Anyone got any experience of after market warranties?

[siwebster]

Hi,

Not for me - my parents are looking at buying an 06 plate Astra Estate from Bristol Street Motors in Lichfield and have been offered a 3 year warranty at a cost of £599. I'm just in the process of finding out what's actually covered as I've never had a warranty on a second hand car, only new ones, but has anyone got any experience of either Bristol Street Motors, their warranties or any after-market warranties? Could anyone make a recommendation of anyone else to purchase a warranty from? I'm not sure they'll need one, but it'll give my dear old mom peace of mind.

It may be a good deal, it might not be worth the paper it's written on, but I'd like to find out either way if I can.

Cheers

Si

[nw28840]

Firstly call the dealer....find out who the 3rd party warranty is with and then go to their website and read the small print online.

I have one with the AA on my Porsche 911 , one claim during the year so far - faulty sensor needed replacing.....and it was all sorted without any fuss.

Cheers,
Nick

[Torquey]

I've heard good things about AA warranties.

[Garlick]

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

[TheCarpetCleaner]

I got an RAC warranty with my Corsa I purchased recently.

Headgasket went within 80 miles of driving it.

Warranty are paying out, no problems.

[edo]

The only one I have ever heard good things about is the AA.

Personally had terrible experiences of warrantywise and warranty works. I'd never bother with anything other than manufacturer backed warranties.

[300bhp/ton]

Garlick said:

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

Don't have 2 of my cars listed

[Morningside]

Three times I have taken out extra warranty and all they seem to cover is a loose door handle. Not engine fail, gearbox fail or anything major - Although they say they do.

[krallicious]

I listened in to a very funnyfrustrating telephone conversation between (any event that occurs every 4 years, the next time in London) warrenties and my brother. An oil pump failure was suspected and Audi had said it was a sealed unit.

The chap on the end of the phone said the unit needed to be taken apart and fixed as the warrenty would not cover a new part despite it not being in the list of parts NOT covered. We kept telling him what a sealed unit meant and he could not understnd it could not be taken apart and put back together again! From our experience, Ol****c warrenties are full of idiots who do not really have a clue about cars and their 'cover' is just crap.

[siwebster]

Garlick said:

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

Just had a quick look and they want £350 for just 12 months, seems a bit pricey to me.


I've just tried to find details on the AA warranties, but can't seem to find anything on their site, will maybe give them a call unless anyone can point me in the right direction?

[Munter]

Garlick said:

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

I bet being forced to do that stung a bit!

[Big_Dog]

I have a dealer supplied warrantee with Carcare Plan, they have approved payment for an ECU on my 02 X5. Seem knowledgable and helpful on the phone. Wont pay the £55 diagnostic but the rest of the bill is £835 so I am pretty happy with that. They sent an engineer to the repairer to make sure he wasnt taking liberties too.

[300bhp/ton]

siwebster said:

Garlick said:

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

Just had a quick look and they want £350 for just 12 months, seems a bit pricey to me.


I've just tried to find details on the AA warranties, but can't seem to find anything on their site, will maybe give them a call unless anyone can point me in the right direction?

I noticed Tesco have stopped doing these, wonder if the AA have too?

[mike325112]

300bhp/ton said:

siwebster said:

Garlick said:

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

Just had a quick look and they want £350 for just 12 months, seems a bit pricey to me.


I've just tried to find details on the AA warranties, but can't seem to find anything on their site, will maybe give them a call unless anyone can point me in the right direction?

I noticed Tesco have stopped doing these, wonder if the AA have too?

I think you can only buy them when you buy a car from sleected traders - at least thats what IO found when I bought mine from a supermarket. Thumbs up for the AA though - £1600 bill paid for an ECU on the 1 series.

[siwebster]

Thanks for the replies guys.

The warranty offered seems to cover anything mechanical and electrical that wouldn't be consumable or a wear and tear type item, so seems ok for the money to me.

Anything else that crops up for them I can do myself within a few hours and parts are pretty cheap for Vauxhalls.

[Galsia]

Avoid Olympic Warranties like the plague. They claim to fix everything except wear and tear items. Suddenly when you need to make a claim, everything it wear and tear...

[krallicious]

Galsia said:

Avoid Olympic Warranties like the plague. They claim to fix everything except wear and tear items. Suddenly when you need to make a claim, everything it wear and tear...

Utterly st company

[300bhp/ton]

Garlick said:

Worth a call http://pistonheads.warrantydirect.co.uk/

wow, that site is f*ing expensive.

I assume they got me confused and assumed I was applying for a mortgage.

[s1rallyemark]

I'm with warrantywise and i'm just claiming for a broken front spring atm. They are going to replace both and pay for 95% of the labour so no complaints from me (mind you i havent actually had the work done yet!).

[phumy]

It is dearer than what i pay for my extended warranty from BMW by more the 100 pounds...