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

After market warranties are divided into two categories. Those offered by insurance companies and the rest issued by private companies.

The insurance company warranty provides you with legal rights enshrined in specific legislation. Your rights are also defined in the contract and these rights have weight. In any dispute you also have the option of appealing to the insurance ombudsman. There is no arbitrary "claim refused" option for the policy administrators to take.

The private company owned warranties are the ones which can leave you without any coverage aka a claim may be refused at any time by the company without reason and this is written into the contract. These warranties are not covered by any legislation apart from general consumer protection laws.

I have no issues in buying an insurance company owned warranty but I would never buy a policy from a private warranty company.

There is a relatively minor player third type of warranty on the market. These are owned by car dealers and administered by them. They do come with specific service requirements and list in some detail what is covered and what is not.

My experience with the insurance and car dealer administered warranties has been fantastic. No problems at all. My one experience with a private warranty company was an absolute disaster.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Jack Murray (or some other well known rally driver) did that in a Morris 1500 some years ago. He and his co-driver drove non-stop between Darwin and Adelaide and back several times. That was long before the Stuart Highway was sealed. I think their warranty lasted just over a week.

And I thought picking up my first car on Thursday and booking it's first 1,000 km service on Monday was bad.

Martin

Just in case anyone doubted my story about the Morris 1500, read about it here.
Morris 1500 - Outback Marathon

On one trip, they averaged 81 mph (130 km/h). If they could have kept that up their warranty would have lasted just over 6 days.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Just in case anyone doubted my story about the Morris 1500, read about it here.
Morris 1500 - Outback Marathon

On one trip, they averaged 81 mph (130 km/h). If they could have kept that up their warranty would have lasted just over 6 days.

Thanks for the link.

Brought back fond memories of the Morris 1100 I learnt to drive on

Dad was an assistant superintendent of the afternoon shift at BMC/Leyland. He took me in to look at the Austin 1800s that were used in the London to Sydney marathon when I was young. They had handles on the boot like the american secret service guys used to have on the president's car. Can't remember exactly what they were for but seem to remember it was something to do with recovery.

Funnily enough an 1100 was parked down the street a couple of weeks ago. I think it had broken down as I saw two guys with it the next day and the bonnet was up and it hasn't been back since.

hi everyone,

my warranty expires in Sept.
I have already had issues this year which would have resulted in a $3500 bill (covered by warranty), and whilst having the brakes done by an independent, they mentioned the sump gasket is leaking oil, as well as both turbos.
Have booked the car in to the LR dealer to have these rectified before i come out of warranty.

Initially i was thinking of taking my chances without an extended warranty, but the independent recommended i get it (even though that would mean a loss of business to himself).
The last time i enquired at Trivett they quoted about $4500. I know some people on here have shopped around for a deal,but the independent told my they thought there was a clause in the warranty that states that you must have the car looked at by the dealer you bought the warranty from. Does that sound correct? As that would limit me buying the warranty from a Sydney dealer, as opposed to looking for best deal around the country.

thanks

Simon

From memory of previous threads about extended warranty there is the LR issued one as well as one from Allianz that you can buy instead. There are apparently differences between the two even though Allianz is the underwriter for the LR warranty.

I bought the extended LR warranty shortly after buying the car as I had read that the premiums increase over time and given the high cost of some repairs felt that it was worth while as an insurance policy.

Ardent believer in Murphy's Law

My dealer, Purnells at Blakehurst gave me the following offers shortly after purchase (end November 2013): Normally, 12 months was $3595, 24 months was $3995. I was offered 24 months for $3400 and got them to take an extra $100 off ending up paying $3300. In both cases it only extends the time not the mileage. So I have 5 years and 100,000 km warranty cover.

It's a personal choice whether you feel it's worth paying versus the possible cost of future repairs. I'm the cautious type and so I paid for the extended warranty.

Hope this helps a bit.

Regards,
Martin

Originally Posted by letherm

From memory of previous threads about extended warranty there is the LR issued one as well as one from Allianz that you can buy instead. There are apparently differences between the two even though Allianz is the underwriter for the LR warranty.

I bought the extended LR warranty shortly after buying the car as I had read that the premiums increase over time and given the high cost of some repairs felt that it was worth while as an insurance policy.

Ardent believer in Murphy's Law

My dealer, Purnells at Blakehurst gave me the following offers shortly after purchase (end November 2013): Normally, 12 months was $3595, 24 months was $3995. I was offered 24 months for $3400 and got them to take an extra $100 off ending up paying $3300. In both cases it only extends the time not the mileage. So I have 5 years and 100,000 km warranty cover.

It's a personal choice whether you feel it's worth paying versus the possible cost of future repairs. I'm the cautious type and so I paid for the extended warranty.

Hope this helps a bit.

Regards,
Martin

Hi Martin, I extended my warranty with Purnell also. I think you will find that the warranty extends for both time and mileage. My car is now @ 160K Kms and have had no issue with having warranty work done. My understanding is that you would now have a 5Yr/200K Km warranty.

Well worth the money in my book. Incidentally I got mine for $3400 2 years ago. It will run out in October.

Always go for the warranty offered by the manufacturer, not one offered as a dealer warranty, which is basically useless.
The manufacturer's warranty means the manufacturer is responsible, whereas the dealer one is just an attempt by the dealer to make a larger commission out of you and is pretty worthless if there is a real problem.