2015 Ram Promaster City/ Fiat Doblò left front collision with air bag deployment repair time lapse.

This Promaster went off roading and hit a fence and sign post. The passenger air bag, driver air bag, knee bolster air bag, and driver seat belt pre-tensioners deployed. The hood, front bumper assembly, left doors, left fender and wheel were replaced. The left upper rail, lower portion of the a pillar, rack and pinion, sub frame, cooling and entire left front suspension were also replaced. The lettering and placards were removed and holes filled and panels painted.
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[@jasonvoorhees8545]

Love the work you do, this is what a man can be capable of doing when he decides to do something with his life. I'm trying to teach my son the value of learning how hard work and attention to detail can take you far in life. Much respect sir. I drive one of these Promaster City vans as a plumber, very small but it is a fun drive at times. I'm in need of a door mirror. I broke the passenger side on mine in a icy alley when I slide into a full and frozen solid compost bin lol

[@vehcor]

Thanks, my mom always taught me to work hard and there is no sense in doing something if you are not going to do it right. I liked this little guy. It was super useful when I had it and the gas mileage was great. I don't have a mirror, I actually had to buy one for this. Try car-part.com it is small enough that if you find one out of your area, it might be worth it to have it shipped if the price is right. Thanks for watching!

[@gteixeira]

@@vehcor It really depends on the social assignment of the person. Some people have the means of doing this and do it, but you still need all the equipment (camera, shop, capital,...). This is beyond the acquisition means of the average person. Do you really think that most people living in an underdeveloped country would be able to afford this equipment as well? However, many people do have the privelege of having means to have opportunities and living in a free country like this, yet smoke weed all day and complain that his issues are because of his race or gender or whatnot.

[@moldingpro7208]

I am impressed by how completely you repair a vehicle. You don't just make it look good, you fix it COMPLETELY. Good job and I enjoy your videos.

[@vehcor]

Thanks, I try to make them as good as new or better. I don't like to cut corners. Why do a job if you are not going to do it right, right? It is really fun when I go to sell the vehicle because the buyers look for imperfections to deal on the price and they can never find any. I have a couple months left of small jobs but by spring there will be a big job with the new format. Hope you enjoy that, it might be a long one. I'm currently working on it now. Thanks for the support, see you next month.

[@juanpegomez8683]

It is wonderful to see how with your help the car comes alive again. You are a professional thank you for your videos

[@vehcor]

Thank you and thanks for your support. I'll keep saving cars and making videos!

[@badvlad9861]

That rocker was a S.O.B., but the whole thing looked like it was fighting ya! Victory at the end.

[@vehcor]

Rockers in general don't like to move and are not easy to get at for replacement. It seems they are becoming more popular in getting damaged by weak suspension designed to break away in an accident. All the Terrains fought me too. There is no good way to pull or replace it that works on everything, so it is trial and error. It can be the most time consuming part of the job but with some patience, it can be conquered. Thanks for watching!

[@oifivguy]

Just came across this video and I have to say as much as I liked your older format, your current format is way better indeed. The afternoon crew certainly looked younger too.

[@Guzzor2]

Lmao I thought it was part of the last video and I was like "didn't it had a bad wheel and half engine missing?" I got this recommended and then realized it says 3 years and not 3 hours

[@colecarley]

Greetings from Canada. Great job, I love to still see people doing things right. I also noticed your involvement in your subscribers/commenters. Great job with the channel and your viewers!

[@vehcor]

Hello northern neighbor. Making money is nice but I really enjoy what I do, I would rather do the job right and break even than hack it together just to make a buck like so many people are worried about these days. I try to reply to every comment and if I keep seeing the same kinds, it gives me ideas for new videos. It also helps me fix some of the stuff my viewers don't like or lets me know what they want to see. Hopefully they are improving. I think they are but I'm they guy making them so there may be a little bias. Thanks for the support and keep warm up there!

[@eddietavaresjr.4773]

Canadian Body Shops what are your labor rates ?

[@stevejanka361]

Looks great. Not to mention a very good retail vehicle. I sell them as fast as I can get them. Just finished a Ford Connect, it was burning retail fuel immediately. Thanks for a great video. Take care.

[@vehcor]

It seems pretty useful, decent gas mileage and lots of room. I'm hoping it will be a quick sale. Thanks for watching, see you next month.

