Did You Know? Tips for Preventing Severe Flood Damage

Flood disasters might occur anytime, anywhere. The impact is not only submerging the residential, highways, vehicle and many more. The vehicles might get minor to severe damage after flooding, either body paint or engine has a possibility to be malfunction.

Here are several tips to avoid heavy damage in case getting flood:

1. Ensure your parking area is safe from the water level of flood. If possible, move your vehicle into a higher place.
2. If the water has already pooled, you can use a jack or any other tool to prop up the vehicle higher to avoid water running into the vehicle’s cabin. So your car will not get flood extremely.
3. Release a negative current wire from the battery to avoid short circuits in your vehicle. This can prevent severe damage to the flooded vehicle.
4. If the vehicle had flooded, do not force to drive through the flood or turn the engine on, even the water was dry out. It could worsen engine damage. And as information, for damage which is getting worse as a result of Insured’s action will not cover by insurance.
5. Immediately report to the insurance company if your vehicle is flooded so that it can be immediately assisted for the towing process and taken to the workshop for a thorough check.
6. Then please ensure your policy has additional coverage against flooding.

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