2012 S4 Avant Quattro- renew the Audi Warranty?
Discussion
My S4 is just coming up to three years old and 38,000 miles. It was the Barnstaple Audi's demonstrator and comes well equipped, with switchable Audi Drive Select.
I've just had an offer to renew the Audi Extended Warranty for a year. Depending on the excess this will cost £540 or £640 approx..
I can't decide whether its worth the gamble- any opinions?
I've just had an offer to renew the Audi Extended Warranty for a year. Depending on the excess this will cost £540 or £640 approx..
I can't decide whether its worth the gamble- any opinions?
absolutely, don't even consider not doing it.
My 2010 S5 developed a gearbox fault on the even gears (not through it being driven poorly or mistreated etc.). Audi repaired it all under the extended warranty by giving me an entire new gearbox, including the 2 new clutches and mechatronics - didn't cost me a penny. They showed me the invoice that Audi warranty had to pay: £8,500.
So, this very morning I just renewed the warranty on it again as it's paid for itself hugely already.
I might have just been unlucky, but am so glad I had it.
My 2010 S5 developed a gearbox fault on the even gears (not through it being driven poorly or mistreated etc.). Audi repaired it all under the extended warranty by giving me an entire new gearbox, including the 2 new clutches and mechatronics - didn't cost me a penny. They showed me the invoice that Audi warranty had to pay: £8,500.
So, this very morning I just renewed the warranty on it again as it's paid for itself hugely already.
I might have just been unlucky, but am so glad I had it.
The Audi warranty is pretty poor in terms of what it covers compared to some third party options such as warranty direct. Its also a bit expensive. I used warranty direct for my RS5 and negotiated a lot off the ridiculous price quoted on their website, got it down from ~£1100 to ~£700
I think extending the standard warranty from 3 years to 4 (or 5) at time of order costs the same for an S4 as a 'cooking' A4. It seemed rude not to, especially as dealer discounted it by the same percentage as the car. Warranty on mine from new to 5 years/90,000 miles was under £750 including VAT.
Bought our S5 just before the 3 year warranty expired - as an unknown quantity in terms of reliability from our own experience of this particular car, we took out an extra year of the named component cover with a high excess via the Audi backed scheme. It's there for peace of mind should something spectacular fail. If it failed under 5 years old I'd be having a word from customer services about contributions whether I had a warranty or not, given the low mileage and the fact it has full main dealer history.
I'm not sure if I'll renew - will see what the service pulls up, if anything, in a few months time. So far haven't had a need to use it
I'm not sure if I'll renew - will see what the service pulls up, if anything, in a few months time. So far haven't had a need to use it
Adrian E said:
Worth noting that the 'official' extended warranty is only valid if you keep all work to schedule and only use Audi main dealers. Rather defeats the purpose of the Block Exemption legislation, but that doesn't apply to warranties so they can stipulate what they like!
This is true. Although with the Audi fixed price servicing deals I don't bother looking at indies anyway.We'll be going that route with ours as well, but it does limit choice. I have more faith in my local indy doing things like alignment and brake fluid/air-con services but even that would invalidate those parts of the car from the warranty. If you're buying one that's a missed a bit of work (eg s-tronic service) then it's likely to be much more of an issue in the event of a claim
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