Thread: Land Rover Extended Warranty - Worthwhile?

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

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.

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

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.

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

David

Originally Posted by l00kin4

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

David

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

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.

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!

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. ...

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