Extended Warranty?

[K1W1]

Your dsg dying after 3.5 years would fall under that I would think? Most reasonable people would think a gear box should last longer than that?

If your DSG failed at 3.5 years and you have a full service history particularly a Skoda authorised service history I would be confident that Skoda would come to the party with some assistance on the repair costs. You wouldn't get 100% but I think that you would be likely to get a substantial contribution.
If the DSG fails in 5 years and the car has no service history or no VW/Skoda history that is where it would get costly.

[joele]

If your DSG failed at 3.5 years and you have a full service history particularly a Skoda authorised service history I would be confident that Skoda would come to the party with some assistance on the repair costs. You wouldn't get 100% but I think that you would be likely to get a substantial contribution.

In that situation if they didn't pay it all I would be calling the accc and lodging a vcat dispute, we would then see how serious the magistrates take the consumer guarantee law..

In your second situation I agree, neglect caused the problem...

My point was though if skoda do pay it the allianz policy is waste of money...

[K1W1]

My point was though if skoda do pay it the allianz policy is waste of money...

Which goes back to my earlier comments about self insurance and Actuaries.

[roshea]

I rang the 5 Vic metro Skoda dealers last Friday asking about buying extended warranty for my car (warranty expires at the end of this week). The people I spoke to ALL said they would get back to me. So far none of them has. Is it really that difficult?

Has anyone bought the Skoda extended warranty recently? If so, where from and how much did it cost?

[woofy]

I didn't get it as they doubled the price as I got closer to the end. Now just over 4yrs our seat heater failed. I would imagine I would be fronting the full cost.

[renster]

I have just purchased a MY11 Skoda Octavia RS 125TDI, 46K kms on the clock. Warranty runs out in September 2014 and I was looking to extend the warranty. One Skoda dealer could go to about $2,300 for 2 years. Another one wouldn't even haggle and they were at $2,500 (listed price).

I rang VW they couldn't offer the VW Allianz unlimited 2 year warranty for my car but could offer an Allianz 2 year/100,000km warranty (that same as the unlimited km one) for about $1,650. I have to do some more ringing around. What is stopping me ringing every Skoda/VW dealer in Australia for a price? I assume I can get a warranty anywhere in Australia and still have it apply in Brisbane.

I think the price differences some people are quoting are the difference between the unlimited and the 100,000km limited product. The unlimited only available straight from a Skoda dealer the second available through VW.

On another thread I read that MY11 cars might have been given a 2 year warranty gratis. I wasn't told/haven't found out more about that.

[bobski]

Just passed my 3 year warranty period. Given the outrageous cost, I thought long and hard about this and I've decided to self insure and keep that money earning me interest. The worst thing that can happen is the DSG/motor goes and I figure there is little chance of that given we do 15000kms a year of country driving, its well maintained, closely watched and I've had zero mechanical problems.

It is a risk, yes, but I'm a thousand times more likely to hit a roo.

I also have a 6 year warranty with NMG, though the fine print expects you to change the service interval to 10k & 6 months and only cover the first $2000 of cost so that is near useless.

[cbay]

that's a winning idea, bobski!

[woofy]

We did that too, but now have a failed seat heater and a dodgy handbrake gator...the gator was always an issue we just hadn't noticed. The seat heater started working then stopped again so might just be a loose connection. It did start after moving the seat up and down a bit but I couldn't see any loose connections. Anyone know a good auto electrician familiar with VAG cars in Melb?

[roshea]

My original warranty expired last Friday. I also went with the self-insurance option once I convinced the dealer to fix the DSG shudders (new clutch pack) when the mechatronic unit is replaced under recall.

Confusion about whether Skoda can or cannot offer extended warranty - on the phone they said it was no longer an option, but on Facebook they said their dealers could sell it.

In the end, the best quote I got for adding another 3 years to the warranty (up to 100,000 km total) was $1850. Not as bad as the first quote of $2950 for 2 years!