Extended warranty - is it worth it
Looking at purchasing a class C motorhome - 2008 with about 30k miles on it. Warranty ranges from $1500 to $3200 bumper to bumper for 48 mos. I kind of feel like 48mos on a 2008 with 30k miles on it i...
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pnichols wrote:
In 2015 at ~60K miles going down the driveway at the beginning of a long RV trip our RV's E450 Ford TorqShift transmission blew.
After a 3-day delay and a $5600 transmission replacement bill, we were on our way again. I wish I had bought a warranty when we bought our RV new in 2006 - but would the warranty have paid for the transmission replacement 9 years after we had bought the RV with a warrantly?
(The good news is that the replacement transmission is way smoother and well-behaved than the original one that came in the chassis.)
I do know that the dealership i bought my RV at is a "lifetime warranty " dealership. Don't know if that is only on new units or not. But I know that at the end of my extended warrant period i can purchase another one. Which we probably do.
