fix? as akira said on an earlier post, given that its been repaired properly it should have a lifetime warranty on it :S
if anyone can guide me what I should do next, I mean worst case i'd keep the car but knowing that the vehicle has and is facing major structual damage, for safety reasons I wouldn't want the missus or in fact anyone driving the car around

Call up PPSR/vicroads and tell them of your situation. I think they'll need you to send in a formal request letter stating that you require detail information regarding the said 'repairable write-off'. Vicroads will do an investigation and find out if this was covered under insurance. If it was, then you can maybe chase up the insurance and get them to fix the repair again (especially if they offer life-time guarantee like AAMI). Or if you're lucky, you can get the repairers details and confront them of their worksmanship.