Some extended warranties really do pay off

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Sundog
Extended warranties for American made cars pay for themselves in the long run.

Depends on how the cars are maintained. Extended warrantied only exist to make the car dealers more money.

You would think that would be the case but that is absolutetly not true/false/myth.

I have had two vehicles that were maintained to a T, and bought new so I know the maint. was done correctly and on time. Maint. has absolutely nothing to do with a tranny going bad twice, intake manifolds leaking at 40K miles, computer boards popping and taking out the ABS and airbags, the list goes on.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: spacejamz
what year is the durango? Seems kinda of early for the tranny to go out, but maybe it's just me...

Yeah, but who knows what the previous owner could have towed around that could have messed the transmission up bad?

Unless you buy a brand new Durango with the Daimler tranny, the older Durango's transmissions suck.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: gogeeta13
typical mopar trannies crapping out. Dakotas, Durangos, Caravans, and Stratus's all have chronically crappy auto trannies.

The funny part is that the front wheel drive Caravans, Intrepids, Stratus's all have the A604 Ultradrive tranny, while the Dakota and Durango have a totally different tranny.
They both suck though.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Sundog

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Sundog
Extended warranties for American made cars pay for themselves in the long run.

Depends on how the cars are maintained. Extended warrantied only exist to make the car dealers more money.

You would think that would be the case but that is absolutetly not true/false/myth.

I have had two vehicles that were maintained to a T, and bought new so I know the maint. was done correctly and on time. Maint. has absolutely nothing to do with a tranny going bad twice, intake manifolds leaking at 40K miles, computer boards popping and taking out the ABS and airbags, the list goes on.

I completely agree.

 

[NeoPTLD]

I heard extended warranty is worth every penny on a plasma TV. If for some reason anything goes wrong with the panel except for breakage, it's most likely a total loss since the panel is where the value is. I would say the chance is a lot higher than the engine blowing up on a $7,000 car.