[@americanrambler4972]

Good to see this one. I have a dark red metallic Promaster City SLT 5 passenger wagon in which I T boned a 90’s Dodge Durango which turned left in front of me at an intersection. Not hard enough to pop the airbags, but hard enough to require replacement of both fenders and the hood plus everything in front of the motor. I had only 4,000 miles on it. The repair cost almost $11,000 to do. They did an excellent job. They had to remove the motor to get to an d repair an apron. It took almost 6 months to get it back. The hard part was getting the parts. Now I have an idea what they had to do to fix it. Thanks.

[@vehcor]

Glad to hear you found a good shop. If the repairs are done correctly, the car will be as good as new. Sounds like they did it the right way. Showing what was involved in the repair process is the exact reason I started these videos. They have evolved in to more and are now being used as learning tool also. Thanks for watching!

[@dot7107]

Just found your channel and subscribed. Best wishes from Finland 🇫🇮

[@vehcor]

Glad to have you here! Greetings from the USA!

[@waynegalvin4639]

This project was really labor intensive! Interesting watching the pulling portions.

[@vehcor]

Yep, it was a rough weekend. lol It didn't look bad from the outside but that tire did a number on the firewall, a pillar and rocker. Thanks for watching.

[@michaelhartloff3833]

I like the new format better

[@Alex-jm4hp]

Good Job 👉👌 Greating from Poland. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@vehcor]

Thanks, these are much more popular over there than they are here. I thought I might find some world viewers with this one. Warm wishes from the USA!

[@tredogzs]

WoW sooo much work!

[@eddietavaresjr.4773]

Just imagine everyone never had accidents with they're vehicles the body shops would be out of business. Auto Body Shops must like the winter because all the work is busy busy busy. Who agrees !!!!!

[@vehcor]

There would still be mother nature to give us some work. Winter provides more work but less severe hits. People don't drive as fast and cars bounce off each other with lower traction.

[@eddietavaresjr.4773]

@@vehcor Yes Sir 👍 you are 100% correct and it makes sense.

[@imperialservices9892]

Hey there my truck was fixed by Vissers in Tinley man it looks brand new again happy camper now 🤪🤪🤪

[@vehcor]

I have never heard of them but I'm glad they got it right for you! It seems good shops are getting hard to find.

[@imperialservices9892]

vehcor They used to be CDE collision. I was talking to a new customer who work for Allstate insurance he quit State Farm got tired of their shady ways. He says a lot of their body shops do crappy work cause of the pay they don’t want to pay out for good work. I hate doing insurance work for the heating and cooling they are such a pain. Okay off to work couple cold customers who need heat today 🤪

[@vehcor]

@@imperialservices9892 I have been hearing a lot about good shops going bad. Good ones are hard to find so stick with one if you find it. I'll keep them in mind if someone asks. Keep warm out there!

[@nathanedwards4519]

Thank you I enjoy this video as well time to go make dinner and wait till next Friday for the next video I hope your next build will be a VW bus old school well I was tune in to the same channel

[@vehcor]

A VW bus might not be boring enough for my channel! lol

[@nathanedwards4519]

@@vehcor I disagree

[@nathanedwards4519]

@@vehcor I have another build it might take you to Sema if you're interested give me a shout on my email and I will give you the rundown I would build I have plan if you're interested it be one and only 1

[@TheRebelOne.]

A pristine repair as always. I enjoy how utterly thorough you are with your repairs. From across the pond in Ireland ☘ 👍

[@vehcor]

Thanks, I just do it right! It is about the work, not the money for me! Thanks for watching! Best wishes from the US!

[@9jg52bubi9]

Very good job. Greetings from Ukraine......

[@vehcor]

I thought I might find some world viewers with this one. Warm wishes from the USA!

[@galehbedrousian1178]

As always , great job 👍

[@vehcor]

Thanks!

[@aftabazad371]

Fantastic job , just subscribed to your channel, greetings from 🇬🇧 UK

[@vehcor]

Thanks, these are much more popular over there than they are here. I thought I might find some world viewers with this one. Warm wishes from the USA!

[@lloydmcdonald5836]

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[@carthrasher8022]

Nice. Enjoyed!

[@vehcor]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelvanhorn3271]

Prefer your voice over to the music... but great work.

[@restagiu]

Hello, is there a fuse or shut-off sensor for the promaster city that needs to be replaced or reset after the accident with an airbag deployment? Did the vehicle starter without problems after you replaced these airbags? thank you

[@MrHagp360]

Your work is impressive!! I was looking at the time stamp on your videos and admire how fast you work! How many hours do you sleep? lol

[@vehcor]

Thanks, I have to have the car out of the shop on Monday morning so I only have Friday night, Saturday and Sunday to get them done. There has been weekends where there was a total of 6 hours of sleep and all the rest working. For 10 years I worked 20 hour days, 6 days a week. I always laugh when people complain they are too busy. They have no idea what busy is. lol Thanks for the support!

