Here's another bad prior repair that the consumer was told by an insurance company where to go for the repair. When the vehicle was completed and had problems from the repair he was instructed to take it back to the shop that repaired it, so he did. When we picked it up the second time he was told by the bodyshop that the insurance company doesn't pay for this or that, and was "brushed off" and left thinking that this was all they were going to do. Then he contacted Leif's, and what did we find? Just take a look at a few of the problems we saw. This consumers vehicle totaled when the insurance company saw how bad their "preferred shop" had performed this repair.
Click here for the customer's affidavit for the 2000 Sebring

	When the bumper covers were taken off we had to contact the customer and let them know what we found. When the insurance company came out to inspect the damage and were shown the prior repair, they agreed that the repairs were far from "pre-loss" according to industry repair standard.
	Here's what we found while inspecting the right front frame rail. The rail has been cut apart and re-welded back together. The bottom arrow shows the un-repaired old damage
	The left rail looked a lot better but still shows signs of prior damage.
	This is the bottom view of the right front frame rail. You can clearly see that the damage was not corrected as the kinking and cracking of the metal. This is the bolt holding the engine mount on the right side
	Here is the top view of the right motor mount. Can you see the adjustment of the mount is far from centered.
	Here's the same mount from the bottom showing the motor / frame mis-alignment. Motor mis-alignment can cause things like excessive vibration, excessive drive line wear, torque steer, and various other problems.
	This is where the front right fender attaches at the front bottom. look at the adjustment slots, they show the structure still pushed back compared to the fender.
	The top arrow shows the messy seam sealer job that was done when this part was replaced. The bottom left arrow shows where the front right fender attaches at the front top. look at the adjustment slots, they show the structure is too far forward compared to the fender.
	This picture shows the bolts holding the motor mount were put into the wrong places, the long bolt is where the short bolt should be and the short blot is where the long bolt should be. This must have been too hard for this technician to figure out. If you look close this picture also shows the crack in the frame rail at the bolt that goes thru the frame rail as well
	This is the front motor mount.... sure looks badly mis-aligned to me. And the bolts look like they may be the ones that should have been in the right side motor mount. What do you think?
	This is where repair shops clamp vehicles to repair frame damage. This is also the first place a dealer will check when turning in a lease vehicle or a trade in. These clamp marks should be dressed up to prevent corrosion at a bare minimum. This area is rarely addressed in the industry (except at LEIF'S)
	This is the outside of the rocker panel showing the same "clamp marks". Why would you leave this like this.

Don't get swayed into going to a insurance preferred shop.... Just call LEIF'S. 503-620-5343

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