Asked by Mashego on 15-05-2023 14:54:55
Question posted in the Insurance Law category relating to Gauteng
Good afternoon
My husband had a minor accident, the car could still move but the light and fender of the car on the right were damaged, which we reported to the police and called insurance on the spot.
The insurance called a tow truck to come move the car to their recommended panel beater for assessment. Upon completion, they send us the quote and the insurance declined to fix the car. So we decided it would be best if we get the car back home and explore other ventures to fix it.
We contacted insurance to assist with communicating with the panel beater to release the car, and they said they did. But the panel beater is refusing to assemble the car unless there is a payment for reassembly ( which we were not aware as to why they chose to do an assessment that involved ripping the car apart).
We are not sure as to how to go about this but surely it is illegal that we are being charged for reassembling a car that was taken to them via insurance and not informed there would be such charges.
Please assist
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