viper88
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What deductible?I bought a 7 year/Unlimited Mileage Max Care warranty from Tom Hinkles for $2305. It was the best deal I could find and he was great.
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What deductible?I bought a 7 year/Unlimited Mileage Max Care warranty from Tom Hinkles for $2305. It was the best deal I could find and he was great.
$100What deductible?
I herd about the LED lights/Turn signal also. Apparently the Wrangler LEDs have no bulbs either and the entire assembly has to be replaced if it goes out. I think a Wrangler rear tail light assembly is something like $500-$600?7yr/Unlimited Miles $2405 w/$100 deductible. There are many people/dealerships that will give you a better deal than you're getting.
While the "common sense" approach says that no "insurance" policy is worth it, I've found this policy to be the exception. I have the 8y/125K on my 2013 Ram 3500, and just had the LED turn signals replaced. This was significant, because the turn signals are not available as a separate component, they are only sold as an assembly to the tune of $945 each, plus labor.
My two cents, your mileage may vary.
Average halogen headlight bulb life is 450 to 1,000 hours. Average life of an LED is 50,000 hours.After reading the replies to my posting, I canceled the Mopar Extended Warranty that I got from the dealership when I purchased the Rubicon. I am getting a full refund, since it is less than 60 days. They said it would take 30 - 45 days to get the money back.
I can order it again at a much cheaper cost. I plan to keep the Rubicon for at least 8 years. Since the JL is relatively new, there is not much data on how long things will last.
I will take some time to evaluate what people have posted on this thread and then decide if I want the warranty.
If anyone has put enough miles on their JL Wrangler to have things break outside of the warranty, please let me know what broke an how expensive it was to fix.
I was very surprised to see an LED tail light was almost $1000. I wonder how many other expensive surprises exist.
Yep...at least until you have a major repair that costs double the cost of the warranty and based upon the issues I had read since becoming a member, it seems to happen with some regularity. For me, an unlimited mileage 7 year warranty is worth $329 per year.Warranties are for suckers. There's a reason they make money hand over fist on these.
You already have a 3 year, so that 7 year, is really a 4 year extension with a $100 deductible per covered repair.Yep...at least until you have a major repair that costs double the cost of the warranty and based upon the issues I had read since becoming a member, it seems to happen with some regularity. For me, an unlimited mileage 7 year warranty is worth $329 per year.
No. you don't. You have a 3 years/36,000 mile warranty which for most people lasts a little over 2 years. I am not sure how your math works, but $2305/7 is $329 a year average--what is causing it to "cost you much more"?. To each his or her own, but I would rather have 7 full years (irrespective of the mileage) coverage. All it takes is one major repair and you will wish that you had an extended warranty.You already have a 3 year, so that 7 year, is really a 4 year extension with a $100 deductible per covered repair.
It doesn't cost you $329 per year because you pay for it long before you can use it. It is actually costing you much more.
I get it.Yep...at least until you have a major repair that costs double the cost of the warranty and based upon the issues I had read since becoming a member, it seems to happen with some regularity. For me, an unlimited mileage 7 year warranty is worth $329 per year.
I do not disagree and it is inline with pissing off $10 a day on Starbucks or cigarettes or $1 per day on an extended warranty...in the end it is all how you want to play or pay.I get it.
Many an owner with a bad maintenance experience is glad the purchased the warranty or wish they had.
And many a prospective insurance purchaser reads stories on the forum about significant repair issues, and as a result comes to believe that their "personal cost in worry" associated with fear of maintenance blues outweighs that of the policy premium even if the numbers don't support that decision.
But the people expressing themselves on forums are often the outliers: those who love the rig and those disenfranchised by the (repairs associated with the) ownership experience. As a result, such anecdotal evidence may not be the stuff that it's wise to make smart financial decisions upon.
Just sayin'.
I appreciate that numbers aside, we're all human, make occasional decisions (in part) on emotion, and value things differently.