Glad I purchased an extended warranty.
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Glad I purchased an extended warranty.
Just had the first major repair on my GL450. An air strut was slowly and intermittantly leaking down. The cost of the repair was over $1,000. Chrysler service contracts is the warranty company. They paid for the repairs and, according to the dealership, quickly resolved the claim. 
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Doesn't really matter, you can't get one from Chrysler any more. Usually they were around $3K for 4 years or so if the car had low miles.
If you need a quote on a great warranty feel free to email me.
Bruce
If you need a quote on a great warranty feel free to email me.
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I dont need one my GL is a 2011 I was just curious because just a $1,000 repair wouldnt justify paying $3,000 quite yet. Ovbiously these warranty companies make money because they pay out less than what they charge, so they're making money by charging people more money that they would have paid. So people are rolling the dice hoping their car will take a **** and have alot of problems.
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I dont need one my GL is a 2011 I was just curious because just a $1,000 repair wouldnt justify paying $3,000 quite yet. Ovbiously these warranty companies make money because they pay out less than what they charge, so they're making money by charging people more money that they would have paid. So people are rolling the dice hoping their car will take a **** and have alot of problems.
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I paid MB $4K for an extension to the factory warranty on my 2011 GL - 6yrs/125K now... I know it's expensive, but based on my past experiences l feel it's a fair price.
For example, my 2005 LR3 had so much sh*t break that I wish I had an extended warranty - hydraulic suspension ($2K), electrical problems ($1K+), broken tail gate lock ($700), broken driver door lock ($400), broken seat heaters (would have been $700, but I chose to drive around with them broken than spend the money), speakers that would intermittently stop working (again, never fixed because I didn't want to dump more money into the car), broken water pump ($700), grinding in the front suspension/differential when making a left turn (who knows how much that would have cost? I just traded it in for a GL instead of fixing it), AUX input in rear seat didn't work (never spent the money to fix it), refrigerated cooler in center console broke (again, didn't waste money fixing it), spare tire crank wouldn't tighten all the way (so spare tire was lose and would dangle a bit under the car), etc....
I expect the GL will be more reliable than the POS Land Rover LR3, but it's nice to know that whenever something breaks it will get fixed.
For example, my 2005 LR3 had so much sh*t break that I wish I had an extended warranty - hydraulic suspension ($2K), electrical problems ($1K+), broken tail gate lock ($700), broken driver door lock ($400), broken seat heaters (would have been $700, but I chose to drive around with them broken than spend the money), speakers that would intermittently stop working (again, never fixed because I didn't want to dump more money into the car), broken water pump ($700), grinding in the front suspension/differential when making a left turn (who knows how much that would have cost? I just traded it in for a GL instead of fixing it), AUX input in rear seat didn't work (never spent the money to fix it), refrigerated cooler in center console broke (again, didn't waste money fixing it), spare tire crank wouldn't tighten all the way (so spare tire was lose and would dangle a bit under the car), etc....
I expect the GL will be more reliable than the POS Land Rover LR3, but it's nice to know that whenever something breaks it will get fixed.
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I bought my 2008 GL450 earlier this year and it still had the original warranty with it. Three months after purchase, the transmission had to be replaced and the dealer said the cost would've been $13K without the warranty. After that experience, I bought the extended warranty.
BTW, the transmission was the big repair. However, within this year I've had to take the GL to the dealer because of the tailgate not latching and the power steering leaking and seizing because of a loose connection. The car is excellent but 3 repairs this year made the extended warranty a no brainer for me.
It's for peace of mind and I'm hedging that something else may fail on the vehicle. =)
BTW, the transmission was the big repair. However, within this year I've had to take the GL to the dealer because of the tailgate not latching and the power steering leaking and seizing because of a loose connection. The car is excellent but 3 repairs this year made the extended warranty a no brainer for me.
It's for peace of mind and I'm hedging that something else may fail on the vehicle. =)
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