Thread: D4 LR Warranty - To extend or not to extend

Originally Posted by JamesH

Sigh, I just don't know. In November I'll have done 45000km, so that's 15k a year. The warranty would see me out to 75k.

It's a question of how Murphy works for me. Will it all go kaput between 45-75 or will a I pay a few grand and then everything goes kaput after 75k, and I get bit twice.

But I do have the money in the bank.

Another way to look at it,how much did you spend fixing the old Deefer on repairs that could have been warranty jobs.Probably not many just like my old D2.
Now in the modern world,how much can you afford to shell out if there is an issue???Could be expensive!!!!
Andrew

I'm in a similar boat, mine runs out end of June and I've been researching options.

Today I was offered 2 years, 200,000 km ( Mine has done 84500) genuine LR for $3850 from a dealer. ( RRP is now $4600)

I think I am going to take it.

I'm approaching 100,000k's on mine now, and the factory warranty ran out in January this year.

Based on the number of issues I've had with the vehicle to date (virtually NIL) I decided not to extend the warranty on mine.

Another consideration was the D2 which is still in the family. It has had all the usual D2 Td5 work done on it (oil pump bolt replaced, wiring harness replaced, upgraded the front prop shaft, and recently a new roof lining installed). Other than that, hardly a cent spent on it other than for a couple of very minor leaks, and replaced a starter motor. It's coming up for that time when the head needs to come off to replace the plastic dowels as recommended to me by Kevin at Rovertech - but if the D4 ends up being as reliable as the D2 has been, I'm thinking that an extended warranty is just money in someone else's pocket for no real benefit to me.

I um'd and r'd whether to go with an extended warranty at the end of the factory warranty 12 months ago. I think I went the right way. I had the suspension compressor replaced last December and just had the alternator replaced today - both fairly exy I believe. I went with the Landrover/ Alliance and they had no issues taking up the claims. I paid $3500 but could have paid $2500 when I brought the car new!!
I guess it's always going to be a bit of a gamble.

I took the gamble when my 2011 SDV6 D4 hit 100K kms and didn't opt for an extended warranty. Decision was base on the fact that the vehicle had performed faultlessly since I purchased new, ie, no warranty work at all. Now at 140K kms and the only work needed so far has been the replacement of the 2nd turbo oil drain pipe to fix a smoking issue. Can't remember the cost but ended up only paying for parts because dealer stuffed me around.
Happy with my decision, so far!

Not a Landy, but we just bought a new Mazda 2 and bought an extra 3 years of warranty despite Mazda's good quality reputation simply because we expect to retire before the 6 years is up and wanted to have warranty protection while retired. Combined with lifetime fixed price servicing we should sleep well at night.

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I wish more companies would be like Kia who i believe now has a 7 year unlimited KM warranty although I've not looked into it and dont intend to own one but saw it advertised on TV and though jeeze thats an unreal idea!!

There is an issue about extended warranties that no-one has mentioned yet.

What is actually covered by the warranty and what is excluded?

A recent episode of 'The Checkout" gave the impression that you would be wise to read the fine print very carefully. It seems that some warranties have so many exclusions or even worse, clauses that basically let the dealer decide if something will be covered, that they are almost worthless.

This is only of academic interest to me since in 52 years of motoring I have not owned a new car and i can't see it happening in the next 52 years either.