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mariontl wrote:
Hello, Sorry to hear you have had such an expensive year.
Husband and I are in the process of buying our first RV - Class A Itasca Sunova 2005. Husband wants to buy the extended warranty the dealership is trying to push, at a cost of $4,300 Canadian, for 4 years of coverage. They are also saying if we get our financing through them instead of our credit union they will knock off 500 dollars from the cost of warranty. Staying with our own financing though. Husband wants to get the extended warranty and I am leaning towards not wanting to.
Your post here tells me the warranty is most likely not worth the money,because your $10,000 expenses for one year is only covered by warranty for $ 2,000 of it. The dealership is doing the inspection right now (RVDA Canada certified) and I am thinking we should trust this but husband thinks we should hire a mechanic at a cost of probably $ 500. We are new to RVíng and we are not mechanically inclined.
My guess would be that you would not advocate buying a warranty that is only good for 4 yrs, at a cost of $4,300 ? ( That coverage cost is for the drive train and coach)

If you decide to go with an extended warranty, read exactly what is covered and what is not. When we bought our previous coach ('08 Monaco Dynasty-new), the dealer offered a bumper to bumper warranty for over $8,000.

I took the information home and was shocked at what was NOT covered. What gets me, is that some parts are not covered if a non covered part causes the failure of a covered part.. WHAT? We said no.

Luckily, in the 7.5 yrs. that we owned the coach, I don't think we had $8,000 in repairs (not counting regular maintenance, tires and batteries).

I also don't like the delays and hoops that the extended warranties make a person go through (that's just me). You read about that stuff all the time. I know there are people here that have had good luck with warranties but I really believe that they are the exception rather than the rule.

Since you are looking at a 10 yr. old coach, I can't imagine what the extended warranty would cover so read it VERY carefully.

Good luck,
MM.