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Old 12-01-2010, 06:30 PM #1
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Rear Ended, Hitch Receiver Damage --> Frame Damage?

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2 nights ago someone decided to skid in to a pile of stopped cars, causing a 4 car bumper tango. If car "4" was the one that hit everyone, I was car "2" and cars 1-3 were all stopped. Car 4 probably hit going around 10mph after skidding downhill in the rain.

Car 4 is paying for all repairs, I already have my shiny new Chevy Cobalt that smells like dog farts, its great... Front bumper is cracked. Back bumper is dented in several inches. Easy replacements.

My question is the about hitch receiver. It was dented in about an inch. They are going to replace the hitch reciever either way, but I told them I'm very concerned about frame damage. They are going to check it out. How common is it for there to be frame damage caused by the hitch reciever? Fixable and minor, or moderate and dimished value causing?

A special thanks to the dumbass driving 50mph on a wet city street when traffic is bumper to bumper. Now I get to disclose an accident when I sell my otherwise mint 4Runner!!
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2002 4Runner Limited

2 nights ago someone decided to skid in to a pile of stopped cars, causing a 4 car bumper tango. If car "4" was the one that hit everyone, I was car "2" and cars 1-3 were all stopped. Car 4 probably hit going around 10mph after skidding downhill in the rain.

Car 4 is paying for all repairs, I already have my shiny new Chevy Cobalt that smells like dog farts, its great... Front bumper is cracked. Back bumper is dented in several inches. Easy replacements.

My question is the about hitch receiver. It was dented in about an inch. They are going to replace the hitch reciever either way, but I told them I'm very concerned about frame damage. They are going to check it out. How common is it for there to be frame damage caused by the hitch reciever? Fixable and minor, or moderate and dimished value causing?

A special thanks to the dumbass driving 50mph on a wet city street when traffic is bumper to bumper. Now I get to disclose an accident when I sell my otherwise mint 4Runner!!
Was it pushed in straight in or is like pushed in and down or up? If it just pushed straight in then you should be good but it went up or down they'll probably be making some frame repairs because the frame isn't boxed back there.
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Pushed straight in. Thats a lot of metal to move so hopefully all the force was contained in the hitch.
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It may have tweaked the frame a little bit but if its at a decent body shop they should be able to fix it no problem.
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Hopefully u should be fine... my parents had the same thing happen to their sequoia and the frame didnt move. Though the vehicle is different i dont think itll be much worse. Good luck!
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Key question is did the hitch cross-bar deform to allow that 1" of movement? Or was damage done to the frame. I'm thinking it that cross-bar did all the bending and the frame is fine. That energy gets distributed across eight bolts and your trying to collapse the frame lengthwise. 1" is not going to make it want to deform with rails moving closer together which would be bad.
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