Not LandRover I know but my wife has a Suzuki Swift 18 reg. She took it in for a service yesterday and when she collected it (£227) they said that Suzuki have started a scheme where if you have your car serviced by an authorised dealer then Suzuki give it a free extended warranty for a year and that they will do this every year until the car is 7 years old or 100k miles. Given that she already had an extended warranty which is due to renew at a price of £168 at the end of the month this is very welcome and sounds similar to adverts I have heard from Toyota. I guess it all comes down to reliability and confidence in the product but I can't see JLR ever doing something like this. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

My new Hilux is on the Toyota Scheme . They dropped the 5 year warranty , reduced it to 3 but extended to 10 if it receives an annual service in the Toyota network . I must admit I’ve got the Hilux booked in for the second warranty job in 3 months , the first being and ambient light in the door ( wasn’t plugged into the loom - why vehicles need glowing blue door trim is a whole other question ) sorted in an hour , secondly the stop start has packed in after 10 weeks*, it’s booked in for next week , so even the legendary Toyota reliability will have failures . Overall though I’m loving the truck , even at 17’3” it’s a doddle to park with front and rear sensors and 360 degree panoramic cameras . I’d love a new Defender though , best looking vehicle on the road , it’s like a grown up FL2 . I saw a new Ineos Grenadier out on the road yesterday , fully specced up demo car , it’s a bit of an ugly duckling .

* the stop start has not packed in . I’ve found a depressed button that I didn’t know was there . It express heats the cabin , but in doing so disables stop start . It’s nowhere near the stop :start cancel button . How I got pressed I do not know but it’s next to the front sensor selection button … too many buttons , not enough manual
. 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

Last edited by MartynB on 13th Jul 2023 7:37 pm. Edited 2 times in total

dorsetfreelander wrote:

Not LandRover I know but my wife has a Suzuki Swift 18 reg. She took it in for a service yesterday and when she collected it (£227) they said that Suzuki have started a scheme where if you have your car serviced by an authorised dealer then Suzuki give it a free extended warranty for a year and that they will do this every year until the car is 7 years old or 100k miles. Given that she already had an extended warranty which is due to renew at a price of £168 at the end of the month this is very welcome and sounds similar to adverts I have heard from Toyota. I guess it all comes down to reliability and confidence in the product but I can't see JLR ever doing something like this.

I always believe that a good warranty, new or second-hand, shows that the seller has faith in the goods.

My extended LR Warranty, with recovery, helps my peace of mind, even if I have to pay for it. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

MartynB wrote:

My new Hilux is on the Toyota Scheme . They dropped the 5 year warranty , reduced it to 3 but extended to 10 if it receives an annual service in the Toyota network . I must admit I’ve got the Hilux booked in for the second warranty job in 3 months , the first being and ambient light in the door ( wasn’t plugged into the loom - why vehicles need glowing blue door trim is a whole other question ) sorted in an hour , secondly the stop start has packed in after 10 weeks, it’s booked in for next week , so even the legendary Toyota reliability will have failures . Overall though I’m loving the truck , even at 17’3” it’s a doddle to park with front and rear sensors and 360 degree panoramic cameras . I’d love a new Defender though , best looking vehicle on the road , it’s like a grown up FL2 . I saw a new Ineos Grenadier out on the road yesterday , fully specced up demo car , it’s a bit of an ugly duckling .

The Son has a MG3 (as did my late wife), if it is dealer serviced (£250) they extended the warranty by a further year and added a years AA with recovery.

Now the bad news, in 5 years they have never needed the AA, and only the satnav has developed a fault - which MG resolutely refused to fix. It's a millennium type bug where it resets back 20 years when the date reached August 2019. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

Exactly!
It’s easy enough to offer long warranties if it’s hard to get a claim accepted.