Extend the warranty?

[Guest]

I am the proud owner of a 2004 Boxster S whose manufacturers warranty is about to expire. I have been invited to take out the extended Porsche warrantyat a cost of 795GBP. Personally I think this is far too expensive but I am prepared to be proved wrong. Do fellow members think its worthwhile shelling out the cash for the extended warranty? One of the reasons I bought a modern Porsche was in the belief that the mechanics were rock solid and the chance of anything going wrong minimal - is this a tad naive?

 

[Bull996]

Take it take it take it!
I am just about to put mine through the inspection so I can get one too. At the end of the day, say something goes wrong (not even too serious) and it takes just 6 hours to find the problem, take the bits off and replace. Without even the cost of the replacement part your at the £700 mark. maney wellspent I reckon. I dont have £12000 if the engine lets go thats why I am having one. I will sleep much better at night!

 

[jac in a box]

Has the cost of the warranty risen?

Cost me £725 in June to renew mine if I took it out with the service, or does the £795 incude some sort of pre-warranty issue inspection.

Jackie

 

[Bull996]

Thats a good point Jackie. I was told £725 just before X-Mas at Wilmslow. Plus the inspection which was 3 hours labour!! However, after a bit of negotiation they agreed to charge me £79 so I am happy with that!

 

[Guest]

I extended my warranty at the end of October last year and was told by the OPC that as long as I took it out before the original 2 year warranty expired then no inspection would be required (assumes you have adhered to the service schedule).

Perhaps it might be worth asking a few questions.......[]!

 

[garyw]

I don't know if anyone has seen, but BMW are about to change their warranty system...prices have risen sharply and the //M range is now over £1K with the addition of lots of exclusions and a £250 excess per claim [:'(] min.....

For the peace of mind I would extend mine when it runs out....

garyw

 

[JCB..]

ORIGINAL: cgreen69

I am the proud owner of a 2004 Boxster S whose manufacturers warranty is about to expire. I have been invited to take out the extended Porsche warrantyat a cost of 795GBP. Personally I think this is far too expensive but I am prepared to be proved wrong. Do fellow members think its worthwhile shelling out the cash for the extended warranty? One of the reasons I bought a modern Porsche was in the belief that the mechanics were rock solid and the chance of anything going wrong minimal - is this a tad naive?

I never extended as I felt like you did and I didn't see why I should have to line Porche's pockets any further. With regular OPC services I was fully prepared to go to litigation should it have been necessary.

The vast majority of cars a very sound but if an engine does go it usually goes big time. It's peace of mind if you have that sort of money to throw away each year. However something like the coolant tank splitting will cost you in excess of £500 to replace at an OPC so it doesn't take too much to recoup your outlay.

FYI you can acquire a replacement or even new engine at far less than the £12k figure that appears elsewhere in this thread.

JCB..

 

[Mark_Bennett]

Unlike John I have been extending the warranty on mine.
Because I just can't afford it if something big goes wrong.
As John says, it's peace of mind.
Just wish it was cheaper! [&:]

 

[chrisbradley]

I presume that the 700 odd quid is an annual fee for extended warranty beyond 2 years - as my 04 Boxster S has already been back to OPC 6 times for warranty work (and there is more work on the clutch outstanding) , I am becoming sceptical about the alleged build quality of porsches, which was one of the things which persuaded me to buy it in the first place.

 

[Mark_Bennett]

Yes it is each year.

If you buy it or reneew it before the old one runs out, then you avoid the inspection charge (and of course, any cost to "bring the car up to scratch")

 

[jw2015]

Quick question with regards extended warranty and RMS - is it covered? My dealer has had no problem admitting to me that he expects to see RMS failure in 20% of 3year+ cars. Is it true that faulty seals are being replaced anyway FOC during servicing.

I've still got 9 months to run on the extended warranty I picked up as part of the deal when buying my used 03 car. I think almost £800 on a yearly basis is far too expensive but given the number of minor problems I've had in 2 years, that have required a lot of labour and replacement parts, I think it may be worth doing. I will probably take one out myself next year. If the niggly problems continue at the same rate then it'll pay for itself. My impression is that these cars are far from bulletproof. Porsches probably once were when they had simpler air-cooled engines and fcuk-all creature comforts but now with all the optional gizmos and engines advances and electronics, there's just too many things that can go wrong.

