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Mav71 Member Since: 15 Nov 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 2575 |
Personally I would save your money. I ran my last FL2 for 4 years after the warranty ran out and it was fine. The warranty on my current FL2 runs out in a month and I am not bothering to extend it or buy another warranty.
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26th Oct 2015 6:26 pm |
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Chuckalicious Member Since: 23 May 2014 Location: Midlothian Posts: 1796 |
LR will likely contact you asking if you want to renew your warranty. Their full kahuna warranty is about £600 but from my own experience it is well worth it.
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26th Oct 2015 8:23 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 |
My son had a Porsche with Warranty Direct and found it hard going. Initially they sent out an engineer to inspect the car, then when we had a fan on one of the radiators fail so had to pay for dismantling to get the fan out before they would even consider it (£50 excess too). Then we had a headlamp washer problem (Xenon lights) and they said it wasn't covered. When he replaced it he bought from a Porsche Centre with extended warranty (very similar to LR in my experience and very helpful with any issues).
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27th Oct 2015 10:00 am |
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Metropolis Member Since: 14 Jun 2015 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 147 |
I have to agree. If you play by the rules and use the manufacturer approved route, if things go T.U. it's much easier to throw up your hands and say you have done everything you're told to do and now it's up to the manufacturer/dealer to sort it. Yes it's probably more expensive but you're paying for that ability to push back, and hard. Once the car is long in the tooth I agree it's uneconomic, but if you've paid upwards of £30K for a vehicle, it doesn't make sense (to me at least) to unnecessarily scrimp elsewhere and give the manufacturer/dealer an excuse to wash their hands. |
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27th Oct 2015 1:06 pm |
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dunkley201 Member Since: 09 Jul 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 2739 |
My experience of the LR warranty says it is the only way to go. It costs more but never any query/refusal. Posts I have seen here and elsewhere tell me Warranty Direct will quibble about anything just to avoid a payout. Not too trusting of Honest John either come to that. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)
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27th Oct 2015 3:34 pm |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
im another LRW user, never had an issue Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis |
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27th Oct 2015 4:18 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 |
Also don't forget that warranty Direct have a £50 excess on any claim and that the LR Warranty includes LR Assist and MOT failure (albeit with a £50 excess although they didn't charge me anything when I had a failure due to headlamp alignment). 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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27th Oct 2015 6:13 pm |
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WGG1848 Member Since: 01 Apr 2009 Location: Lancashire Posts: 136 |
Thanks for all your comments, much appreciated.
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27th Oct 2015 7:50 pm |
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PR Member Since: 31 Oct 2010 Location: South Glos Posts: 222 |
Well our 2008 plate one went wrong lots, but the repair bills were far less than the warranty would have cost, and we got an exgratia payment from Landrover to help with costs! 1998 300TDi Auto Disco, never to be forgotten. 2008 Auto TD4 Freelander2, now gone? 2013 Auto SD4 Freelander! A proud member of Landytown.com Visit our blog at http://paullizlifeontheopenroad.blogspot.com/ updated October 2017 |
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27th Oct 2015 8:14 pm |
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Loch Lomond Landy Member Since: 21 Jan 2013 Location: Loch Lomond Posts: 41 |
I went with Land Rover Warranty last month when mine reached 3 years. £595 for the higher cover option and will sleep well at night. |
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28th Oct 2015 6:21 pm |
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leonmac Member Since: 21 Jun 2012 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 4 |
We are in the same boat. I think the landrover warranty also includes breakdown cover.... That would be another £100 or so. (AA. RAC etc)
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29th Oct 2015 8:32 pm |
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Boroboy Member Since: 18 Sep 2012 Location: North Yorkshire. Posts: 293 |
Prob worth taking the warranty. Considering how much repair costs can cost. Landy has now gone. |
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29th Oct 2015 11:19 pm |
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Chuckalicious Member Since: 23 May 2014 Location: Midlothian Posts: 1796 |
I have had 2 extended warranties from LR now. First came with the car but after I used the warranty 3 times for repairs which cost more than £3k for the warranty company I renewed it this year. I am just about to have the throttle body replaced at an LR dealer which will likely cost close to or more than the cost of the warranty plus I still have 8 months cover left. FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
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30th Oct 2015 7:18 am |
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crockett Member Since: 16 Oct 2011 Location: Cornwall Posts: 99 |
Loch Lomond Landy, how did you manage £595. I've just renewed my Extended Warranty for another year and it was £795.00! Always did think things were more expensive down here…. |
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30th Oct 2015 9:51 pm |
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