Buick 4 yr 50,000 mile warranty

[jake75]

TV ad for 2006 Buicks mentioned a 4 year 50,000 mile warranty. That's new. Perhaps Buick is trying to add some value. I wish car compnaies would have warranty terms like Procare Auto Repair where is is xx,xxx miles or xx months whichever comes LAST! At about 7,000 miles a year I would have a 5 year warranty.

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »At about 7,000 miles a year I would have a 5 year warranty.I guess there are too many people like me who end up burning through the mileage way before the time limit. My factory warranty was toast well before I had the thing for two years. I found out about Buick a couple weeks ago, glad to see them do that. Warranty sells, whether you need to use it or not.

[northvibe]

i think chrysler has a 5yr warranty now??

[ColonelPanic]

I don't know about '06 but it was 3/36 bumper to bumper and 7/70 powertrain.Here is comparison of the various makes for the '05 model year.http://www.cars.com/go/advice/...ional

[millster]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »i think chrysler has a 5yr warranty now?? 3/36 only. The 7/70 got dropped, sadly.

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »TV ad for 2006 Buicks mentioned a 4 year 50,000 mile warranty. That's new. Perhaps Buick is trying to add some value. I wish car compnaies would have warranty terms like Procare Auto Repair where is is xx,xxx miles or xx months whichever comes LAST! At about 7,000 miles a year I would have a 5 year warranty.I actually first got wind of this back in july. my understanding though is that it has done little to boost sales.

[tnpartsguy]

Mainly because nobody knows about it......I work for a Buick dealer, and this is the 1st I've heard of it!

[ColonelPanic]

That's a shame that they dropped it. It sounded like a good program too, since the warranty would transfer to a new owner, ideal if you're picking the car up used. Only a few of these manufacturers that offer long warranties do that.

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by tnpartsguy »Mainly because nobody knows about it......I work for a Buick dealer, and this is the 1st I've heard of it!Wow, talk about good communication. I learned about it first on a TV commercial. Say, Oldsmobile got a 5/60 warranty before GM killed them off... Maybe they're trying to boost sales and if that doesn't work, they almost have the warranty that Olds got before they died so they can run with that. I wouldn't want to see that though, actually. Buicks aren't all that exciting, but if I could afford it, I probably would actually enjoy something like a Lacrosse. (go ahead, laugh!)

[ToolGuy]

Yeah Chrysler dropped their 7/70 and reasons I read about where it was NOT part of the customers buying decision... What? I strongly feel it would be.My PT has it and it is a lease, I thought great the car will be under some kind of warranty the entire time I have the lease. Chrysler did not keep it for long before stopping it.

[mcgusto82]

all new GM's are now 4/50.

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by mcgusto82 »all new GM's are now 4/50.No they aren't. Only Buick, Cadillac, HUMMER and SAAB.

[jake75]

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »That's a shame that they dropped it. It sounded like a good program too, since the warranty would transfer to a new owner, ideal if you're picking the car up used. Only a few of these manufacturers that offer long warranties do that.Plus, if an engine component or tranny fails before 7 yr/70,000 miles it is usually due to a manufacturing defect so they very often end up making some sort of good will settlement anyway. Very few fail so I bet the cost of adding the 7/70 powertrain warranty to every car is less than $100. Now the bumper-to-bumper would involve a lot more claims.

[jake75]

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »I actually first got wind of this back in july. my understanding though is that it has done little to boost sales.This is something that is hard to measure. Maybe sales would have been even worse without the 4yr/50,000 warranty. Wonder how many picked Matrix over Vibe because of the 5 yr/60,000 mile Toyota power train warranty [I understand that the Vibe has than in Canada - maybe it's part of the national health insurance plan .]

[mcgusto82]

the warranty was actually driving me to the matrix.i just couldn't get past the no roof rack and bland ness.

[ToolGuy]

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »Plus, if an engine component or tranny fails before 7 yr/70,000 miles it is usually due to a manufacturing defect so they very often end up making some sort of good will settlement anyway. Very few fail so I bet the cost of adding the 7/70 powertrain warranty to every car is less than $100. Now the bumper-to-bumper would involve a lot more claims.DCX has a lot of trans failures before then though leaving the customer on their own... They are getting better though and the Benz influence certianly helps.

[northvibe]

yea i think the yota had a 5 yr? or 4yr warranty on it, but the options sucked bad and it was 2 grand more than the vibe....suckers

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »yea i think the yota had a 5 yr? or 4yr warranty on it, but the options sucked bad and it was 2 grand more than the vibe....suckersAnd Toyota (also Honda) doesn't give you roadside assistance either, I guess their cars don't break down or have morons like me buying their crap who have locked not one, not two, but THREE sets of keys in the car at one time. The free roadside assistance is sweet, I've had to use it a few times. lol! Yeah, I know, AAA is pretty darn cheap but free stuff from the manufacturer is always going to be cheaper. Of course you do get roadside assistance on the Prius - thank god, it looks like those poor guys with those things need all the help they can get! Luckily they don't have to pay to get the thing towed when it breaks down. lol

[Toolman]

Vibe has a 5yr 60k Powertrain? I am thinking so, anyway it has the roof rack so I can Put my bike on it.

[ColonelPanic]

3/36 for everything... The Cobalt and Aveo are the only two small GM cars that I know of that have a 5/60 powertrain warranty...

[Toolman]

Cobalt is nice, but mpg is dissapointing. The Aveo is small but still gets less mpg than the Vibe, we all own the best fuel millege GM vehicle and it is really a Toyota. GM needs to get their act together.

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by Toolman »we all own the best fuel millege GM vehicleWhat's this we stuff? lol! You guys might, but mine sucks down the gas worse than many V6's do, regardless of how it is driven. I thought I had it fixed there for a while, but it's back to sucking down the gas again.

[jake75]

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »3/36 for everything... The Cobalt and Aveo are the only two small GM cars that I know of that have a 5/60 powertrain warranty...Interesting - didn't know that! The Cobalt looks like a decent value for the 4-dr sedan types.

[jake75]

Quote, originally posted by mcgusto82 »all new GM's are now 4/50.Where did you get that information? Raging Fish seems to disagree.