LR extended warranty

[Jonny TVR]

I have a 2018 FFRR with 55k miles on it. Going forward mileage will be low. They have quoted £107 per month to extend the warranty! Of course I also need to get it serviced with them. I hate the costs of servicing at LR and would prefer to use my local specialist. Also at £1284 a year to extend warranty I think I would prefer to self insure/ take the gamble. What do you guys think?

[LaserTam]

You don't have to get it serviced with LR, but stipulate has to be V AT registered garage IIR.

I've had the LR extended warrant for 5 years on my 2012 Disco. But this year decided to bank the money and take a chance. I only do 5k miles a year without a pandemic, so seemed sensible. Its insurance at the end of the day, take a chance...

In my experience of LR warranty, used it a few times and they paid for the work each time. Comparing what I would have had pay in repairs against the warranty costs over 5 years, the warranty probably cost me slightly more, but only just. But that's based on stealer repair charges, i would take it a reputable indie now.

[The Leaper]

For the past 15 + years in succession I have had 3 V8 Jaguars (2 S Types and a XF) and a LR Discovery Sport, all from JLR main dealers. All came with a JLR warranty and in every case I extended the warranty.

As far as the Jaguars are concerned, the warranties were well worth while. For example for one of the S Types I had the auto gearbox fully replaced three times under the warranty.

I have had the Discovery Sport for over four years and I have extended the JLR warranty on two occasions now, and have not made a claim. The warranty cost £1025 in January, this including European breakdown, MoT, etc.

I do like peace of mind motoring.

Make of this what you will.

R.

[Jonny TVR]

I suppose I also need to think about when I sell.

I may sell it at the end of the year and of course it helps with full LRSH and a warranty.

[swisstoni]

The first year of my LR extended warranty on my L405 was a ‘waste of money’. ie nothing went wrong.

The second year, I got about £7k of work done on it.

So, personally, I wouldn’t be without an extended warranty on a newish LR.

[Mattt]

If it’s a diesel V6 ask them to confirm in writing if you’re covered if the crank snaps and you need a new engine.

[fatboy b]

Doesn’t need main dealer servicing, just VAT registered garage.

[Spleen]

fatboy b said:

Doesn’t need main dealer servicing, just VAT registered garage.

And as long as OEM parts are used it shouldn't affect the warranty, if you have one of course.

[cayman-black]

I will not be extending the warranty on mine.

[anonymous-user]

How come? I definitely will, because I have had far too many little niggles so far and I plan to keep it until 2023 - I.e. After the first couple model years of the new FFRR so it's inevitable problems are fixed!

1200 quid sounds about right.

[Louis Balfour]

Jonny TVR said:

I have a 2018 FFRR with 55k miles on it. Going forward mileage will be low. They have quoted £107 per month to extend the warranty! Of course I also need to get it serviced with them. I hate the costs of servicing at LR and would prefer to use my local specialist. Also at £1284 a year to extend warranty I think I would prefer to self insure/ take the gamble. What do you guys think?

I extended a FFRR yesterday. There were four choices, I went for the unlimited claim, no Assist. They also do a "select" product which has a £3k per claim cap.

The last time I extended a FFRR it burned a valve a few weeks later. The cost was, I think, £8k.

With regard to the servicing. They are currently doing a "3+" tariff for cars above 3 years old, but they don't necessarily volunteer that info. My preferred LR dealership forgot to mention it, so I reminded them and it saved about 35%. I may have saved a couple of hundred quid at an indy, but I would rather have LR do it.