Neecies wrote:
Bob, to bed honest we didn't check into the mfgr's warranty--we just called Good Sam because it occurred on a Sunday and we had no other option for getting back on the road where we were. The Roadside Assistance membership covered the "service call", but we were liable for $87, a prearranged 'book' price, in parts and labor--for what turned out to be a five minute service call. We already had the rig up on jacks to protect the rim so they didn't even have to do that. For $87, you could argue that we actually paid for most of the service call too.
And no, we didn't read the 'fine print' in the policy, but reasonably speaking who, after being told that this extended warranty policy covers tires--the salesman bragged on that point over and over--would not have expected a faulty valve steam to be covered? Anyway, the experience just points out what a poor decision it was to buy this coverage. (I thought so anyway: we'd have to have over $4000 in repair expenses to even break even--better to put that money in the bank and consider ourselves self-insured.)
What we should have done is punctured the tire with a knife--THEN it would have been covered.
I see, I was just wondering why you did not use the factory warranty, you can always submit the bill to the manufacturer but they usually will not pay for the service call, just the repair. For future reference remember, its rare the extended coverage policies re ever worth the money spent unless its a used motorhome, it would take an awful lot of work to make back that 4,000.
