Flooded Car(2009 Pontiac G6) (insurance, vehicle, exhaust, engine)

[Jrendon99]

Hey guys, I recently got into a flood here in Kansas it was bizzare I shoudn't have tried to drive through the flood but, my car got flooded and won't start. It's electrical stuff stayed on but, the engine died. What could be the problem I drive a 2009 Pontiac G6 and my air intake is high and the water was about where my door was so not high enough to go in. My exhaust was submerged in water and now I'm worried my engine is done. What are some ideas or am i screwed. Thanks

[bfrabel]

I'd vote for "you are screwed".

It sounds like the engine might be ok, but if the water got to any of the computer stuff or any of the main electrical connections it will never be right again. Even if it does dry out and is able to be started, there is a high possibility that random electrical problems will continue to plague this vehicle for the rest of it's life.

Most cars that this happens to get totaled out.

Nice going.

[Coldjensens]

Pray that your insurance company totals it. A car that has been flooded is a car no one ever wants even if it is supposedly repaired. Flood cars will have oddball electrical problems popping up out of nowhere even years later. If your insurance will not pay to total the car, maybe you can donate it to charity and get a deduction.

[Cape Cod Todd]

My uncle once bought a used Bonneville that we suspected had been in the water when one electrical thing after another started giving out. Luckily he had bought the extended warranty but what a pain it was every time something quit.

Chances are your engine is fine but it was the electrical stuff that keeps it running that shorted out.

What does you insurance company say? They might not total it.