warranty questions

[risingson]

so this is the first car ive had with a warranty, so i really dont know anything about it.. it expires next year and then after that i want to purchase an extended warranty..so my questions are.. there are no service records for my car.. no oil changes noted in the service manual.. but i was reading the warranty and it said those things are supposed to be kept... so if i bring it in, are they going to tell me i have no warranty? .. and then what would they say if i purchased an extended warranty?and how does warranty work, work? i thought a warranty meant repairs are free, but thats not the case, is it? .. how much do repairs and replacements cost?thanks for learnin me

[telcoman]

so this is the first car ive had with a warranty, so i really dont know anything about it.. it expires next year and then after that i want to purchase an extended warranty..so my questions are.. there are no service records for my car.. no oil changes noted in the service manual.. but i was reading the warranty and it said those things are supposed to be kept... so if i bring it in, are they going to tell me i have no warranty? .. and then what would they say if i purchased an extended warranty?and how does warranty work, work? i thought a warranty meant repairs are free, but thats not the case, is it? .. how much do repairs and replacements cost?thanks for learnin me

Hey risingson

Welcome to NICO

Ahhh Minneapolis. Daughter did her first year law at Univ of MinnesotaHow's Grandma's pub? Hope its still there?

Anyway see zerothread/295550

Nothing is free and if it sounds too good to be true it probably is?The Infiniti G is a fantastic automobile but if you spend some time reading posts on this forum you will quickly discover that there are some G owners posting info so that you would not want to buy a used G35 from. The advantage of a used car is that some of the depreciation is gone and results in a lower price.The advantage of a new one is that no one has abused or beat the $#it out of it.Take your G to a dealer and get an estimate of what it would cost to bring it under warranty or certify that all required maintenance has been done. They can check under the VIN number. One only has to drop the oil pan and perhaps remove the valve covers to determine if regular oil changes were performed? If the vehicle is not in good shape sell it & put the $$$ towards a new one. If the vehicle is in good shape put the money for an extended warranty in a separate bank account and add small amounts every month.IMHO I do not believe in extended warranties because of loopholes and exclusions. Insurance companies are notorious for finding ways not to pay.

Telcoman

[Kendahl]

If all service work (oil changes, inspections, etc.) has been done by Infiniti dealers, they should have records. I believe this will be true even if more than one dealer was involved. It is legal for you to take the car to non-Infiniti shops for service, but you need to have records to prove that the work was done on schedule.

Extended warranties are a real crap shoot. To begin with, the price of the warranty gets split up four ways -- dealer commission, insuror overhead, insuror profit, and actual repair costs. Only the last of these does you any good. It's like gamb|ing; you can strike it rich but, on average, the casino wins. Extended warranties have loopholes, such as deductibles, that reduce the amount the insuror pays on a claim. There is likely to be a long list of things the warranty doesn't cover at all. You need to read and understand every last word in the fine print so that you know, in advance, how much isn't covered. Many extended warranties are underwritten by fly-by-night insurors without the resources to cover a lot of claims. If the insuror goes broke, the warranty becomes worthless.

I can see two reasons for buying a good extended warranty. One reason is that you can't afford to pay for an expensive repair yourself. Buying the warranty transfers the risk of an unexpected huge expense to the insuror. The other reason is that your car is a lemon that has needed a lot of warranty work. However, if the car has been reliable so far, I wouldn't expect it to fall apart as soon as the original warranty expires.

If you were planning to pay cash for an extended warranty, consider putting the same amount into a money market savings account. If you need work done that would have been covered by the warranty, pay for it out of the account. Since Infinitis have a good record for reliability, I suspect that you will still have money in the account when the extended warranty would expire.

[Q45tech]

Good mainteance above and beyond the minimums for severe use is a financial decision that depends on how long after warranty you want to keep the vehicle. Spend now to defer spending on items later.

Obviously engines and transmissions are expensive to replace, other systems are just a few thousand each [X5] and won't fail all together, so concentrate your resources on engine and transmission.

[risingson]

the car is super clean.. 38k when i bought it.. drove it home from chicago.i just want a warranty since this is the nicest car ive ever had (damn im excited).but i was looking at extended warranties a while ago and stumbled upon a site that was a fortune 500 company and it covered bumper to bumper and wear and tear, no deductable and like 6 years 70k for about a G. so i was like that aint nothin.but come to think of it, it has a power train warranty till 2010..i was just asking all of this cuz i want to take it in and see if theres any engine maintenance to be done.do i have to pay for stuff when i take it in?

[Q45tech]

ALL MAINTEANCE [fluids and filter replacement. brakes, tires, shocks, belts, hoses, rubber isolated items are wear and tear and solely at the owners expense].

Failure to have LEGAL written records showing/proving oil/filter changes every 6 months [180 days] or 7,500 miles since day one brand new will/can void your engine warranty at Nissan's option.

[risingson]

thanks, that helps alot..do i have to pay labor costs, or just parts?

[Q45tech]

A Dealer is independent service facility and all non warranty work: parts and labor is paid by customer as they see fit to charge.

Nissan has nothing to do with service department other than they have a volume discount on labor hours since they are dealers biggest customer.All warranty work must be authorized and approved by Nissan before the service department undertakes such work.

Service departments are totally separate from used cars, new cars, or the parts department. All of which pay the parts department for parts.

There is no free lunch unless something covered actually fails!