Hey guys, on my way home from work Saturday morning a lady driving too fast lost control and hit my CRV on the rear tire/rim and back corner. She apparently among other things bent the frame as the door now rubs and you can see the sheet metal is bent in at the bottom and all the gaps are off. The bumper cover is destroyed and I used duct tape to hold it on until I dropped it off at the body shop.

I also noticed that the car is now out of alignment and she destroyed the rim she hit. My question is will a good body shop be able to fix it right considering the frame has been bent and it is a unibody design?

Thanks for any responses. Yes, she got the ticket as I called out FHP and judging by the way she was acting she would have either denied the accident or blamed me if they didn't come out. She was denying it was her fault as soon as she got out of her truck.

In my experience, frame damage usually (though not always) results in the car being totaled by the insurance company.

Some bent frames are potentially repairable, but frame repairs often aren't economically feasible, especially on older/less valuable cars. Unibody complicates it further.

And a car with a repaired frame may never be back to 100%.

Even if it's safely repaired, a history of frame damage/repair represents a significant hit to the car's value, as that's an automatic no-go for most car buyers.

I'm sure she has insurance that will fix or give you money for the car. (sarcasm) I hope you have un/underinsured motorist coverage. With all that damage I'll bet the car can't be fixed, at least not safely.

Probably best to just wait and see what the body shop says, the door rubbing and gaps being off doesn't necessarily add up to frame damage.

my XJ got crunched bad from the rear and they fixed it right up (it is unibody).

I believe a CRV is a unibody vehicle. I had a Civic that got damaged about like you describe and it was repaired. It never was right after that, it would shimmy shake at certain speeds. Unfortunately the speed was around 55-60mph, which was kind of a drag. Sold it and bought a used Bulgemobile made out of heavy steel with a frame under it.

I too believe it is a unibody versus frame design.

Just make sure you point out all your concerns to the body shop and also to your insurance carrier.

Nothing to believe, Honda has never imported into the US or built in the US anything but unibody vehicles. The Passport was built by Izuzu.

Not enough information has been given to make a guess on whether or not it's totalled. It cost $23,000 to replace the frame on my F350 plus $2,500 for a rental while it was being fixed. It was only 5 months old and had 6,500 miles on it. Unfortunately, the guy that hit me only $25,000 in insurance, so I didn't go after him for diminished value.