There are some good and some bad warranties and warranty companies.
I’ve had the good experience where I had a tiptronic gearbox fail on a grey import with a third party used car warranty. I wrote on the claim that it failed catastrophically all of a sudden with no warning signs apparent before-hand and ended up with a new gearbox fitted at no cost to myself.
Clearly, you need to be a bit wise on what warranty to choose, if any, and then how you claim for any failure.
The failure of a damper/shock absorber, for instance, on a 4 year old car – this isn’t an expected failure, and really to be fair is a premature failure. Everyone knows it to be premature, but also that it probably wouldn’t be covered by *any* warranty. At 4 years, it’s a slightly grey area, but I wouldn’t expect any joy from a warranty. This, my friends, is the cost of motoring… things can break…
Cheerz
Mark H
// ’17 Nitrous Blue // Forged Alloys // Michelin Super Sports // Painted Calipers // Sync 3 // Lux Pack // Winter Pack // Black Gel Spoiler Badges // Blue Gel Wheel Inserts // GTechniq Liquid Crystal // GTechniq Alloy Armour // sold Jun ’18