Thread: Question regarding End of warranty Date

In theory, it's 3 years from the date of registration.

In practice though, that could be out by a day or so depending on what the dealer told LR.

Just call a dealer & they can check it for you on LR's system.

It's supposed to be three years from the date the vehicle was first sold to a customer bearing in mind there are rare occasions when vehicles are sold but not registered (eg. agriculture or mining). I have however been caught up in my dealer's fiddling the numbers. Sometimes dealers report cars to LR as having been "sold" in order to make up numbers at the end of a sales period. Then they actually sell the vehicle perhaps a few weeks later. I had all the paperwork of the sale as having been transacted on a certain date but Landrover refused to believe this as their records showed the vehicle as having been sold a month earlier.

Naturally this discrepancy was discovered in the middle of a warranty claim so I had to push the issue. Landrover backed down and gave me another three months extended warranty and 12 more months roadside assist to their credit.

Doesn't Topix show the warranty start date????

I cannot log onto it the moment to check.

Garry

3 years from the date of you signing and accepting the vehicle.

Ie I ordered my D4 in Feb, it's in Brisbane now, being registered on Friday and I pick it up on Saturday. After inspecting the car I'll sign the paperwork and the warranty starts from then.

Maybe it is just a local dealer procedure here rather than Land Rover, but all my routine dealer service invoices have the Warranty Expiry Date typed in.

In other words, everytime my 3 is in being serviced, the invoice that I receive, along with serial number etc, has the Warranty Expiry Date also typed there, and in my case, 26MAY2009, and it still shows a couple of years later on all recent service invoices.

Originally Posted by DiscoWeb

........ just wanted to check as that date is coming up at the end of the year............

Buying an extended warranty ?

Originally Posted by Neil P

Buying an extended warranty ?

The cost of an extended warranty here is in the range of four to five thousand dollars for about 3 years so not very attractive. There is no Ford or Land Rover warrenty available, only private ones.

I probably have spent that amount in the last couple of years, but for the most part, the broken stuff probably would not have been covered but considered wear items. The air compressor and the wiring looms perhaps, but not the front end stuff or tranny filter change or the brakes or the windscreen or the ...

What one buys the warranty for is to protect one from a major drive train failure, and my thoughts were that the engine, tranny, and differentials are actually for the most part, pretty reliable. So far I have been correct.

Also a real problem is that one has no enforcement mechanism - you pay the premium up front and then hope that nothing happens and it is a waste of money, or you hope your continuing good relationship with the dealer continues so that at least someone "might" help with claims.

Also at least here, if one purchases the warranty, in a practical sense, that just about precludes having an independent service your 3. In my case, there really are no independents who know how to even spell Land Rover so that is not much of a concern, but Australia is very different in that respect. (The independents seem often know more than the local dealer.)

Originally Posted by DiscoWeb

3 yrs from when the vehicle was first registered?

The vehicle warranty starts when the vehicle is first registered.
Regardless of owner, Demo, Sales vehicle, Service loan vehicle etc etc...