Official Warranty

mlbtheshow · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:54

If I buy a used car from 'xyz' official dealership I believe that id get some sort of' and be offered an extended warranty that is official so to speak.

Now if I purchase outside of a official dealership ie Private or at Honest Johns Motors.... can I go to 'xyz' and then purchase the official warranty? Or am I up the creek, without a paddle and heading towards an expensive repair bill before knowing it?

**I appreciate that Honest Johns might offer me some sort of independent warranty, but id assume its not as thorough as getting the official one**

vanandjuanunited · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:56

Depending on age etc then yes you can - may depend on manufacturer though

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:17

This completely depends on:

a) The car
b) The manufacturer
c) The age of the car
d) The mileage of the car

Tell us the car and we might know the answer. Some will point blank refuse, some will offer a great deal, some will offer a rubbish deal.

stoofa · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:43

My brother purchased a 58 plate Civic at the weekend - not from a Honda main dealer.
He called Honda yesterday and they have said they are more than happy to honour the remaining balance (6 months) of the original warranty.
They directed him to a webpage and all he had to do was fill in his details.

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2011 at 12:45

stoofa said:
My brother purchased a 58 plate Civic at the weekend - not from a Honda main dealer.
He called Honda yesterday and they have said they are more than happy to honour the remaining balance (6 months) of the original warranty.
They directed him to a webpage and all he had to do was fill in his details.

I am assuming the OP is buying a car thats out of its original warranty.

Obviously any car still in manufacturers warranty almost always has a completely transferrable warranty until its original expiry date provided the service history is complete.

BigT · 29 Mar 2011 at 13:49

[TW]Fox;18780673 said:
Obviously any car still in manufacturers warranty almost always has a completely transferrable warranty until its original expiry date provided the service history is complete.

Absoloutely and if it still has manufacturer's warranty on it then extending outside the initial period with the manufacturer can be considerably easier than coming "back into the fold" as it were.

Porsche spring to mind as getting a car back into Porsce warranty is a bit of a faff from what I've read on here, yet is the only warranty worth having. I assume extending the original manufacturer's warranty is considerably easier.

mlbtheshow · 29 Mar 2011 at 17:24

[TW]Fox;18780455 said:
This completely depends on:

a) The car
b) The manufacturer
c) The age of the car
d) The mileage of the car

Tell us the car and we might know the answer. Some will point blank refuse, some will offer a great deal, some will offer a rubbish deal.

a) Q7 4.2 S Line
b) Audi
c) 2007
d) 40k iirc roughly

Cheers,

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2011 at 17:27

Audi do offer an extended warranty, but I beleive the car must have an existing Audi warranty in order that you can renew. I dont think you can put it on a car that doesnt have it.

pespro · 29 Mar 2011 at 17:33

Anyone bought warranty for cars from an outside company? Say your car is 3 years old and then out of warranty and you go for a 3rd party...

mlbtheshow · 29 Mar 2011 at 18:54

[TW]Fox;18783043 said:
Audi do offer an extended warranty, but I beleive the car must have an existing Audi warranty in order that you can renew. I dont think you can put it on a car that doesnt have it.

Cheers, looks like im locked into sourcing via dealers. Better safe than sorry though.

BigT · 29 Mar 2011 at 19:30

pespro said:
Anyone bought warranty for cars from an outside company? Say your car is 3 years old and then out of warranty and you go for a 3rd party...

I've used AA and another company that I can't remember, but not one of the big providers. Both weren't worth the paper they were written on. Had claims on both rejected by blaming wear and tear, including my non-serviceable timing chain on my old Boxster that landed me with a £5k engine rebuild bill.

pespro · 29 Mar 2011 at 22:19

BigT said:
I've used AA and another company that I can't remember, but not one of the big providers. Both weren't worth the paper they were written on. Had claims on both rejected by blaming wear and tear, including my non-serviceable timing chain on my old Boxster that landed me with a £5k engine rebuild bill.

Something mentioned the big repair companies like AA might consider them in the future.
Did you mean the AA were no good or the big providers?

Maz · 29 Mar 2011 at 22:33

I've just put a claim into Autoprotect for a customers car, 55 Plate Passat Diesel, and a rear brake caliper had failed (Electronic Parking Brake) I rang them for authority to carry out work and after I'd told them what was wrong they authorised the claim out at retail money for the part and Autodata time for fitting.

In reality part was sourced at trade cost and was fitted in less than 20 mins.

There are some good warranty companies aswell as some bad, generally you really do get what you pay for.

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2011 at 22:48

Maz said:
I've just put a claim into Autoprotect for a customers car, 55 Plate Passat Diesel, and a rear brake caliper had failed (Electronic Parking Brake) I rang them for authority to carry out work and after I'd told them what was wrong they authorised the claim out at retail money for the part and Autodata time for fitting.

Lucky you. My experience with the same firm was that they completely rejected the entire claim on a 2007 car citing that 'an uninsured part obviously caused the insured part to fail'.

The part that failed was... an ECU.

Thats it now, I'm done with the aftermarket ones. Manufacturer backed or nothing IMHO.

gord · 29 Mar 2011 at 23:05

What about on an 03 Z4 Fox, 70K on the clock?

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2011 at 23:10

Put a grand in the bank for a new roof motor and misc expenses.

Spamalot · 29 Mar 2011 at 23:40

stoofa said:
My brother purchased a 58 plate Civic at the weekend - not from a Honda main dealer.
He called Honda yesterday and they have said they are more than happy to honour the remaining balance (6 months) of the original warranty.
They directed him to a webpage and all he had to do was fill in his details.

Best to go in to things with your eyes open! :rolleyes:

stoofa · 30 Mar 2011 at 00:09

Spamalot said:
Best to go in to things with your eyes open!

Sorry am I missing something?
What is it you're trying to say?

BigT · 30 Mar 2011 at 07:25

pespro said:
Did you mean the AA were no good or the big providers?

The AA were no good. Rejected a claim on the gearbox as wear and tear as I recall. I'm with Fox on this one. I've not had any trouble from my BMW extended warranty so I'm sticking with manufacturer only from now on or doing my own savings plan for a rainy day.

[TW]Fox · 30 Mar 2011 at 08:16

stoofa said:
Sorry am I missing something?
What is it you're trying to say?

Seems obvious to me - he seems suprised your brother purchased the car and afterwards found out whether the warranty was still valid. This usually being something you'd do prior to handing over thousands of pounds.