What do you think is going to be my outcome..

[HotelCali]

Hello everyone, I have a serious matter to discuss with you guys. Alright, so I'm 20 and I bought my first car beginning of March which was as you can guess a camaro. When I was car shopping I was anxious didn't look around and shopped very well for a car. I live in bronx New York and I bought my camaro from new rochelle chevrolet certified preowned. I bought a 2012 camaro with 7k miles when I Got it, with 2 previous owners. So last week I was driving to go see some girls and I pulled up to a stoplight my friend was following behind me in a Mercedes Benz c300. At the stop light I looked back and didn't see him so I never pulled off Right away as I usually do when the light turns green. I didn't see my friend behind me so I started to accelerate slowly and was going around 5-15 mph. I didn't hear any snapping or breaking noises and next thing I noticed was I was lodged onto the train pole..I panicked and started shifting gears and moving the steering wheel but the car was not moving...I got out the car and circled the car out of dizziness out of disbelief I was just walking around. I looked at the front passenger wheel And my ss rims were cracked 360 degrees and the wheel is lodged back into the fender... A lot of people came up to me and started asking what happen to me, everyone couldn't believe I got in an accident going 10 mph. People started inspecting the car and was saying that it's a factory defect. When you look behind the rims the lower control arm was snapped and suspension broken and so is the steering wheel dislocated. I filed a product allegation case due to people saying something failed and was waiting to happen. I was 2 minutes away from heading on the highway people said I could of been dead. I towed it back to Chevy they said it was nothing they have not seen before nor do they know what happened...gm sent someone from Raytheon to come inspect the car and send the pics back to them. However, I feel gm is gonna find some way to not take responsibity or whatever happened. But I could of lost my life.

[HotelCali]

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[HotelCali]

Honestly I'm not blaming gm I just want some clarification as to what happened cause no one can seem to tell me. Has anyone seen something or has something like this happened to anyone. I'm not looking for them to give me a billion dollars just want a new camaro or a reimbursement because Everytime I go to the dealership I'm being told it's impossible or what not

[ChrisBlair]

I can't even tell what you're trying to explain to me...lodged into the train pole? What does that mean?

I'm sorry but your explanation is baffling and extremely difficult to read. What I get from it is that it seems that something broke and it made you crash, according to people standing around that looked at the car.

That's possible, but realistically, what the F do those people standing around know about any damned thing, let alone why cars break? They are guessing, and while they may be right, they would be right by playing the odds, not by any sort of knowledge. Just what is the "it" they say is a factory defect?

Unless you could give us some kind of detail on what failed on the car...we'd be guessing too. I can surmise some things from the photo, but I can't tell if they happened before the crash or during.

[HotelCali]

Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

I can't even tell what you're trying to explain to me...lodged into the train pole? What does that mean?

I'm sorry but your explanation is baffling and extremely difficult to read. What I get from it is that it seems that something broke and it made you crash, according to people standing around that looked at the car.

That's possible, but realistically, what the F do those people standing around know about any damned thing, let alone why cars break? They are guessing, and while they may be right, they would be right by playing the odds, not by any sort of knowledge. Just what is the "it" they say is a factory defect?

Unless you could give us some kind of detail on what failed on the car...we'd be guessing too. I can surmise some things from the photo, but I can't tell if they happened before the crash or during.

Sorry, just nervous talking about it. They are saying that the lower control arm gave out, as in it seems it was a problem waiting to happen the front suspension cannot move as it is badly damaged and the steering wheel not working.

[TooCool5]

Probably a tie rod from hitting something.

[HotelCali]

I didn't hit anything I was on a straight path, I hit something after it snapped

[notmidlife]

Bad tie rod end ? The part could have been worn out/partially broken before. Tie rod ends can and will fail at low speed. Post better pics of the underside if you would like a better opinion.

[Caddyroger]

Originally Posted by HotelCali

Honestly I'm not blaming gm I just want some clarification as to what happened cause no one can seem to tell me. Has anyone seen something or has something like this happened to anyone. I'm not looking for them to give me a billion dollars just want a new camaro or a reimbursement because Everytime I go to the dealership I'm being told it's impossible or what not

You not going to get a new Camaro or a reimbursement for it from the dealer. Looks like you hit some thing. If you hit some thing and the damage is over 70% your insurance company may total it out.

[myold88]

notice how everything is always someone else's fault ?
How can someone hit a pole without hitting a curb first or concrete pole support ?

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[JCunningham]

i think he meant that the car vered into a train pole. as in he was driving straight and something broke and caused the car to hit the pole.
Im thinking that since your the 3rd owner that the car had been in a accident and the lower control arm was cracked but who ever did the repairs did not notice it and it finally gave out.

[RobertRS]

This story is eerily similar to the knee hit key fob and caused accident thread. Sort of a what came first,,, the chicken or the egg scenario. What do I think? I don't have the first damn clue. But if GM rep does look at it and determines that at some point in the life of the car that it had been exposed to a serious enough hit to result in a delayed failure of a major steering and or suspension component, the next step will be to determine at what point it occurred. An old fracture will show signs of dirt and or external element intrusion, if they even decide to inspect it that closely. So before I go and offend anyone with any further speculation, I'm bailing out of this one and will spectate from the sidelines.

[nyrfan]

Originally Posted by myold88

notice how everything is always someone else's fault ?
How can someone hit a pole without hitting a curb first or concrete pole support ?

Here is a pole on my block, do you see a curb or a concrete support? Maybe this is the only pole in the US like this, uh no!

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