Land Rover Extended Warranty - Worthwhile?

My 2016 D4 is coming up to 15 months old and I average about 25,000 km per year. I took out the extra 2 year warranty when I bought the vehicle new and it cost me around $3,000 for memory.

I guess my take on it was if there happened to be an expensive break down ( not wear and tear ) - I'm covered. also I can sell and up grade the vehicle at 4.5 years old with 6 months warranty left. Also I have seen and heard of a number of repairs required on D4's that cost well and truly in excess of $3,000. So whether my D4 fails or not, its a numbers game and I guess its whether you want to take the risk or not.

p.s. This D4 is my first LR and unfortunately in the past I'd heard a lot of horror stories about failures, electrical faults and how expensive they can be to repair. The old saying - insurance is a waste of money until you need it.

Mine had the drivers intake manifold replaced at the same time as the secondary turbine actuator to resolve some restricted performance errors. $4700 later.

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Originally Posted by Garfield

My 2016 D4 is coming up to 15 months old and I average about 25,000 km per year. I took out the extra 2 year warranty when I bought the vehicle new and it cost me around $3,000 for memory.

I guess my take on it was if there happened to be an expensive break down ( not wear and tear ) - I'm covered. also I can sell and up grade the vehicle at 4.5 years old with 6 months warranty left. Also I have seen and heard of a number of repairs required on D4's that cost well and truly in excess of $3,000. So whether my D4 fails or not, its a numbers game and I guess its whether you want to take the risk or not.

p.s. This D4 is my first LR and unfortunately in the past I'd heard a lot of horror stories about failures, electrical faults and how expensive they can be to repair. The old saying - insurance is a waste of money until you need it.

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Thanks for that. My first LR too and I must admit I was also slightly spooked by some of the horror stories. I was actually going to buy a slightly older D4 but read somewhere that they got a bit more reliable from MY12 onwards. After time spent on this forum I'm less convinced about this now and still very happy with my D4. I clock up about half the kms you do but do still worry slightly about a big $ repair being needed like DiscoJeffster. Maybe a definite $4k is better than a possible much bigger repair bill. I'll get some quotes and make a decision
David

My warranty runs out at the end of May 2017 and I have taken the extended warranty. Was $4,200 as I have already done 93,000km so had to take the 200,000km option. Yes my D4 has been faultless in its first three years and I don't see why that should change, but it is more for peace of mind and also I have the opportunity to offset a fair proportion of the cost through my business....

Chris

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Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Mine had the drivers intake manifold replaced at the same time as the secondary turbine actuator to resolve some restricted performance errors. $4700 later.

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Thanks - at what age / km's was that ?

David

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Originally Posted by l00kin4

Thanks - at what age / km's was that ?

David

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At five years of age and 160,000km. Previous owner but I have the service records for it.

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Originally Posted by Garfield

...in the past I'd heard a lot of horror stories about failures, electrical faults and how expensive they can be to repair. The old saying - insurance is a waste of money until you need it.

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I had a Freelander 1 in the past and had sworn off LR's after a new head gasket at 27,500kms at the 2 year mark, and new engine at 37,500kms 1 year later and out of warranty. Fortunately LR paid for the engine and parts, but I was still left with a $5K bill for all the downstream problems (heater matrix thing).

As you can imagine, I only bought another LR after a LOT of research and with the additional assurance of an extended warranty. I thought to myself it would also give some reassurance to someone (who also may be wary of LR reliability) if I was to sell it.

I really tossed up whether to spend the money for the extended warranty on my first 2011 D4, as the factory warranty was coming to an end.
So glad I did!
First claim was for the EAS compressor 6 months out from end of factory warranty. Following that I had the alternator, battery, starter motor, rear diff, front pump seal and front flange assembly on transfer case, lower control arm bushes, rear drive shaft.
I purchased warranty through Landrover and never had an issue with claims so happy from that perspective.
I have since purchased a 2016 TDV6 and paid for the extended warranty on purchase without a second thought.
Love the cars but you need to be conscious of potential issues and the cots of subsequent repairs.
Call it peace of mind!

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Originally Posted by PJR

... First claim was for the EAS compressor 6 months out from end of factory warranty. Following that I had the alternator, battery, starter motor, rear diff, front pump seal and front flange assembly on transfer case, lower control arm bushes, rear drive shaft. ...

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And after all that you replaced it with a ... wait for it ... Land Rover D4! Gotta love the seductive hypnotic power of that Land Rover grin [bigsmile]

4 weeks into my extended warranty and just had the door latches front and rear on driver's side replaced. Invoice to Allianz $948.40

So far the extension seems like a good idea! We'll see what happens in the next 23 months...

David