Extended Warranty

if you do just be absolutely sure that's it's a fair dinkum factory extended warranty and not a dealer warranty

Bob

I would suggest you read the small print as well, a lot of them are not transferable so if you are not sure if you will keep it past the expiry of the standard warranty it will not add any benefit to any future owner.

Alan

Hi Bob,The only thing that I have concerns with are the service intervals,ie if you go a few days,weeks over their stated time/mileage ,that leaves them an out ,what if you are in the middle of Woop Woop when it is due ,and some will not do it earlier ,due to resetting the speedo ,and I guess it is guaranteed work for their service dept.In this day and age I believe vehicles are good for a lot more miles/ kms than what they used to be
Anyhow enjoy your new vehicle
John

Bob,
right or wrong I decided against extended warranty. There were just to many restraints for me. Time will tell if I stuffed up.

I don't know if yours is similar but things that shooed me away were the fact I had to get it serviced at the dealer I got the warranty at. Now, I could get it serviced at another dealer if I was away but when home I had to use our local dealer and they just don't inspire any faith in me at all and their pricing is very high. Mine is just out of warranty and the dealer service for my kilometres is $495, I got it serviced with a firm I trust, their price was $350 which included new air filter and brake system flush and replace.

I know what you mean about the common rail, especially the time it could take to fault find a crook sensor or even narrow it down to the actual fault.

I know the extended warranty for mine was about $2500. As said check the fine print and see what the extend warranty covers and any limitations.

Come on, are you going to give a hint as to what vehicle you are looking at.

Bob
I did not take it on my last purchase as a requirement of the warranty was that the dealer did all of the servicing

That wasn't going to happen for me

As far as i am aware you can have your vehicle serviced by any licensed mechanic ,there is no requirement to use a specific dealer for servicing.

On my last patrol i took extended warrenty ( bought the vehicle one month prior to original warrenty was due to expire ).Had a number of warrenty repairs.

All servicing was done by local mechanic, warrenty repairs were completed at nissan dealership, this is the same as an original manufacturers warrenty on a new vehicle.

All the best.

Gday Bob,
Do your own servicing from new.
Don't worry about warranty - it is not worth the angst.
The V8 Toyotas are well sorted now.
My 200 series was 2012 build has never been back to the dealer and have had zero problems. Very happy I didn't take up the $210 dealer servicing because it would have cost me a day every 6 months and I may have been dissatisfied with the quality of work as I am a bit picky. So my vehicle gets the good factory filters and the synthetic 5W30 oil so all is good.

interesting that the toyota extended warranty is actually an insurance product.
have a read herehttp://www.toyota.com.au/finance/insurance/warranty and then read the 'need more details?' on the right hand side of the page

Bob, depending on the cost, I'd say an extended warranty on a proven product like the Tojo you're buying is pretty much a waste of money.
Remember that Australian Consumer Law states that warranty claims are not limited to the manufacturers warranty limit period - but that warranty claims can be made outside the time limit, if it is proven the fault was poor workmanship, poor manufacturing quality, or the big catch-all - "goods not fit for purpose".
As someone who has bought hundreds of vehicles, machines, and equipment over more than 50 years, I can assure you that I've have got "factory" faults fixed at no cost or low cost to me, on many vehicles and machines, even when they were well out of warranty.
Sometimes you have to do a bit of roaring and get right up managerial peoples noses - but 99% of the time, manufacturers will come to the party, even if they just make an offer to cost-share the repair.
It's all about "reasonable expectations" - and if the motor blows in your GXL at 4 yrs old and with moderate kms, anyone with reasonable expectations would expect Toyota to come to the party with either a new motor, or at least compensation on a pro-rata repair cost basis.

Cheers, Ron.

Thanks everyone, for your thoughts and experiences.

Expecting delivery about the end of this month, so hope I can contain my excitement till then. :-)

Not planning any trips at this stage, but might do a run across to the coast to show the young grandson. He likes anything with an internal combustion engine!

Bob