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Looking for your advice on buying a used 2013 ford fusion hybrid

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Hi everyone,

I'm considering purchasing a used car and I came across a 2013 ford fusion hybrid with a 2.0L L4 DOHC 16V HYBRID engine. However, the title status is listed as salvage. I'm not sure if I should go for it or not, so I'm hoping to get some advice from the forum members.

My main concern is the salvage title. I'm not sure what caused the car to be salvaged and whether there could be any hidden damages that could cause problems down the line. On the other hand, and the fact that it's a ford fusion means that it should still be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

I'm also curious about the price. Since the car has a salvage title, I assume the price should be significantly lower than the market value. But I don't want to end up paying for a car that will cost me more in repairs down the line.

So, what do you guys think? Should I go for this car or not? Are there any red flags that I should be aware of when buying a car with a salvage title? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Salvage titled vehicles all depends on who fixed it and what caused it to be totaled. A car like that, could have just been the air bags. If the right one goes, your looking at replacing the whole dash cover which is most of what your looking at gong down the road. On top of that, the seat belts and RCM have to be replaced. The New RCM need programmed, so before you know it, you've surpassed the normal 80% threshold.
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Mine's rebuilt, but I had a major hand in building it too, so I know it was built right. I also got a hell of a deal when I bought it with 16,500 miles on it three years ago too.
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Anyone that builds a flood car is a Moron, we would use them for parts, but that involved thing that water wouldn't effect, body parts, things like that, and even then we only bought a couple. Thing about buying parts cars is selling off what you don't need, makes the parts you did use that much cheaper. Another thing about building totals is, you never build something that his so hard, it's only good for parts, and that all depends on where it was hit. Mine was a rear end hit, looked like it was sitting and got blasted, ended up getting a short clip. Only reason we went that route was because the parts car we bough didn't have a sun roof, and we weren't gonna use the wrong color head liner since the Sport has a black one and the parts car was tan like most. So it got cut through the rockers in the middle of the rear door openings, and through the post on either side of the rear quarter glasses. It's a lot easier to do a long clip, your going though the front door openings, and the A post on either side of the wind shield. When it's all done you would never know it was fixed.
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