Five Year Warranty

[Ozsko]

It was always going to happen......

Volkswagen confirms five-year warranty | Drive.com.au

[Dutch77]

Agreed.

I suspect only Toyota could probably afford to hold out and not suffer much in the sales race as their market is traditionally looking for an appliance and/or brain dead.

[Sharkie]

Agreed.

I suspect only Toyota could probably afford to hold out and not suffer much in the sales race as their market is traditionally looking for an appliance and/or brain dead.

So true .... I had a conversation with a colleague Friday night about him wanting to buy a Hilux. He was unable to tell me why other than the fact it is a Toyota. The fact that it came 8th out of 11 in a recent Dual Cab comparison test by Wheels Magazine (Amarok #1, Ranger #2) was news to him as was the fact that this Toyota was actually built in Thailand ..... not Japan as he (still) thought all Toyota's were. This is why makers of rubbish or pretty average cars continue to sell their products. The people who buy them deserve what they get IMO.

Happy about the 5yr warranty BTW, less happy that my 1 yr old Golf wont be covered by it, nor the fact that the Golf was likely to be my last VW ....

[Dutch77]

The two biggest knocks I hear on Amarok when talking with non-car people is the reliability question (five year warranty tick) and the lack of the rear airbags if they have kids (fat red cross). Presumably the latter only will finally be rectified on a Gen 2 Amarok.

I'd keep playing with the Mustang (and I'm not a Ford guy by any stretch).

[Sharkie]

The two biggest knocks I hear on Amarok when talking with non-car people is the reliability question (five year warranty tick) and the lack of the rear airbags if they have kids (fat red cross). Presumably the latter only will finally be rectified on a Gen 2 Amarok.

I'd keep playing with the Mustang (and I'm not a Ford guy by any stretch).

My Amarok is 5 years old now, and has not had a single issue during that time. Proven GTI MK6 engine helped I suppose, unlike the early BiTDIs which did have problems. Mustang will be 2 in May and it has been brilliant, absolutely no issues as well (I was not a Ford person either). Looks good goes really hard, sounds amazing .... drinks like sailor (hell like a fleet of sailors!). Just like VW, Ford introduced their 5 years warranty after I bought it

[Transporter]

Yeah my Amarok is 5 years old as well and not a single issue, very reliable.
Usually the brands with the reliability issues put the longer warranty first just to lure the customers in. Just like Hyundai who came with 5years/130,000km warranty after the recall on the front crossmember (not enough spotwelds).
The one think to remember is that the warranty doesn’t cover the normal wear. Honda was last car company who jump from 2years/75,000km to 3 years warranty. Why? Because the Honda buyers hardly ever need the reassurance of the warranty.

[theresanothersteve]

It was always going to happen with Australian consumer laws going down the path of reasonable service life. Once a manufacturer offers a five year warranty, even briefly, they open the door for claims from the same or similar vehicles after the factory warranty ends.

While extended warranty was originally offered to entice buyers to less established brands any manufacturer that had a reliability question (such as VW has had with DSG and twin charging) was, and is, going to offer extended warranty to offset the negativity and blunt the advantage sought by the so called lesser brands (that always seem to lead the way with extended warranty).

[Ozsko]

Yeah my Amarok is 5 years old as well and not a single issue, very reliable.
Usually the brands with the reliability issues put the longer warranty first just to lure the customers in. Just like Hyundai who came with 5years/130,000km warranty after the recall on the front crossmember (not enough spotwelds).
The one think to remember is that the warranty doesn’t cover the normal wear. Honda was last car company who jump from 2years/75,000km to 3 years warranty. Why? Because the Honda buyers hardly ever need the reassurance of the warranty.

If that was the case what problem/recall caused Kia to offer a 7 year warranty? I would suggest that it is a marketing thing to show customers that the company is entering or in the market for the long haul just as Holden extended their warranty when local manufacturing closed down. For companies such as VW who are well entrenched in a market it is the weight of public opinion and legislation that is the main cause of change.

[Transporter]

If that was the case what problem/recall caused Kia to offer a 7 year warranty? I would suggest that it is a marketing thing to show customers that the company is entering or in the market for the long haul just as Holden extended their warranty when local manufacturing closed down. For companies such as VW who are well entrenched in a market it is the weight of public opinion and legislation that is the main cause of change.

It is. ...Hyundai announced very shortly after the recall, that they’re extending the warranty to 5years/130,000km. It was on national tv as well.

[BenT]

It was always going to happen......

Volkswagen confirms five-year warranty | Drive.com.au

Ugh, and we paid $1500 to extend our warranty to five years when we bought our GTI Original in March this year.


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