One More Extended Warranty Story (NAC)

[Steve Jensen]

Kent said:
> Of course, if his suggestion to "keep an eye on the rack" had raised
> the proper red flag, you could have said, "Fix it before I buy it," and
> saved yourself $500.

Yup, but the fault is not always evident at purchase.  I once bought a low
mileage Dodge, er, Egdod Omni GLH Turbo and my wife wanted to get the
extended warranty.  I was dead set against it as I had paid for a few and
had never made a claim.  The dealer finally sweetened the deal and we ended
up getting the warranty.

Lo and behold the 5 spd. transmission started making noise 3 months later.
Diagnosis was a seizing tranny, plus the fuel pump was getting noisy and
they replaced that as well.  Cost of the ext. warranty was $450, total cost
of the repairs (after the dealer successfully argued for a _new_, not
rebuilt, tranny) was $2400.

It's a coin toss, and many of them aren't worth the paper they are printed
on.

-Steve Jensen
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