Thank you for your response. It was rain water mixed with dirt on the road. The water covered almost half the car (half way to the door) so the seats were wet. I called the insurance company and they said they will tow the car to be checked. Thanks again.

The biggest issue with a flooded vehicle are the electrical issues, not engine or other mechanical issues. We had a “1000 year flood” here in middle TN back in 2010. It amazed me how many control module and other electrical issues we had after that. There were a lot of nice vehicles for sale cheap after the flood that were bought by unsuspecting people that were not worth repairing due to the expensive electrical components and intensive labor for diag. Mechanical issues come from water sitting in the engine or transmission for an extended period of time. Just as with something like a cell phone, electrical component damage is pretty much instantaneous. If the insurance company wants to total it, I’d let it go.

Cars with electrical issues especially cars with allot of gizmos are bad news. If you have full coverage salvage the vehicle sucks but it’s your best bet. If not don’t attempt to start it until you drain the oil and ATF and put in fresh fluids. Check the air filter to make sure there’s no water in the air box and change out the spark plugs as well. My friend is car electrician and I’ve seen him fix allot of cars for small shadier dealers. After Katrina I remember he had a Eclipse that was flooded took him two days to get it started took everything apart jumped a bunch of stuff he finally took out the spark plugs. It was crazy when he finally got it to crank with the plugs out the motor started sputtering water out of the plug openings like someone that had gotten cpr.