I believe if you buy it before the warranty expires, you can buy an extension to the existing Mercedes warranty. That’s what I was told when I bought my 2016 S550 and I will find out for sure next year.

Years ago I had a non-factory warranty and was very unhappy with it. It had deductibles for each and every occurrence, required non Mercedes parts to be used when available and had a number of exclusions that the factory warranty did not. Ultimately just ignored it because it was too big of a pain in the butt

Let us know what you find out.

This is consistent with what I heard when I bought my car and I understand that it is NOT necessary to bring it to CPO standards to obtain the extended factory warranty. So the only conditions I am aware of are (1) your car is still within the factory warranty, (2) you buy the extended warranty from a MB dealer and (3) you are prepared to lay down some significant $. In terms of (3) I heard it was about $2k per year and you could have 1 or 2 years. I would love to know if this was the actual case.

Good luck.

I spoke with a MB dealer regarding this issue and here's what I was told.

For a MB not purchased thru a MB dealer, the MB extended warranty can be purchased but the car must first be inspected by the MB dealer and receive the CPO designation. Here's how it's done.

1) The car obviously has to meet MB CPO requirements. It does not have to be under MB factory warranty,

2) (This is the big one) The car must go thru the MB dealers inventory. This means you would sell the car to the dealer and then they would sell it back to you with the CPO designation. It would then be eligible for the extended MB warranty.

For sure, the cost of this service could be quite high. This makes sense to me, though, as I'm sure MB dealers don't want MB's being brought to them after being purchased from non MB dealers wanting the extended MB warranty and the benefits there of. After all, the owners didn't invest in such businesses to sell warranties.

Remember guys, I'm just the messenger.

Jud Chapin, i agree with okbarnett. Before I bought my S550 I checked the extended warranty issue with the local MB dealer. What you are talking about is the CPO warranty extension, not an extension of the original factory warranty. I just went back to the local dealer’s website and checked (I had originally talked to a person rather than looking at the website and when you talk to them in person there’s a little more detail provided—other than the actual cost, which they say has to be determined at the time). That said, here is the link:

https://www.fjmercedes.com/extended-...y-information/

Be sure sure to click on the “New Vehicle Extended Limited Extended Warranty” link, not the CPO link. Now I am not recommending this particular dealer since they are known for having the highest prices in the region, but it shows you that an extended factory warranty is available. There is allegedly “no complicated paperwork to process, no deductibles and no hassles”. All you need is lots of $.

Nice Jud, please let us know the details if you go down this path. I will be following shortly.

Hi all. I am in the process of getting an extended warranty on my 2016 S Class Coupe and there was a fair amount of misinformation previously posted (probably as provided by MB dealers who have their own agenda) and i wanted to let everyone know the true facts as i have gathered them so far (confirmed in writing by the local MB dealer).

First, we are talking about the “MB New Vehicle Extended Limited Warranty” issued exclusively MB dealers and sold by MB, not some aftermarket warranty.

The elements are as follows;
1. This applies to all MB cars that are currently covered by the original factory warranty. If your original warranty has expired then you cannot buy the extended warranty
2. The extended warranty covers used and second owner cars whether those cars were bought used from a MB dealer or a non MB dealer or privately (ie. Where you bought the car doesn’t matter}.
3. YOu do not need to have your car inspected. As long as the original warranty has not expired then you can buy the extended warranty. The reason is because MB is the issuer of the original warranty and so they can issue an extended warranty sight unseen because they would be liable under the original warranty anyway if there was an existing problem.
4. The extended warranty is very similar to the original warranty, it has no deductibles and a few more exclusions. It is good at all MB dealers. They say apart from the additional exclusions it is administered exactly like the original warranty.
5. If purchased in advance the extended warranty kicks in on the day your original warranty lapses
6. The extended warranty runs with the car and is transferable if you sell the car.
7. The pricing is based on either 1,2, or 3 additional years and is based on 75 or 100K aggregate miles. The following is the pricing that i was provided by the particular dealer i talked to:

Number of years commencing from end of original warranty and /total odometer miles (in thousands including mileage under the original warranty):

1/75 1/100 2/75 2/100 3/75. 3/100

$3,605 $4,353 $4,280 $4,928 $5,100 $5,963

So in my case i am likely to buy 3 extra years with a 75K mileage cap since I currently only have 20K miles on my car. So from this dealer it would cost me $5,100 for the 3 years of extended warranty.

Of course i have been told that selling extended warranties is a profit center for dealers and so i suspect i can find MB dealers that will undercut that pricing. I will be working on that and will let you know what i find out.

Actually Jud, you are talking about extending the MB Used Certified Pre Owned warranty. That is a totally different warranty from the MB New Vehicle warranty and has totally different pricing and rules for extending it. I was only talking about extending the original new warranty

Here is a link to a dealer website that explains the difference between extending a new warranty and extending a CPO warranty:

https://www.fjmercedes.com/extended-...y-information/

One other thing i would add to the discussion. There is talk about the alternative of buying an aftermarket extended warranty. I suspect they are cheaper but i would not consider it and there are several reasons.

First, long ago i got an aftermarket extended warranty with what was essentially an insurance company. They were awful to deal with, had deductibles and they required non MB parts to used “when available”. “Available” meant you could wait weeks until the part arrived. Also, they had to send an inspector out to the mechanics shop to approve the work in the first place (which often meant waiting additional days for the inspection itself) and they nit picked what was covered by warranty and what was not. So while i understand there are now better aftermarket companies in the marketplace, i would not want to go through that experience again. We all know what a MB warranty is and it is far better.

Second, I dont think my present S Class is a lifetime keeper for me like my prior CL Class. It just is not that great of a car. So I am likely to get rid of it soon. So I perceive if I try to sell the car with an extended MB factory warranty with say 3 years and 45,000 miles on it, that will make the car far more desirable to the prospective buyer than a car that has an aftermarket warranty (if i was buying a car i would not attribute any value to an aftermarket warranty—I would acknowledge it was there but it wouldn’t make any difference to my buying decision).

So for me, comparing merely from a pricing standpoint, a MB extended warranty to an aftermarket extended warranty is comparing apples to oranges.