 

[Mark_Bennett]

RMS is covered. But I was informed when mine was done that if it was the intermediate shaft seal (just next to the RMS) then that would NOT be covered. I can't find anything in the warranty booklet that says this though...

 

[HarryBox4899]

Blimey, is there anyone who has NOT had any problems????????? I'm finding reading these threads slightly alarming to say the least

 

[Mark_Bennett]

It's only an oil leak - most people wouldn't know they had one if they didn't frequent forums like this.

 

[juliany27]

Harry

Please do not worry. I had but one small problem, a slight, and I emphasise, slight, problem with the roof mechanism of my Boxster. Sorted out wthin 2 hours by the OPC on a Saturday. No real problems since then except for the half-witted BMW X5 driver who drove into the car when it was parked and stationary. But that was not the fault of Porsche or yours truly. In fact the body repair and repainting etc. work undertaken after the accident was perfect - all tributes are due to the bodyshop at OPC Cambridge for that.

Enjoy your new car - it is really good and reliable.

IMHO for peace of mind, you should extend the OPC warranty.

 

[HarryBox4899]

Points taken gents, i dont suppose we get peeps posting here saying theyve had no problems, hopefully the apparent profusion of problems is magnified due to the nature of the forum. I really should get out more, lol.
Harry

 

[Guest]

Points taken gents, i dont suppose we get peeps posting here saying theyve had no problems,

If you go onto ANY car forum, you will think "oh my god, that car is a pile of junk, look at all the problems they've got!!!!".

It is precisely for the reason you say, that people don't post to say "hello all, I've had no problems with my car today" that it just appears there's a lot of problems. In reality, they're often all the same (probably quite minor) problem, you just see it mentioned quite a bit, and you make out in your own mind it's a big deal.

FWIW, I'd extend the warranty. All comes down to personal preference though.

 

[jw2015]

Yep, you open Pandora's box by frequenting owners forums. Imagine the state of my kaks after I placed the order for my £35000 boxster and only then went online to discover that the dreaded RMS issue was the hottest topic, and then I asked the dealer about it and he happily says that I've a 1 in 5 chance of having the problem. All this after I'd parted with cash and before I'd picked the car up.

My wife says that I'd be better off in blissful ignorance and shouldn't frequent these sites, but the Saab Owners forums saved me over £500 recently and got me 4 new tyres FOC when, thanks to some forum advice, I made the discovery that the dealer had shod the car with the wrong tyres from a load rating point of view.

This site has preserved my sanity more than it has had me soiling myself. The day I started my boxster and a cloud of smoke enveloped everyone within 20metres was a day of sheer panic and near heart failure until the good people on this forum let me know it's just one of the car's idiosyncrisies. In general I think forewarned is forearmed and you get more good info on these sites than you do bad news.

 

[channella]

Love my Boxster, but it is an S&M relationship: Sadly almost every time my Boxster has been in for warranty work it has had to go back for redoing, or remedial work:

1) Drivers door window limit switch replaced, followed by:
leaking drivers door - wet along bottom, carpeted edge, so
a) replace the door seal on drivers side and passenger side (got me!)
b) in to replace membrane in drivers door - replaced passenger side instead
c) in to replace drivers door membrane, done but trim not fixed properly
d) in to fit trim correctly,
and last week
e) in to replace drivers window limit switch again (1 year after orginal was replaced), and, joy of joys, no leak.

2) "noisy" front nearside wheel bearing detected at service, replaced under warranty, followed by:
a) in to refit disc shield which was loose and hitting the disc.

3) Various dash rattles, followed by
a) tighten dash, and we found another and sorted that
b) in to sort rattle that was found and sorted
c) in to tighten dash to sort the rattle that was sorted and a new rattle now on drivers side.
So currently only two dash rattles remain!

4) In to sort knocking at rear (I believed the rear LH strut had failed), followed by
a) Can't hear anything Sir,
b) Ah yes we can, trailing arms replaced (actually never got 100m away afterwards just turned straight around, pulled out a technician and there that noise, "... that'll be the rear LH strut Sir." Hmmm, that's what I said...)
c) Failed rear LH strut replaced.

Problems all solved now since the warranty has expired, and since it is a company car... until I buy it off the lease!

How much of a premium on the price of each car does this inefficiency cost I wonder?