[@scarlanternagemepintura4018]

Hi. Very Good.

[@vehcor]

Thank you.

[@acespark1]

In England the van you are working on is made of chewing gum, tissue paper and rust lots of rust. It is basically a disposable van, with a very short life span of about a year from new

[@vehcor]

Here they use the same materials. Somehow they seem to last, after you change the trans with less than 20k on it. I have not seen any rusted out ones yet. They seem disposable but they bring a high price.

[@eformance]

How did you injure your back? Or is it just years of wear and tear?

[@dapend3915]

With all those airbags deployed what does it take to make the vehicle see that they have been repaired? I know some vehicles have a module that needs to be flashed, etc.. Also, what about the seat belts? Can the sensors be reused if not damaged? I really enjoyed the music when watching the 02 Town Car.

[@vehcor]

This one required the module to be replaced as well as the driver seat belt retractor and the three air bags of course. Sensors typically do not require replacement unless they are damaged. Some modules can be reset like the one in the Towncar. The Towncar only required the seat belt and airbag. Thanks for watching.

[@reallifestories1077]

Hi man good video as always, just to let you know its very hard to watch your vids from a cell/mobile phone with that black border on the video maybe you need to change the frame size when editing

[@vehcor]

Where were you last month?? LOL I just realized it myself, now I have to figure out what I did with editing that was different or if the settings on the camera changed. I fix cars, I'm still learning the video editing thing so bear with me. Thanks for the help, and thanks for watching!

[@reallifestories1077]

seen last months it was good man, ye step the vid quality up and you wont regret it cos content is great!

[@judithmartinez2091]

Beatyful😘

[@vehcor]

Thank you!

[@Julian-do7bv]

I'd like to have one of these little guys

[@vehcor]

I was quite impressed with the gas mileage. It was pretty spacious for such a tiny vehicle. Thanks for watching.

[@jeffscott3160]

Haha! Now fiat is slapping Ram emblems on their crappy vehicles aye? Never would have dreamed there would be any money in rebuilding a wrecked Fiat. Nice rebuild video though. Keep em comin'!

[@vehcor]

You can make money on anything if you buy it at a good price. I am not a Fiat fan by any means but for a cheap commercial van, these things are not too bad. Over 30 mpg and pretty comfortable, minus the horrible road noise from the echo chamber cargo area. I did find a lot of uses for it while I had it and even thought about having one as a delivery truck for parts. Thanks for watching.

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

Seams like an unusual choice, did you get a smoking deal or already have a buyer? I’ve started using a oscillating saw with a carbide blade to cut panels in tight spots, works pretty good. Sorry I’m pretty excited about that oscillating saw thing, just disregard if you’re not interested.

[@vehcor]

It is a little unusual but according to the numbers it was a good buy, we shall see. I'll buy anything if there is a market, I have had box trucks before that sold quickly so I figured why not. I watched some videos on the oscillating saw, I never heard of that, I figured it would distort the metal similar to an air chisel. It would be good for the tight corners instead of switching to old, used, tiny die grinding discs to get in there. Thanks for watching and a little industry info, there is always something new to learn.

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

vehcor I’ve only been using the oscillating saw a couple weeks. So far it’s really cool, no distortion. If you try it be sure to get a saw with a variable speed trigger. I had a dewalt 110 volt for cutting drywall and stuff at home, it was around $100.

[@vehcor]

I'll have to pick one up. I could have used it on the Enclave I just did.

[@eformance]

Looks like that one failed the 40% overlap crash test...

[@gweflj]

Great repair, it really looks like you took your time, but I could never buy a rebuild. I'm just too paranoid that the suspension geometry would be out of alignment. A friend had a Passat that was apparently square yet from behind it looked like it had independent rear wheel steering!

[@vehcor]

Thanks, I hear this a lot about not buying a rebuild. My answer is, "How would you know as long as it is done correctly?" The Passat could have been just a simple alignment or bent suspension part. They move salvage cars with end loaders and some times bend some stuff. I inspect all of my cars on a lift and have them aligned to avoid the four wheel steering issue even if the damage is no to the suspension, frame or unibody.

[@Cmar24]

@vehcor any idea how to get rid of the airbag light on a 2017 Promaster city? It has a brand new air bag module and the seatbelts look to be good also there is no code showing up on the scan tool but the dash still has a service airbag light. Any help would be awesome thanks.

