New Car Warranties
Understanding Your Car Extended Warranty
Are you considering a new car extended warranty or a used car extended warranty? Are you concerned about finding the best value in purchasing such a warranty?
It is necessary to understand that a car extended warranty gives protection beyond the dealership warranty. On top of other features and benefits, an extended warranty allows you the flexibility to have your car repaired at any licensed service center in your area.
In addition to restoring mechanical breakdowns, these extended warranty benefits and features are likely to include:
A) 24 hour roadside assistance up to $100 for a specific number of occurrences,
B) car rental benefits if the car is towed to a repair dealer
C) trip interruption benefits,
D) further towing,
E) other services such as lock out, refilling of oil, or other fluids, and battery recharges.
Car purchasers often know nothing about auto warranties. They recall they are getting a magic golden wand that will reimburse for anything that goes wrong. Not true!
Read the legal print; as even with the greatest car extended warranty service plan, there are exclusions to what is covered. Often you will find so many specifics excluded from the warranty repair that you will wonder what exactly is covered other than the perks of roadside assistance, car rental, and other emergency services.
Many websites give tips on how to buy an extended auto warranty online. Research carefully, but remember many companies sell warranties. Don't buy from the first establishment you look into.
Check out several, making sure the one you finalize on is a financially stable company that administers their own warranties and keeps high enough balances to pay all repair expenses that stretch into the future. Some places where you may obtain warranties from are warranty brokers, and insurance groups.
While your car dealership may offer a car extended warranty, it is sometimes in your best interest to purchase it elsewhere as the dealership many times will employ the warranty as a means to increase their profit by including it in the financing of the vehicle. This causes you to pay interest on the warranty; increasing your overall costs than if you purchase the warranty from an outside company.
Check a credit union, other insurance companies or internet sources for their options on extended car warranties. Buyers usually can negotiate the price of a warranty. A rule of thumb is that buyers may have a gross profit of one-third to negotiate the warranty. However, the less age and mileage your automobile has, the lower an extended warranty will cost.
Before you buy, read service contracts with the manufacture's warranty. These often allow for warranty for three years or 36, 000 miles or whichever comes first.
If you regularly trade your new car every three years, you most likely will never need a new car extended warranty as new cars tend to be fairly trouble free during the beginning years. However, if you're ill-fated in life, love, and automobiles, then purchasing a new car warranty would be a valid move.
Gail Metcalf provides car extended warranty information on her website Household Wealth
Toyota New Car Warranty Question-This Doesn't Seem Right?
Okay Toyota is arguing with me over my warranty. I did not buy the Road Side Assistance with my warranty last year when I cought my car.
This is a 2007 Corolla Sport-the transmission is completely gone. They refuse to tow unless it is at my expense since I did't my the road side. They say they only tow CERTIFIED USED VEHICLES for free. I feel that my car that I bought from them that has 12,000 mile son it that I paid damn good money for and is still under warranty should be towed by the, Do I have a leg to stand on here? It just doesn't seem right.
Actually I did buy it for a Toyota Dealership. They say they only tow Certified USED cars. Used being the key word-it is a 2007-bought it last May. Just seems they should back up their product by paying the tow bill for me.
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Do new car warranties transfer to the second owners?
I am looking to purchase a used car from a guy that has owned it for one year. He purchased it new with a standard warranty that came with it. He is telling me that if anything breaks it is still covered under warranty. Is this true? The car is under the three years and thirty thousand miles but does the warranty transfer to me?
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What are the warranty policies for used vehicles imported from the US as opposed to new models?
I am looking for information on the major manufacturers as I can only find info on new car warranties purchased in the us and brought to canada as a first owner.
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