Extended Warranties

[JPI]

My D4 is about to come out of warranty and I am looking into extending the warranty for another few years. Land Rover are peddling their own (underwritten by Allianz) but its two years only and is outrageously expensive at $4k. Avea offer 12, 24, 36 and 48 month extended warranties at far more reasonable prices ($2k for 24 months, $2.3k for 36 months and $2.5k for 48 months). Does anyone have any experience with Avea or any of the other warranty companies and can offer recommendations, warnings, etc?
Cheers
JP

[discojools]

The 2 year LR/Allianz extended warranty on my TDV8 Sport (now gone) was only $2500 a couple of years ago. Is it really $4000 for the warranty a D4 now?.. I'm going to check tomorrow..

[Tombie]

Haggle....

And at least the LR one pays up...

Good luck with the other ones!

[oldsalt]

My Allianz extended warranty was around the $2K mark a couple of years ago - it's been used a couple of times (with no problems) - good "peace of mind" as far as I'm concerned.
cheers

[mojo]

I'm sure if you get the Land Rover extended warranty when you buy your car you'll get it for less than $4000 - one of the dealers we were negotiating with told me $2500. Although it's probably a different story if you try to extend your warranty after 2 or 3 years though - there's not as much incentive for them to negotiate ...

[PeterOZ]

My D4 is about to come out of warranty and I am looking into extending the warranty for another few years. Land Rover are peddling their own (underwritten by Allianz) but its two years only and is outrageously expensive at $4k. Avea offer 12, 24, 36 and 48 month extended warranties at far more reasonable prices ($2k for 24 months, $2.3k for 36 months and $2.5k for 48 months). Does anyone have any experience with Avea or any of the other warranty companies and can offer recommendations, warnings, etc?
Cheers
JP

I got the dealer "Extension of Manufacturers Warranty" came in a nice LR / dealer booklet and underwritten by National Warranty. Cost me $3.5k for 4 years / 120k Kms.
I was told at the time by the salesman that it was exactly the same as the original warranty. WRONG!

From what I have heard this mob refuse to pay out on anything, they will say it is wear and tear and deny the claims. Even a compressor that fails will be classified as a wear and tear item.

Do your research and look at all the T&Cs. I do not think they are worth the paper they are written on!

[jon3950]

I self insured. In the 2 years the extended warranty would have lasted I have spent about $600 on repairs that may have been covered.

Cheers,
Jon

[PeterOZ]

probably best. Only got it as I thought if I blew and engine or a transmission then I would cover the major items.

Been told though that they consider a trans to be a wear and tear item and not covered

FFS !!!

[Ghost-Who-Walks]

Hi

I'm a frequent reader (but almost non-contributor) on the forum thus far.
I recently upgraded from a D1 (300Tdi) to a MY10 D4 (3.0), which ran out of manufacturer warranty in January. I wanted to get an extended warranty b/c of the complexity of the D4 - there's so much that "could" go wrong, although reliability seems to have improved markedly.
Anyway, I did a heap of research into this - there's a number of threads already in the forum on this topic - as well as speaking to various LR dealers, Allianz and 3rd party brokers selling Allianz product.
Upshot is that there are 2 types of extended warranty available (both underwritten by Allianz) - provided that your manufacturers warranty hasn't yet expired.

1. Assured Warranty - this is the product LR offer through their extended warranty, and the same product you can buy through Allianz or other provider. It IS NOT an extension to your new car warranty - the coverage is reduced somewhat (refer to PDS - "What is NOT covered").
Best price I could find:
Landrover (Southern Cross LR, Toowoomba) - $3495, $500 off RRP. Note that this includes LR Roadside Assist.
Allianz (Platinum Direct Finance) - $2500. Same warranty, no Roadside Assist

2. New Vehicle Warranty - it is more comprehensive than the product above. The main difference is that a number of items are not EXCLUDED (seats, windows, exhaust etc etc etc). There are still a number of exclusions, but mostly to do with not using the vehicle properly. This is only available through Allianz or other providers, not through LR.
Allianz (Platinum Direct Finance) - $2894.74, no Roadside Assist.

Roadside Assist - both of the above warranty's do not include Roadside assist. They include reimbursement of some costs incurred during a breakdown, and talk about how the breakdown will be repaired. They don't include a number you can call to help you out (like RACQ etc).
A key inclusion in the LR warranty is the provision of a fairly extensive Roadside Assist service. As far as I could find, you can't buy a product in Aus that offers the same level of service/reimbursement as the LR service (which is also provided by Allianz!).

So, what did I do?
Purchased the New Vehicle Warranty (~$400 more than the Assured), and made sure my RACQ membership was up to date!

I'll attach the various PDS's - interesting read. Hope this is useful.

[Ghost-Who-Walks]

Also, forgot to say that the most you'll get is 2yrs extension.
Assured Extended Warranty - 2yrs/+100,000kms
New Car Extended Warranty - 2yrs/+50,000kms