[@vehcor]

The control module is not just plug and play, they have to be programmed once installed.

[@Cmar24]

vehcor so I would have to take it to the dealer?

[@vehcor]

Or have someone with dealer level programming abilities.

[@Cmar24]

vehcor thank you very much for the help. This helps narrow down what is actually wrong with it.

[@Cmar24]

vehcor so apparently the guy that installed the module did in fact program it. And he checked the car with a scan tool and absolutely no codes come out anymore. But the airbag light is still on. I’m going to take it to another mechanic that specializes in airbags and airbag modules tomorrow. Hopefully he can figure it out for me

[@Simomotard33]

Whi did you remove the dash for the repair?

[@vehcor]

The passenger air bag was deployed and the entire dash pad has to be changed. In addition to that, it was easier to get to the repair area with everything out of the way. It ends up saving time in the long run as well as making for a better repair.

[@PatchworkWelding]

Great job! I’m amazed the windscreen wasn’t damaged... how long did the job take?

[@vehcor]

Thanks, the windshield was actually broken on the passenger side from the air bag. We did 90% over a three day weekend and the rest over the next couple weekends as fill in work. It needed the holes from the placards filled and the right door and fender had to be painted because of scratches, the new part matched perfectly. So about 6 (long) days total of working time.

[@aboogie4lyf]

I am interested in going into auto body. Are you familiar with gerber?

[@vehcor]

I am. Do I like their work, no. They are only concerned with profits, quality comes last!

[@fazebot2405]

THE rat 🐀 @ 8:21 😂

[@tap0019]

My question is How is a wrecked FIAT / Chrysler Minivan worth all of this repair? It looks like it would be simply parts. I am not a fan of Fiat or Chrysler.

[@vehcor]

Yes, due to the limited market these things hold a high resale.

[@peterincgy]

sorry, but please no more musak . prefer your voice overs

[@vehcor]

No problem, all the new ones will be voice over! Thanks for watching.

[@utfan1983]

Do you have any training or certification

[@vehcor]

ICAR certification and training. Just like any other trade, you learn more with experience than you ever will in a classroom.

[@utfan1983]

So then you know what your doing goes against everything icar stands for and the OEM repair procedures

[@vehcor]

Please elaborate on that.

[@utfan1983]

I've watched some of your work and seen you sectioning b pillars and reinforcement and not once have I seen you do any kind of 3d measurements and icar and manufacturers require you to measure

[@vehcor]

I avoid sectioning as much as possible and replace entire panels but sometimes it is unavoidable. I thought you might take issue with backing or overlapping that gets edited out, or straightening panels, not the measuring. I can assure you all pieces are measured as they are pulled and installed. How else would you get them where they belong and be sure adjoining panels are aligned and straight? I'm not good enough to pull without measuring, nor do I want to try, because the difference of a mm can ruin a job or at least cause an addition of a lot of labor to repair. "Measure twice cut once", is the old saying I believe. The same goes for pulling and welding in this case. If you notice the time on the bottom, the videos are edited so the details that are easily missed are left out, some little bits of them make it like some pulling measurements between 4:05 and 4:18. The inner a pillar install measurements briefly made it at 5:48 (at which point you will notice a half hour missing before the next frame when the door was installed) lots of boring measuring and slight panel adjustment going on in that time, some of which is simply blocked because I'm between the work and the camera. Other times like this one, cross measurements are done across the inside of the vehicle and blocked by the car itself. There was also some measuring going on at 8:45 for the upper rail. I guess you did catch me, I didn't measure the outer a pillar panel when I put it in but there is no need, the inner panels were aligned and the gaps and holes in the outer panel aligned with those. Had I gotten that piece in the wrong place, only the door gap at the bottom of the door would have been affected and since I fit the door, I had nothing to worry about. I didn't realize people wanted to see so much detail, videos are recommended to be 3 minutes in length and I'm at 10 or more, to include all unedited videos, even in time lapse, is hours. I try to make videos that give an idea of the work involved while still being interesting. While my critics may want to see it all, the general audience does not and that is for whom the videos are intended. Most people watching will never work on a car so the detail is lost on them. If your issue is with the lack of laser measuring tools for 3D models, I'm sorry, this is done old school with line measurements across varying planes and axis, which is still acceptable to ICAR. Maybe some day my hobby will turn into a business and I will invest in those fancy tools to make my life much easier but until then, I will continue to disappoint, sorry.