Third party warranties?

[Charlieepie]

... unfortunately I don’t think there is a specialist in Cumbria!

My independent isn't a Jag specialist but he's never come up short on anything Jag related that I've asked him. He's just very competent.

We’ve got an independent that’s always been spot on with my fiancé’s cars - trouble is he’s driven a Hyundai Getz, a Ford Focus and a Hyundai i20 so not really comparable to the cat!
Maybe I’ll give them a go

[Hammers]

Not sure if the UK is the same as Australia, though our law is based on UK law. We have Australian Consumer Law which protects you against unreasonable failure of items but to the value the car is now worth. That is a car can't suddenly stop working after 3 years if that is the warranty period and so the manufacturer still needs to deal with you fairly in getting it repaired. It does mean you might need to argue with them but you are on the right side of the law in Australia. Extended warranty or independent warranty on used vehicles provides peace of mind but just been offered on a used car 3 year at over $4K by the dealer and when I have checked through insurers it is just over $2K (dealers rip you off). But even so it is a lot of money for something where I would likely at best collect on once and then it might be a few thousand. The conditions are also interesting in that unlike a standard warranty or insurance the warranty providers decision is final on any payout and they are under no obligation to payout. Rather have the argument with the manufacturer.

[Tel]

Hi all,

Car is coming up to a year in my ownership (time flies!) and I've got a month or so left of my year's warranty the garage (a main Toyota dealer - not Jaguar) sold it with. It's a 65 plate MY16 so it's a few years old now!

I've had a look at third party warranties (mainly AA or Warrantywise?) and I'm struggling to see if its worth it or not. The quotes I got when I looked a couple of months ago are around the £7-800 mark which I can afford but isn't a small sum of money if they're not worth the paper they're written on.

My main worries with my car are big failures - I know they're not hugely common but I've seen some horror stories, particularly about supercharger issues and fuel injectors (the failing - then getting stuck).

Has anyone got any particular recommendations (or 'definitely don't bother') for third party warranties? All the policies seem to be worded in a way so that they could weasel out of pretty much anything if I've not EXACTLY followed their protocol or if my service is 6 hours later than they think it should have been??

I should note I've had no major issues with the car since purchasing, its been mostly a dream! I have an intermittent warning light on my dash for the stability control which Jaguar have looked at but been unable to replicate, it occasionally flashes up and goes away immediately on engine start and never registers in the code reader. That is it and I'm hoping if that gets worse it'll be covered by my existing warranty anyway since I've reported it before.

Any thoughts? I've had a look through the first couple of pages of 'search' on the forum but most posts are about Jaguar extended warranty or specific issues with existing warranties.

With semi hand built cars, there are good ones and bad ones.

Generally speaking though the F-type is bulletproof. The V8 lump has certainly been out for many, many years installed in many models, the V6 not so well proven.

Problem with 'tinternet is you really only see the negative side of things, I believe this to be a minority.
This, I believe frightens people into believing they need the assurance of having a safety net....a bit like driving with DSC mode on or off, AWD vs RWD etc.

I for one, definitely advocate against any extended warranty, having learnt that after 8 years of trouble free motoring, anything that was going to be a potential issue would have raised its ugly head by now.
Warranties, like many insurances these days, pray on the minds of peoples paranoia, worry and anxieties, I guess they have always done that historically.

At the end of the day, you pay your money, you make the choice, but hopefully this may give a different view.

TOP TIP - I you want to enjoy your motoring, don't read what's on Farcebook F-Type groups, any of them.
It's full of absolute c0ckwobles giving such misguided and incorrect advice...I'm a member of them all!

[gasgas]

must agree with Tel, don't know how many made and on the road, would be intersting to see real figures of number V issues in say catogaries say £0- 250, £250- 1000, and over 1000, as its such a good car bet the numbers will be low