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Very Large Pothole inside the speedbump that led to car issue

Reported via mobile in the Pothole large category anonymously at 10:42, Friday 3 July 2026

Sent to Bristol City Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9726700.

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This pothole has been there for more than 2 months and I hit it full on a dusky evening heading home from Trinity school. It was quite a jarring impact, but seeing the wheel and tyre was okay, I didn't think anything of it. A few weeks later during the 1st heatwave in May the air conditioning unit stopped working, so I took it into the garage and refilled the gas and didn't think much of it. However during the next heatwave last week the unit went again, which was strange and took it in for a look. That's when they discovered the major fault inside the unit. It was damaged so that the pipe was leaking and the front panel was disconnected as well. The total price for repairs are 1100 (I have more photos and video as proof), which is a lot of money. Ideally I'd like to reclaim this amount from the council because this pothole has been there for a long time and as you can see it's very dangerous, and ideally I'd like others to avoid this problem if possible.

Updates

  • A new enquiry has been raised for this issue.

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 10:42, Friday 3 July 2026

  • This issue is currently under investigation. We'll provide updates on the outcome as soon as we can.

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 10:50, Tuesday 7 July 2026

  • A job has been raised with our contractors to action this issue and appropriate repairs or maintenance will be undertaken as soon as they can.

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 09:52, Monday 20 July 2026

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    Can I get an update on the claim about the damage to the car please? Many thanks 🙏

    Posted anonymously at 11:59, Tuesday 21 July 2026

  • This issue is currently under investigation. We'll provide updates on the outcome as soon as we can.

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 15:15, Wednesday 22 July 2026

  • This enquiry has been referred to another team for action. They will provide further updates on the issue in due course.

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 15:17, Friday 31 July 2026

  • This enquiry is now closed. No further action is required.

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 11:16, Tuesday 11 August 2026

  • This Fix My Street enquiry has been automatically closed.

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 00:06, Thursday 10 September 2026

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location. Please reference 9726700 in your new report if it is an update on this one.