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Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 25/3/2010

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Problem is the warranty doesnt usually cover wear & tear items which virtually everything is these days.

Doesnt cover the cost of finding the fault or electrical problems.

Waste of money, Buy from a reputable dealer & if it breaks & they dont help, take them to small claims.

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Really don't know why you would expect a dealer to sort out anything outside of their warranty period and why you would want to waste your time on small claims when they have no liability.

I have looked at these warranties but came to the conclusion that you needed at least one substantial failure outside of wear & tear every year to justify it and only one car in my 43 years driving has achieved that.

Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 25/3/2010

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Problem is the warranty doesnt usually cover wear & tear items which virtually everything is these days.

Doesnt cover the cost of finding the fault or electrical problems.

Waste of money, Buy from a reputable dealer & if it breaks & they dont help, take them to small claims.

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Really don't know why you would expect a dealer to sort out anything outside of their warranty period and why you would want to waste your time on small claims when they have no liability.

I have looked at these warranties but came to the conclusion that you needed at least one substantial failure outside of wear & tear every year to justify it and only one car in my 43 years driving has achieved that.

 If its any help to to you the reliabilityindex.co.uk is formulated by warrenty direct It makes for some very interesting reading  as to what are the good and the bad cars.A lot of the information is contrary to popular opinion, and a shock for some.

Poor old mercedes then.

I  had a warranty direct cover my Vauxhall Signum, but when you try and make a claim they wriggle out of it by saying it is wear and tear! My inlet manifold went and no3 injector and they would not pay out due to wear and tear, cost me over £1200 to fix. I personally would never have another warranty like that, they are not worth the paper they are written on!!!!!!

Good luck!!

Mark

Quote: Originally posted by samfan on 25/3/2010

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 Steve  .Be thankful you have a Mazda

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Yes but its 15 years old now. Still never let us down though.

Also got a Volkswagon and a vauxhall and a little surprised to see vauxhall (slightly) ahead of the volkswagon on the reliability index. All performing ok though.

I took out cover with warranty direct when my BMW came to the end of the manufacturers warranty.  Only had to claim once in 18 months but they paid up no problem and when I asked the dealer what the cost of the repair would have been to me, it was more than a years premiums.  So one claim a year would have been enough to make it break even.  I had the top cover, so I could take it to a main BMW dealer for any work, and it covered all the wear and tear items.

I had quite a few problems with the car while it was under manufacturers warranty, and that is the reason I took out the cover.  Thankfully the car behaved better once it was out of warranty.