This car has 69K miles on it and is a 1996. The lexus dealership where I bought it wanted to sell me a bum ext warranty for 5 grand. I am wanting one up to 100K that covers most everything. I know it will be hard because of the age..what are my options?

thanks!!

 

It's not worth it. Great chance is, for the next 30K mile, you'll be spending way less than the $5K on repair (warranty doesn't cover maintenance wear/tear anyway).

I spent $230 on repair for my '98 E320 on the 43K mile that I've put on it (Air Mass Sensor).

The maintenance (tire, brake, oil change, filter...) run another $1.5K. But even w/ warranty, I still have to pay for it anyway.

The best option you have is to bring it to a trust worthy mechanic, and have the car check out, and fixed problems before it escalate. And set aside a thousand or two for unexpected repair. The I-6 engine is very easy to maintain & repair, so a trust worthy independent mechanic is all you need to keep the car in good shape, no need of stealer rip-off.

The biggest problem w/ the I-6 engine (on all E320 prior to '98 V6) is the head gasket leak. Fix it to prevent oil leak and burn, and that's all. The I-6 is one of the most reliable engine MBnz ever built. I've seen an E320 with 260K mile on it, and guess what ? the only major repair was the head gasket !!!

If you own 2003 or later E320, that's another issue. You will need extend warranty, that car has so much computer stuff, no pocket can handle the repair.

 

If the Lexus dealer can sell you a 2nd party extended warranty or service warranty, then you can probably find one on your own. Typically, if the car has less than 100k miles, you can buy some sort of service warranty. Though there may be an overall vehicle age limitation.

1. This topic has been disussed before on this forum, so I would first do a search for a good vendor.

2. Then I would search the net, but be careful. Like many other insurance sites, your email may get huge amount of spam after filling out online forms. If they have a phone number, then call them first.

From my experience with a Heritage service warranty with my '94 BMW 540, I had good luck the 1st year, with the bimmer, it actually paid for itself. In a single service, the entire driveshaft was replaced, new transmission mounts, driver's side head gasket (V8), and all of the misc. parts to put it back together were covered. Almost $5000 worth of parts and labor. All work was done at the BMW dealer and they worked with Heritage.

Then at the end of the warranty, I had bad luck. The auto transmission seemed to be slipping under hard acceleration. The BMW dealer agreed that "something" was wrong with the transimission, but could not repair it. The auto trans is a remove and replace item for the dealer. No internal work is done. But, for the Heritage warranty, the malfunctioning part must be identifed to be covered. It was suggested to take the car to an independent transmission shop, like "AMCO". I eventually found a shop that would take the transmission apart. When they test drove the car, they indicated that there was no problem. This was probably due to lack of experience with working/testing BMW transmissions. I ended up trading the car in for my E320. I could of found a real transmission shop, but it was becoming a real time sink.

My last suggestion is to speak with the shop or dealer that is going to work on your car most of the time. Find out which aftermarket service warranties they deal with. At the dealer, the service manager may or may not work with you here. They want you to buy the MBZ warranty. The independent may tell you which companies are easiest to work with.


Good luck,

rob

 

Try these guys,highly recommended.

http://www.warrantydirect.com/index.asp?^

 

I click it and nothing comes up..thanks for the advice guys..hopefully they don't stick me with a 5 grand policy..whats the most mileage I could buy a warranty for? It would be nice to have an additioanl 60k warranty although I doubt I can get it

 

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