frame damage
Bent chassis injury
Frame damage refers to structural harm to a vehicle's underlying frame or unibody—the skeleton that supports everything else.
This is among the most serious categories of automotive damage, often resulting from collisions.
A car with frame damage may have compromised safety and handling, and the designation significantly reduces resale value.
Dealers must typically disclose frame damage history: The Carfax showed prior frame damage.
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- totaledDestroyed or summed
- total lossIrreparably damaged item
structural · chassis · crumpled · fender · accident · buckled · twisted · impact · insurance · insurance claim · salvage · salvage title · repair · alignment · body shop · weld · straighten · unibody
- auto bodybody filler, bodywork, collision repair, dent repair, dent removal
- used car valueblue book, Kelley Blue Book, trade-in value, resale value, market value
- car structurechassis, monocoque, body panels, car body, subframe
frame damagestructurally sound
Able to support loads
structural integrity · clean title · mint condition · like new · one owner
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