AZTaco said:
I'm drawing in on my 36,000 mile mark and was thinking about an extended warranty. I would almost definately do it if I was buying used and had no idea how it was treated before. Since I'm the only owner I'm thinking the $1000+ (quote from dealer) would be a waste. But then there's my other side that can't decide a damn thing. For those that have it, is there so much fine print that they will rarely cover most things that may happen? I've got about 1400 miles (1-2 months to decide) so I thought I start the worrying now. Thanks in advance.
It depends ALOT on the dealer you will be using, and how much you may be wheeling, etc, the truck.. and don't even bother with anything other than the Toyota one, the platnium with $0 deductable, it covers everything but rubber seals, brake pads, and the clutch itself. All the others either have a deductable or limit what they cover, or if non-toyota you may have to fix it and then submit receipts or only that dealer will do work on it, etc, etc..
I had a good dealer, and probably had well over $8000 worth of stuff replaced, from rear wheel bearings and seals, to the TPS, to an entire rear axle houses, various seals (even if it was leaking only a tad they would replace them..) Drive shaft u-joints, carrier bearings, throw out bearings, CV's, etc.. Half the time when I brought it in for service they would find something and fix it under the warranty and I wouldn't even know until I picked it up... and this is with my truck, lifted and obviously used off-road. They were fair with it, they wouldn't replace everything, if it's something I obviously broke off-road they would deney it, but most times if it was border line they would replace it (like my rear axle houseing). Most of the money I saved was in labor, a seal may only be $25, but $300 in labor to replace it..