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Offline simonkit

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VW extended warranty - any experience?
« on: 12 November 2011, 10:13 »

 My MK5 GTI is just reaching 3yrs old and I've received a letter from VW about the extended warranty - the quote is £296 limited to 15,000 miles (fine for me) and includes roadside assistance.

Mine's a manual not a DSG so that's not to worry about and I had the aircon compressor replaced under warranty about 12months ago

Obviously it's a bit like doing the lottery - you might or you might not!!

What do people think?

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Simon

Offline apie2004

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Re: VW extended warranty - any experience?
« Reply #1 on: 12 November 2011, 11:36 »
How long is 15,000 miles in years?

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Re: VW extended warranty - any experience?
« Reply #2 on: 12 November 2011, 11:38 »
average miles for a year is 10-12k - AVERAGE - apparently - Steve PD, you dont count  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: VW extended warranty - any experience?
« Reply #3 on: 12 November 2011, 11:41 »
My dad has extended warranty on his A4, it saved him thousands :wink:

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Re: VW extended warranty - any experience?
« Reply #4 on: 14 November 2011, 13:21 »
I took out VW Extended Warrenty on my Mk5, only made the one claim (in the final year) which was more than the cost of the 3 years it covered, so worth it in my view.

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Re: VW extended warranty - any experience?
« Reply #5 on: 14 November 2011, 17:53 »
Sounds fairly reasonable to me as if almost anything goes wrong it is going to cost more than £300 to repair at the main dealer.

I take it is a one year extended warranty limited to 15,000 miles not an extended warranty for the next 15,000 miles?
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