During this past weekends flooding rain here in our area the G got rear-ended.

My wife was driving about 60 mph and hit some water that was about 4-6" deep which slowed her down as if she'd slammed the brakes, causing the Camaro behind her (driving too close for those conditions) to smack into her.
I wasn't there so it's hard to estimate how hard the hit was, but it totally smashed the steel bumper beam underneath the bumper cover. Amazingly, the only signs of anything, visually, are the cracked paint and the smashed license plate!! The bumper bounced back amazingly well!! We're getting estimates this week. So far the first one came out to be $2500.

Here's the crazy thing about the incident. The VDC OFF light came on and stayed on. The speedometer stopped working. The CD changer doesn't work. Then the next day, the temp gauge and tachometer stopped working and the Service Engine light started flickering. I first thought all this was due to the jolt from the wreck, but after everything went back to normal after 3 days (except the CD player), I now think the dive into the water must've shot water up somewhere and caused all that havoc. I don't know. I'm going to have some diagnostics run as part of the insurance claim to make sure everything is ok. The CD player, however, I do believe was jacked up due to the wreck itself.

Any input? Anybody by chance have a similar experience??

Thanks.

-Andy

 

Whatever you do, make it the other guys fault...

 

very sorry to hear that, hopefully all turns out in your favor

 

That's almost a scary thought....

Hope she's ok. I'm with you on those thoughts of it just being water. It's still odd though.

 

Its the other guy's fault. Its called assured-clear-distance...and he didn't have it! And heaven knows what an impact will do to everything, not to mention sensitive instruments like the gauges.

 

I assume that your wife is safe and without any issues. I trust that is the case. Good luck to you with regard to the car.

 

Thanks for the comments, guys. Yes my wife and kids are fine, thank God.

 

Glad to hear your familys ok......let the other persons
insurance company pay to have your car fixed and
yes the rental car too. LOL