QOTD: What Are Your Extended Warranty Horror Stories?

by Tim Healey

Published: August 1st, 2024

qotd what are your extended warranty horror stories

Today we showed you that CarChex got put on the hook by the FTC for deceptive practices. The extended-warranty peddler faces a large settlement.

I've seen the horror of extended warranties from one side of the service desk -- I imagine a few of you had problems as customers.

So, tell us about them.

If you had to fight like hell to get a repair covered or found out about a deductible by surprise or something of that nature, let us know.

Or maybe it went better than you expected. We welcome positive stories, too. Though the horror stories are usually more fun.

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Dlc65688410 on Aug 03, 2024
Has anyone bought an extended warranty for a Toyota or Lexus?

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- MGS1995 on Aug 03, 2024
  I did for the 2018 Sienna that I bought in 2019. I was leery about the over abundance of tech and thought it was $1000 well spent for 5 years and 125k miles. It turned out to pay for itself , not for the tech but for the rear AC lines that failed at around 50k.
  
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Aja8888 on Aug 04, 2024
New bought one and never will.

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