Extended warranty

[Anonymous]

5 year extended warranty.

It’s about $2k

Worth it? I plan having the car at least five years.

Buying a used Kia Soul with about 40k miles. 18k miles left on the original warranty. It is a 2018

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

1. They usually make cars to last the length of those warranties.
2. Never buy a warranty unless it’s one backed by the manufacturer.
3. Those warranties are a huge profit center and highly negotiable in price.

[Anonymous]

Kia Soul?

Absofriggenlutely buy the extended warranty.


Better yet, trade it soon.


We have half a dozen Souls in our business fleet (house cleaning) and once they hit 60k or so, look out! We've had two failed engines from lack of oil (lack of employees checking oil, more accurately) and all have transmissions that are starting to get a little noisy.

They are cheap cars, and have the lack of durability to prove it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kia Soul?

Absofriggenlutely buy the extended warranty.


Better yet, trade it soon.


We have half a dozen Souls in our business fleet (house cleaning) and once they hit 60k or so, look out! We've had two failed engines from lack of oil (lack of employees checking oil, more accurately) and all have transmissions that are starting to get a little noisy.

They are cheap cars, and have the lack of durability to prove it

so employee abuse is the root of all your evils. not a poorly made vehicle. and you purchased a cheap vehicle and pressed it into commercial service. bad business choice. again not a vehicle issue.

just a compact fugly vehicle.

[Anonymous]

For that amount we got lifetime. We have been happy - saves us tons of money because we keep our cars forever. Five years, not sure I'd buy it.

[Anonymous]

I would do it. I bought a certified used car and a extended warranty for $1800. 4 years in and the AC implodes. Took it into the dealer and they fixed it. Total cost according to them was about $4700. So it paid for itself twice over. It’s like any other insurance, it gives you piece of mind.

[Anonymous]

No offense, but you already wasted your $$ on a used Kia.

Do not waste any more on a dang warranty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kia Soul?

Absofriggenlutely buy the extended warranty.


Better yet, trade it soon.


We have half a dozen Souls in our business fleet (house cleaning) and once they hit 60k or so, look out! We've had two failed engines from lack of oil (lack of employees checking oil, more accurately) and all have transmissions that are starting to get a little noisy.

They are cheap cars, and have the lack of durability to prove it

so employee abuse is the root of all your evils. not a poorly made vehicle. and you purchased a cheap vehicle and pressed it into commercial service. bad business choice. again not a vehicle issue.

just a compact fugly vehicle.

Cars with 60k miles shouldn’t be using 5+quarts of oil in between servicing intervals. That’s completely nuts. Yes, employees should be checking the oil regularly, but all the blame can’t be put on them - a car shouldn’t be burning that much oil to begin with. I’ll bet their exhaust smells like an old 2-cycle chainsaw!

And seriously, how would neglected oil levels cause the transmission to get noisy? One has nothing to do with the other.

All signs point to a badly made car.

[Anonymous]

My daughter bought a 2012 Kia Soul in 2016, she got the extended warranty, she hasn't used it at all in four years. She loves the car.

On another note, I bought a 2009 Ford Escape in 2016 and bought the extended warranty. The only thing that has gone wrong with it (other than minor stuff) was something the warranty did not cover even though (because?) it showed up as a known issue on the internet when I googled it. The repair was about $2000. The extended warranty had cost $2200. I had the car only 3 months at that point. I canceled the warranty and got most of my money back, about $2000.

Other than that it's been a great vehicle, no more expensive problems at all. I won't buy another extended warranty though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would do it. I bought a certified used car and a extended warranty for $1800. 4 years in and the AC implodes. Took it into the dealer and they fixed it. Total cost according to them was about $4700. So it paid for itself twice over. It’s like any other insurance, it gives you piece of mind.

Consumer Reports tells you to put repair money in a rainy day fund in case something happens. Yes, there is someone in Peoria with an extended warranty whose engine blew up at 100,002 miles and kept every oil change receipt for the car. But for the most part, warranties are profit centers. Your case is the exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would do it. I bought a certified used car and a extended warranty for $1800. 4 years in and the AC implodes. Took it into the dealer and they fixed it. Total cost according to them was about $4700. So it paid for itself twice over. It’s like any other insurance, it gives you piece of mind.

Consumer Reports tells you to put repair money in a rainy day fund in case something happens. Yes, there is someone in Peoria with an extended warranty whose engine blew up at 100,002 miles and kept every oil change receipt for the car. But for the most part, warranties are profit centers. Your case is the exception.

Are you willing to pay if OPs car breaksdown? If not, STFU!

[Anonymous]

I bought one for my Subaru. It’s saved me from buying a new car - covered at least $7k of repairs after 70k miles when things started to fall apart.

I’m trying to make car last until I hit 10 years..

[Anonymous]

My wife had airbag, AC, axle break under extended warranty. And a few other small things. Added up to around 7k if she paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would do it. I bought a certified used car and a extended warranty for $1800. 4 years in and the AC implodes. Took it into the dealer and they fixed it. Total cost according to them was about $4700. So it paid for itself twice over. It’s like any other insurance, it gives you piece of mind.

Consumer Reports tells you to put repair money in a rainy day fund in case something happens. Yes, there is someone in Peoria with an extended warranty whose engine blew up at 100,002 miles and kept every oil change receipt for the car. But for the most part, warranties are profit centers. Your case is the exception.

Are you willing to pay if OPs car breaksdown? If not, STFU!

So aggressive. You took at from 0 to 60 for no reason.