The SA Motor Body Repairers’ Association is intensifying its campaign to get the insurance industry to give the public access to the vehicle salvage database , to prevent consumers from unknowingly buying written-off vehicles – at inflated prices.
“It’s horrific what is happening out there. People are completely and utterly unscrupulous about the way they are ‘repairing’ these vehicles so we cannot trust that part of the system in any way,” he said. Read: Buying a pre-owned vehicle? Auto repair expert Chris Viljoen said he had conducted investigations into 16 previously written-off vehicles from various parts of the country, which revealed shocking evidence of poor repairs.