10 year / 160,000 warranty?

What about Subaru, 3 years unlimited kms. My old man runs up about 160,000 to about 220000kms in his subaru in 2.5 years and sells them with warranty hahaha

But 10 years.... long time.

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Aaaaah...but what is the catch? You may have to have servicing by the warrantor for the full ten years. Any warranty work that may occur will be offset by the lucrative servicing charges. Still, a nice new Pajero with 10 years warranty is inviting!

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I have been watching this Mitsubishi mob.

They seem to be ahead of other makes here in Oz.

Magna - all wheel drive 1st .........then Holden then Ford

The features they have as standard creep onto other makes within a year or two then everyone goes ooohhh & aaaaahhhh when the popular puss buckets get 'em.

Not a fan of any car, 4bees a different tune, I say go gettum Mitzi

This is what Mits is offering on the Magna

5yr 130,000km bumper to bumper Transferable
A further 5yr 30,000k drivetrain warranty, original owner only.

More than 62% of mitsubishi's sales are govt gimme sales, to keep the No's up, they wont get the 10 yr warranty, and with the .0 something % market share it doesnt leave alot of vehicles to cover for that period......

Toyota offer 7yrs including accessories if fitted at time of purchase, upto 160000km

is their troubles really due to people not liking the design shape size etc

or is it that we ozzies, prefer rear wheel drives with grunt!

As I understand it Mitsu Australia's problems stem from overseas.

Mitsu japan has been losing enormous amounts of money and that reflects badly here as they are desperately trying to rationalise the worldwide operations.

So plants may close here due to more efficient (read profitable) plants existing elsewhere. Or they close due to lowering demand for the product they produce due to cancellation of certain models.

This gives them an enormous PR problem worldwide.

Make no mistake about it, Mitsubishi IS in Trouble. But no-one seriously expects them to go under at this stage. That would be a disaster for the Japanese economy at a time when they can't afford one. Their financial system is already shaky and the failure of a major manufacturer would plunge their entire economy into crisis.

What may happen is that certain areas local manufacturing will close.

And even if Mitsu's Adelaide plants were to close (and the SA Government will do its level best to make sure that doesn't happen) the brand would, in all likelyhood still be on sale here. Just as Mazda, Honda, Subaru, Renault, Citroen etc. etc. are available here.

What they are trying to overcome with this warranty offer is the public perception that Mitsubishi Service etc won't be around to supply spares and service for the car. Bollocks.

Peter

There is a catch guys.

Have been told the 10 year warranty only applies to the original owner from new. It ceases if the car changes owners.

Someone might be able to confirm this.

We just bought a Magna Sedan, and they only mentioned the 5 year warranty. First we have heard about 10 years. The 1st Service / inspection was completely FREE and then they are serviced at 15,000km intervals and there is no requirement to have it done at one of their dealerships.

When we bought our previous Corolla the Toyota dealer said that we had a free extended warranty of 6 years and extra kms. The catch was that every 3 months of a set number of kms the car had to be returned to them for service at a set fee of $175 per service for a little Corolla. No wonder they can give a free extended warranty when they charge those rates. Needless to say it never went back to Toyota for service.

Yeah they are doing some pr work because of the shaky situation, as said. Wouldn't be surprised if mitsu aust closes but mitsu japan will keep on as usual. We just aren't a big player in world markets, hell have a look at the vehicles we dont get here to tell you that.. Geez mitsu only just started bringing the EVO here and thats only on a low volume compliance. The mitsu dealers will carry on as usual. I even thought about showing my support for them since i am buying a new car for the missus, had a look at the the lancer with all the free fruit thrown in, DANG thats one ugly interior, can see why they have to throw in the shiny goodies to take your attention away...

Was in the audio store the other day getting some extra cables etc, for home and there was the sony rep in, got talking with him and another guy , sony aus sells about 8 million a year he said, in New York alone - about 6 billion........ Hmm wonder why they dont rush here with the new toys..

Funny isn't it !

Car manufacturer in trouble - low sales.

So they offer extended warranties to original owner only.
Now that is NOT going to encourage you to trade your vehicle every year is it ???

Methinks they need to come up with a strategy to encourage faster turn over.

Ken

Its not all it seems
My 02challenger came with free serviceing to 60,000 ,thats ok ,warranty period is
100,000k but dont try to get anthing fixed they just dont want to know you or are just incompenent even emails to mitsubishi dont get a reply. They hope you just go away .The warranty is useless if they wont fix things
Mick