Extend Warranty Questions

[Raydog]

I may be in the same boat (thinking about ext. warranty). I'm just glad that the warranty is 4 years and not 3. Mine is up at the end of Oct. (currently have 38k mi).

In the past few months I had a lot of warranty items fixed/replaced (marker light noise, side mirror, falling apart chrome fuel door, rear wiper fluid pump, etc.). Just recently had the check engine light go on. Had the fuel cap message come on too, so thought it was just a broken fuel cap. I've driven with it for a while. Finally got it in today thinking I'd be in and out with a new fuel cap (dealer is about an hour drive away, so it isn't easy) and the service mgr said yep I need a new fuel cap, current one isn't sealing... oh and your rental is coming because you need a new head.

I'm lucky its under 50k mi and under 4 years, or that would have been one heck of an added expense I didn't need right now.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Well its been 8 days and only 3 replys...this site is really slowing down...I'm at the dealer now for some alignment work and am going to question the pricing on the GM X-tend-warr here...but will also look at the site mentioned above...My Moms H-3 only has about 14000 miles but her time is up in Jan 2010 also...so I have to worry about 2 H-3's. could be talking about $7500 total for both...a lot to pay but its a gamble either way...Would like to hear morehonest opinions...!

[H3SOCAL]

yeah i've been watching your post to see if there were any replies, it sure has slowed down here, i saw that there is another hummer blog.

i'm in the same boat getting real close to 50k, so after talking to a lot of car peeps, i decided to buy the ext, warranty 3 more yrs, 45k more miles for $2700.

just in case, peace of mind, and if i resell that may help resale.

[wpage]

Is there is real advantage to the cost of the ext warrentee? The H3 is reliable and for the costs of these plans and the limits imposed...

My plan is up in September and over 4 years there has never been a problem with mine requireing warrentee work. The freedom of taking it wherever I want for issues is important to me.

[HummerMann]

Personally, I'm not a big fan of extended warranties. My daughter had a bad experience with US Fidelis and her Impala, to the point of taking the matter to the Better Business Bureau. I'm taking the money I would have put in the warranty and setting it aside for any future problems. A lot of what I'm going to do depends on what happens to Hummer in the future - meaning whether I keep and maintain this one, or trade it in for a 2010 or 2011.

[H3 Hummer 64]

I just bought a GMPP Major Guard warranty, 4 years 40,000 miles with zero deductible for $1,190. My H3 is a 2006 but I only have about 23,500 miles on it now. If you bought the warranty before the vehicle hits 24,000 miles it falls into a much cheaper bracket. Also since I bought it from a Pontiac Dealer I don't think the guy knew about the $330 or whatever surcharge he was suppose to tack on for Hummers.

[pool_shark]

In my opinion extended warranties are very useful provided you have a good one.

It's not just about the best price, it's about the best coverage.

I had an extended warranty with warranty direct when I had my Blazer. Using it for the repairs more than paid for itself.

I had problems with the U joints every year, the rear wiper motor, the 4 wheel drive stopped shifting, broken ball joint, etc.

Getting all of those things fixed over the years I think I paid about $20 out of pocket the warranty covered everything else.