Warranty... is it worth it?

[J13NY S]

My warranty is up for renewal & was just wondering what the opinions are regarding it, I know years gone by it was regarded as a must but do you all think that now?

I’ve taken it out every year though last 2 years I’ve only taken out the basic policy at £4-500 to cover of any major issues.

The only thing I’ve had replaced under warranty is a seal on the diff & I think that was done while still under manufactures 3 year warranty so I’ve never had to use it but what worries me is sods law & the first year I don’t take it out is the year I need it.

[pinkpanther008]

Yes.

[Jon8710]

if you dont do it you know what will happen................:(

[s.mac]

It depends what you use the car for and what has already been replaced. Everything that could have been changed has been done on mine, I now don't go on track and do limited mileage so for me I don't think it's worth it.

[digi]

It depends what you use the car for and what has already been replaced. Everything that could have been changed has been done on mine, I now don't go on track and do limited mileage so for me I don't think it's worth it.

+1

[cslgirl]

My warranty ran out in 2006 and I never renewed, although it's not tracked and just used as a road car. The only thing that has happened in those years is a rear view mirror leak and a diff seal leak so not worth a warranty nor the excess for my car. If I had of saved the warranty money, I would have at least £7k now!

[Mark CSL]

I would never own a M car without it :smokin:
I also would not buy one if i cant put it on it

[derek]

I would never own a M car without it :smokin:
I also would not buy one if i cant put it on it

They didn't call your car triggers brush for nothing.:-D

[J13NY S]

I also would not buy one if i cant put it on it

Not that I’ll be selling in the next 12mths but warranty could now be add by a new owner?

[J13NY S]

If I had of saved the warranty money, I would have at least £7k now!

That’s what I say to myself... then on the other hand I say to myself for the sake of £4-500.00

[cslsuperfan]

I would never own a M car without it :smokin:
I also would not buy one if i cant put it on it


Here endeth the lesson:-D

[Steve B]

I wonder how long it'll be before BMW will no longer warrantee the cars, surely at some point they'll say "enough is enough you're on your own"..???
The fact that parts are becoming NLA will cause this IMO as they won't want cars sitting around waiting on parts they may never arrive whilst lending out brand new cars.

Steve

[mattCSLnut]

It depends what you use the car for and what has already been replaced. Everything that could have been changed has been done on mine, I now don't go on track and do limited mileage so for me I don't think it's worth it.

+1 :)
If Cecil was my only car & a daily driver then I would most likely continue the monthly DDs but since mine has always had BMW/Mondial Warranty throughout its life (until last year) and it's my other, other car used for only 6 months of the year, it's simply not economically viable :( It becomes prohibitively expensive for Cecils with over 60K miles + many parts are excluded when you pass the 60K mark.

[mattCSLnut]

I wonder how long it'll be before BMW will no longer warrantee the cars, surely at some point they'll say "enough is enough you're on your own"..???
The fact that parts are becoming NLA will cause this IMO as they won't want cars sitting around waiting on parts they may never arrive whilst lending out brand new cars.

Steve

Not very long :( Just ask any Cecil owner with BMW/Mondial Warranty currently waiting for a new engine :whistle:

[shimmy]

+1 :)
If Cecil was my only car & a daily driver then I would most likely continue the monthly DDs but since mine has always had BMW/Mondial Warranty throughout its life (until last year) and it's my other, other car used for only 6 months of the year, it's simply not economically viable :( It becomes prohibitively expensive for Cecils with over 60K miles + many parts are excluded when you pass the 60K mark.

I'm not sure how they can do this if you have a monthly policy as it doesn't end! No renewal necessary.

[sailorbaz]

I've had a fair few things replaced on mine in its life, too long to list but most recently as you know my starter motor at €700 to replace which was paid without issue. I'm with a few lads on this, it would be Sod's law.

[0836whimper]

I'm not sure how they can do this if you have a monthly policy as it doesn't end! No renewal necessary.

I think they can, I checked the T's & C's on that one. No renewal necessary, but they can choose to change the price to reflect how much it is actually costing them, so they could make it prohibitively expensive.

[serpentine]

Would anyone know if there's problem with warranty claims if brakes have been upgraded to AP etc. I would presume not as they're not covered anyway?

[Pip1968]

Serpentine, some dealers may make a fuss but "no" the brakes would not be covered anyway. Just stick to the dealers who are more adaptable/flexible such as ELMs. Or ask on here for recommendations on someone nearer to you.

As for the warranty per se, I do not think that they are as common place anymore as most have prohibitively high mileage or have saved the money instead.

I have had my warranty since 2007 but have only made one claim for rear springs so it has not really made economic sense.

Pip

[_Nathan_]

See my post on the other warranty thread running at the moment:

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?p=161015


You need to remember that the 8k at BMW main dealer changing whatever part the computer tells them to next followed by adding every possible thing they can squeeze though on the claim to make more money could well be significantly less with correct initial diags and part replacement.

Don't get me wrong, CSLs can be quite fragile things (mine was great but others who've done more miles and can drive faster than me seem to have chomped through engines, gearboxes and diffs) but I'm not sure the figured banded around would be the case if you were to pay for repairs yourself.

Not the same car but I'm just about to cancel the warranty on my e90 M3, had it 2 years and in that time the only thing has been the DVD player for the sat nav which I could've sent away to have fixed for a couple of hundred quid. The warranty claim was massive as they broke a wire behind the dash when swapping it resulting in half the dash coming out, new loom and associated labour but the numbers aren't representative of the real cost if I'd sorted it myself.