Loose metal tray sound after getting sideswiped
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Loose metal tray sound after getting sideswiped
I just acquired my car at the beginning of this month and I've already had the misfortune of being in an accident.
Yesterday morning, I was traveling in the right lane of a two lane road when the truck in the left lane that was pulling a trailer with a small excavator, merged into my lane. His truck successfully made it, but I guess he forgot he was towing a trailer and the wheels of the trailer swiped my entire drivers side starting from the rear fender up until the front wheel.
There is a lot of body damage and the driver's door is not on track, but that is expected. My main concern is if I should be worried about structural damage to the wheels since most of the lateral force was absorbed by the rear driver-side wheel. Also, when I am driving over very bumpy roads at moderate speeds (30mph) I can hear what seems to be a loose metal tray rattling from the undercarriage. However, I only hear it when I drive on really bumpy roads, but not speed bumps or single potholes. (It seems that stimulating high vibrations causes the rattle sound)
I have already scheduled an appointment to get the car inspected for an estimate of the damages, but I figured I'd post in the mean time to see if anyone has any input on what the cause may be.
EDIT: Here is an imgur album - http://imgur.com/a/daSdh
Yesterday morning, I was traveling in the right lane of a two lane road when the truck in the left lane that was pulling a trailer with a small excavator, merged into my lane. His truck successfully made it, but I guess he forgot he was towing a trailer and the wheels of the trailer swiped my entire drivers side starting from the rear fender up until the front wheel.
There is a lot of body damage and the driver's door is not on track, but that is expected. My main concern is if I should be worried about structural damage to the wheels since most of the lateral force was absorbed by the rear driver-side wheel. Also, when I am driving over very bumpy roads at moderate speeds (30mph) I can hear what seems to be a loose metal tray rattling from the undercarriage. However, I only hear it when I drive on really bumpy roads, but not speed bumps or single potholes. (It seems that stimulating high vibrations causes the rattle sound)
I have already scheduled an appointment to get the car inspected for an estimate of the damages, but I figured I'd post in the mean time to see if anyone has any input on what the cause may be.
EDIT: Here is an imgur album - http://imgur.com/a/daSdh
Last edited by hozilla; Jul 25, 2017 at 10:29 AM.
Wow, that sucks... The noise could be a lot of things. Maybe something broke inside the door, maybe your skid plate broke off and is dragging. Or maybe something on the suspension is damaged / cracked and is rattling around over bumps. Hard to say without looking at the car.
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@iCrap I just noticed you are also in Maryland. Are you local to Baltimore city/county? If so, do you have any recommended private mechanics for G37s? Just asking for future reference.
I'm not too far from there, but sorry I don't know any mechanics since I do all the work on the car myself. Only thing I go to a shop for is getting new tires mounted and alignments.
