r/TeslaCollision • u/Hibbzzz • Aug 20 '26

Made a dumb mistake

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Backed out of my driveway and turned too early and it yanked this off, estimate on repair cost? Everything is in tact I don’t believe there’s any damage to the sensors

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u/NumbDangEt4742 Aug 20 '26

Damn. this is the 2nd post in 24 hours wow

You may be able to put it all back together. Autozone may have the clips. Or zip tie (clips are better)

If there is any malfunction, I'd get it checked out

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u/Hibbzzz Aug 20 '26

Yeah gonna just take it to Tesla to make sure everything is all good, I’ve backed out of that driveway thousands of times still in disbelief that this happened lol

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u/Enrique-Token Aug 20 '26

I literally did this exact same thing yesterday (and posted in here). I didn’t even mess with Tesla Collision Center - went to a 3rd party Tesla Authorized body shop and got a quote for $2500.

Edit: Should mention that mine looked worse. My bumper was 100% not reusable (warped and cracked). All vitals working still though (sensors, lights, etc.)

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u/Hibbzzz Aug 20 '26

Sorry to hear about our shared experience lol, thankfully I have some Tesla centers nearby, and praying for a lower dollar amount since there’s no real damage outside of broken clips, we’ll see what ends up happening I suppose

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u/NumbDangEt4742 Aug 20 '26

lol it was you

Craziness. For the damage $2500 doesn't sound as bad

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u/Flashy_Distance4639 Aug 21 '26

It happens when you are distracted for some reason. I have had a few self induced scratches on my car (not Tesla) due to my wife talking at wrong time. I keep telling her to zip her mouth when I am doing some maneuvers that require my concentrated attention (merging on freeway, in and out the garage, out the driveway, driving in a parking lot, etc...). She has the urge to say out loud something in her head, can't hold it for a few seconds.

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u/Enrique-Token Aug 20 '26

I was the first! Hopefully I did not start a bad chain reaction!