Views on BMW Warranty extensions
Discussion
I’m coming up to a year of owning my X3 M40i, purchased through BMW AUC, & the 1 year warranty will shortly run out. Had a letter inviting me to extend the warranty through BMW Insurance Solutions, various different levels of cover and excess options offered, costing anything from £260 to £600, and frankly I’m not sure what to do!
Apart from some occasional difficulty connecting to my phone via Bluetooth it’s been faultless (the car has been terrific in fact), seems that the G01’s generally don’t seem to suffer from much in the way of serious issues & I don’t do a huge mileage each year. So on the one hand not sure if it’s worth it for me, but on the other it’s obviously a nice to have.
I actually don’t know whether the BMW policies are transferable with the car, if they are then that’s a significant factor as would help with private resale if ever needed to go down that route (… because I know BMW px offers are usually very low). Also no idea how easy these policies are to claim against if ever needed.
So I’m totally on the fence. Anyone have any views or experience with this? If anyones taken out a warranty extension, also interested to know which flavour (‘comprehensive’, ‘named component’ or ‘driveline’) they chose & why
Apart from some occasional difficulty connecting to my phone via Bluetooth it’s been faultless (the car has been terrific in fact), seems that the G01’s generally don’t seem to suffer from much in the way of serious issues & I don’t do a huge mileage each year. So on the one hand not sure if it’s worth it for me, but on the other it’s obviously a nice to have.
I actually don’t know whether the BMW policies are transferable with the car, if they are then that’s a significant factor as would help with private resale if ever needed to go down that route (… because I know BMW px offers are usually very low). Also no idea how easy these policies are to claim against if ever needed.
So I’m totally on the fence. Anyone have any views or experience with this? If anyones taken out a warranty extension, also interested to know which flavour (‘comprehensive’, ‘named component’ or ‘driveline’) they chose & why
Thanks for all the replies, really helpful… I’m feeling inclined to go comprehensive with a £250 excess for £340.
Mark, I bought my X3 M40i a year ago, mine was already 3 years old which I guess put it into the extended warranty bracket. If you bought yours new then I’d guess you’d be due to get a letter if it’s coming up for 3 years old? If you don’t get a letter then I think you’ll be able to extend the warranty on the website (as long as you haven’t done a starship mileage!), but may need to ask BMW for a login name & PIN
https://www.bmw-warranty.co.uk/Start
The details around the 1 year BMW AUC warranty weren’t made at all clear to me when I bought the car, all I knew was that it had one & that it was fairly comprehensive. In fact, it’s the first time ever that I’ve bought a car that came with literally no paperwork, not even an owners manual! (the purchase invoice was sent over email). The first I knew about the warranty expiry date was when I booked the car in for an MOT at my local main dealer & I asked them about it, all details were on their system.
Mark, I bought my X3 M40i a year ago, mine was already 3 years old which I guess put it into the extended warranty bracket. If you bought yours new then I’d guess you’d be due to get a letter if it’s coming up for 3 years old? If you don’t get a letter then I think you’ll be able to extend the warranty on the website (as long as you haven’t done a starship mileage!), but may need to ask BMW for a login name & PIN
https://www.bmw-warranty.co.uk/Start
The details around the 1 year BMW AUC warranty weren’t made at all clear to me when I bought the car, all I knew was that it had one & that it was fairly comprehensive. In fact, it’s the first time ever that I’ve bought a car that came with literally no paperwork, not even an owners manual! (the purchase invoice was sent over email). The first I knew about the warranty expiry date was when I booked the car in for an MOT at my local main dealer & I asked them about it, all details were on their system.
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