Does anyone have recommendations for a third party extended warranty? My factory warranty will be extinct by the end of next week after only 17 months of ownership. Unfortunately, I am the owner of a VERY problematic CMS4. In those 17 months it has had 10 warranty claims. The dealer wants $1800 to extend, and I'm sure I can find a better deal out there! I have heard good things about Costco's warranty but, I am not a member, and the closest store is almost 40 miles away. Not sure if its feasible to shell out $55 a year for a membership that we really won't be able to use.

So...
Who's had good or bad experiance with a 3rd party warranty?


Thanks for your input!

 

If the $1,800 is a factory bumper 2 bumper warranty I would say that is not a bad deal. It really depends on the fine print and exclusions Mini uses..

I have a few aftermarket warranties...One went bankrupt and the other one I lost when I sold the car.

Best of luck

 

USAA seems to do pretty go ones, are you a member?

 

I am not a member of USAA unfortunately.

I did find out that my Bumper-Bumper is not done yet. The dealer was leading me astray somewhat I think. They told me I would only be able to get the bad clutch replaced as long as it died before 36K miles. Otherwise I should pay the $1800 and extend the warranty to 100K. After talking to the Auto broker I use, he informed me that that would only extend my "maintenance plan", and not my warranty. Factory bumper-bumper is 4yr 50k miles. So I still have 16k miles to go (or 7 months with my standard weekly driving). At that time I will buy out the lease and add an extended warranty!

 

I found out extended warranty don't cover wear items, a clutch is a wear item and not covered , so read the fine print
AMen

 

Yes, understand the difference between the maintenance and warranty. they cover different items, end at different times, and cost differently to expend.

 

I'd be killing that clutch before your 36 mo. was up.

 

Clutch was done at 20k miles.