Extended Warranty

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Janet Fitzmartin

You guys are great! I'm usually skeptical about extended warranties on other
items but started getting uneasy about my 3-year warranty expiring on my
sub, although I haven't had any mechanical or other problems so far.

Thanks loads.
elg
 
Has anyone ever wondered why a reliable car manufacturer like Subaru would
offer one of the shortest factory warranties of any car maker? I believe
that even most American cars now come 5yr 50-60k miles, and imports have for
years! What is Subaru afraid of? I love my wrx, but 3yr/36k isn't a lot by
modern standards...

Mike
 
Has anyone ever wondered why a reliable car manufacturer like Subaru would
offer one of the shortest factory warranties of any car maker? I believe
that even most American cars now come 5yr 50-60k miles, and imports have for
years! What is Subaru afraid of? I love my wrx, but 3yr/36k isn't a lot by
modern standards...

The Matrix / Vibe is 3/36 as a Pontiac and 5/60 as a Toyota.

Figure that one out! <G>

Barry
 
Mike said:
Has anyone ever wondered why a reliable car manufacturer like Subaru would
offer one of the shortest factory warranties of any car maker? I believe
that even most American cars now come 5yr 50-60k miles, and imports have for
years! What is Subaru afraid of? I love my wrx, but 3yr/36k isn't a lot by
modern standards...

The Subaru website says powertrain is 5yr/60k miles.
 
3/36 is bumper to bumper. 5y/60 is for the powertrain on my 2000
Subaru. Unfortunately they say wheel bearings are NOT part of the
power train but to any reasonable person it is.
 
By powertrain they mean Tranny and diff, right? Perhaps CV joints too?
That doesn't mean engine, does it? I thought it was 3/36 for everything,
5/60 for rust and emmissions...

Mike
 
Mike said:
Has anyone ever wondered why a reliable car manufacturer like Subaru would
offer one of the shortest factory warranties of any car maker? I believe
that even most American cars now come 5yr 50-60k miles, and imports have for
years! What is Subaru afraid of? I love my wrx, but 3yr/36k isn't a lot by
modern standards...

Mike

They all pick the strategy that makes the greatest profit. Hyundai had a
terrible reputation so they went to a 10yr/100K warranty. Toyota's standard
warranty isn't very good, but they don't need to give a warranty away to
sell their cars.

-John
 
Edward Hayes said:
3/36 is bumper to bumper. 5y/60 is for the powertrain on my 2000
Subaru. Unfortunately they say wheel bearings are NOT part of the
power train but to any reasonable person it is.

Dealer fixed a leaky seal under my powertrain warranty on my '98 Forester.
Only problem it had until damned PT Cruiser wrecked it 2 years ago. If I
had paid for a warranty it would have been money down the drain.
Frank
 
Five year unlimited kilometres Warranties on Subarus in Australia at the
moment. Standard warranty is 3 years unlimited.
 

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