Accident / potentially "Totaled"

Riot

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Girlfriend wrecked my 04 Mustang GT (automatic), on an on-ramp for 264E in VA, the estimate from the body shop is around +2100.00 from just the aesthetics. I left work to get her and the car and when I got in the driver seat to drive it to a safer location and the engine wouldn't rev higher than 4k RPM. I lurked on google and some people say it's possibly spark plugs, but there is a severe loss of power and it would'nt shift out of 2nd. Should I expect this to be a total loss?

 

nine2oneGT

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That red oil is from your power steering or transmission. That might be the reason why you can only get up to 4k. Is that all the damage the car took?

 

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The front and rear driver side rims are at a / angle versus |.​

 

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If only you had signed up with us sooner.

 

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This is really the first car forum I have ever posted and not just lurked in.

 

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Riot said:

This is really the first car forum I have ever posted and not just lurked in.

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Well, welcome aboard. Sucks you got here as a result of a wreck. Hope it all works out for you.

 

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nyuk98gt

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Riot:

The red oil could be ATF (auto trans fluid) and that's why the car is not shifting.

Take a look under the car and see if you can confirm the source of the fluid.

Welcome to StangNet and sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully, your GF was not injured.

On the bright side, you can get a heck of a deal on a '12 Mustang these days, lol.

Chris

 

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If you had lurked here before you couldn't have missed all the threads cause by people borrowing then wrecking someone elses car. Hopefully someone learns from this.

 

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nyuk98gt said:

Riot:

The red oil could be ATF (auto trans fluid) and that's why the car is not shifting.

Take a look under the car and see if you can confirm the source of the fluid.

Welcome to StangNet and sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully, your GF was not injured.

On the bright side, you can get a heck of a deal on a '12 Mustang these days, lol.

Chris

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I no longer have the ability to confirm the damages besides the video that I had taken. Where is the red-fluid you were referring to? I'm glad everyone on this forum doesn't attack newbies with: "why didn't you search for similar threads first?" She's not hurt. Define "heck of a deal" hahah.

 

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Is the transmission stuck in 2nd only, as in it won't go in first or third? It's difficult to see the damage since the camera was so close. Your front wheels are supposed to tilt inward, maybe you never noticed, and the back wheel looks fine unless it wobbles and you should've felt the vibration. Did the engine cut off at exactly 4k? It might be in limp mode or need the fuel button reset.

That looks like the McD's off Lynnhaven.

 

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Green&GoldGT said:

Is the transmission stuck in 2nd only, as in it won't go in first or third?.

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That is definitely what had happened, and you were right about the location, haha. It won't shift and the wheels both "wobble".

EDIT: It goes from 1st to 2nd but wont shift into 3rd and 4th

 

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That sucks man, have you heard from the insurance company about what your options are?