Porsche Extended Warranty - worth it?

[Michael Downing]

The paperwork with my EW included a notice saying which (German) insurance company underwrote the policy. Some kind of FSA reg.

 

[Guest]

That would seem to settle it then.

 

[Rodney Naghar]

I stand corrected.

 

[hothatch2002]

Definitely get the warranty on a car that you are not familiar with. I have the extended warranty and definitely got my monies worth from it. Took the car in with an engine fault, turned out to be the air mass meter - changed FOC. Took it back again with a weird whining noise that sounded like the gearbox - fitted a brand new box for free (would have been £5500 aparently for a Carrera 4), as it turned out the whining noise was actually due to a rear wheel bearing, so got a brand new box for nothing. Just waiting for the engine to go pop - then I almost have a brand new car!! Honestly - if the engine does fail, I'm going to keep this car for ever.

Simon

 

[sheldon]

On the note of the £200 inspection being included in the £725 I was told this was not the case, so in all i'd be looking at £925. However as I needed a Major service, my OPC said that if I took out the warrant at the same time as the service they would waive the £200 as a major service looks at all the same points as the inspection

One question I have though, am I right in thinking that porsche recently chnaged their warranty plan to only cover cars up to 9 years old? If this is the case in a couple of years time I wont be able to get a porsche warranty anyway.

OGiii's Hartech option sounds quite good, can anyone else recommend a porsche specialist warranty?
Cheers
Paul.

 

[McGirl]

Hi Paul

PEW does only operate for cars upto 9 years of age, we highly recommend the PEW within the Register members advice for 996 ownership, the 111 point check is a separate costing in most cases.
Hope this helps.

Johnny McGirl
996 RS

 

[Guest]

I have just discovered an oil leak and luckily I have an OPC warranty

Just been to see a porker specilaist locally (GT ONE) and it is the constantina pipe (or sth) that runs from the crank casing to the oil pump that has gone!! not a huge job but sth is wrong!

spoke to porsche and after a huge amount of confusion I found out they call it sth else (bellows pipe) BUT it is covered under my OPC warranty!

what a result so my poor baby is off on the back of a truck later to west london posrche!

apparently the specialist said it is a common thing for these feeder pipes to go as only rubber.

some poor boxster S had a cracked cylinder head on one of the piston chambers so i was pointed out where the pipe goes from and where the dripping is coming from and going to.

onwards and upwards I guess and the warranty may even pay for itself soon as it loks like a few hours labour for porsche!!

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[Guest]

You can't live without it and your certainly cant live with it. The warranty covers most of the major parts and a lot of the not so major parts but still expensive. I suppose individual experiences will be left down to how your dealer is. I have found even when warranty is used you usually pay for something, on all occasions I have had to argue with dealer (last Dec 05) reducing £2900 bill to £321.72 constant nightmare to own a car and to have no idea what the running costs will be and to rub salt into wound this particular problem had to go back to dealer 3 times before finally fixed. I am not sure if I can name the only dealer I have used but would like others to name if printed similar issues. Please advise?

 

[beershark]

See the post in the 996 register re a tiptronic gearbox packing up!

All warranties and insurance policies are a waste of time unless you need to make a claim, and then, if they pay out they are invaluable!

 

[beershark]

[:-] Caught my NSF wheel on a kerb while cornering hard a week or so ago. Felt OK afterwards but as I have a track day @ Brands on Monday I dropped it into OPC Stratford yesterday to check the alignment/tracking etc. and while its in asked them to look at a few other niggly bits as the warranty is coming to an end next month.

The bits were:

• Slow NS window
• Slight smell of oil (no drips) when its been driven hard
• Air Con blows out cool air, not cold
• Internal microswitch on drivers door is faulty as when the remote locking hasnt been used for a week it doesnt work and you need to use the key. When I use the key the alrm goes off.
• PCM keeps crashing.

They have come back to me with the following so far:

• RMS (was only done 6,000 miles ago) needs replacing and a leak in a spark plug tube.
• NS window motor faulty
• Air Con condensor (radiator) leaking

All being done under warranty so the OPC warranty has been worthwhile so far. []

I wouldnt expect the PCM to be covered as the warranty excludes this and I have been told the microswitch is not going to be covered because its electrical.

 

[DavidO]

I have been told the microswitch is not going to be covered because its electrical.

Almost all main electrical components are covered by the warranty. I think you will find that they will not replace it because there is nothing wrong with it. It is designed to operate that way when not used for 4 (I think) days. Use the key to open the door, then use the fob to relock the door before unlocking and opening the door. This resets the alarm.

 

[beershark]

Hi David,

I understand what you mean but, if the remote locking hasnt been used in 7 days the systems stops 'looking for the signal' to conserve battery power and consequently the remote wouldnt work.

At that point you should be able to use the key in the door lock and the microswitch would sense that a key has been used rather than another memthod of opening the door. If the microswitch is faulty and the door opens the alarm will sound - hence my problem.

Thanks for the input,

Regards,

Rob

 

[JAMESSIBLEY]

I'm having a Tubi exhaust back box fitted next week, from the reports I've read it is of a much higher quality manufacture than the OPC - I've currently got an extended warranty as the car was bought last week as an approved used car. Will the back box affect te chance of extending the warranty?

 

[DavidO]

At that point you should be able to use the key in the door lock and the microswitch would sense that a key has been used rather than another memthod of opening the door. If the microswitch is faulty and the door opens the alarm will sound - hence my problem.

Rob,

I do not believe that is correct, although perhaps others will chip in if I'm wrong.

I think it is designed specifically not to cancel the alarm when using the key, on the basis that it is easier for a "n'er do well" to beat the lock than it is for him to beat the coded alarm (the fob generates different codes each time it is used).

Thus when you use the key all that happens is that the alarm resets its ability to work with the fob. Then relock the car with the fob and unlock it again before opening the door