kd1yt
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Looking for input please, if there are prior threads please by all means point me to them, I haven't found a search term that seems to zero in.
Historically, I never buy extended warranties. On just about anything. I've always looked at it that the manufacturer wouldn't be offering them unless they come out ahead, which means that they aren't a good value to the cusomer. And, specific to vehicles, I've either bought new vehicles that I don't expect to be keeping way, way past the factory warranty, or I've had vehicles that were old enough that any kind of warranty was in the laughably distant past.
My 2020 JT is my favorite vehicle, ever. I expect to be keeping it far longer than I have kept anything else with four wheels.
And I have become aware that especially if something goes wildly haywire with sensors and digital systems, it'll be way beyond my DIY abilities, even though I've got a lot of both mechanical and electrical/electronic DIY experience, especially because I need the truck up and running as my main daily driver. I've also become aware that these things can be out of the blue and expensive. My last vehicle, a 2015 Ram Ecodiesel, had a cracked bolt on an exhaust flange, for no particular reason (the truck never saw severe conditions), that only announced itself when the engine error light came on because the exhaust had shifted and wobbled around just enough (no audible difference in the exhaust) to wreck the wiring on the post-DPF $800 sensor ($800 part, $300 labor)... about three months after I'd passed the 3/36 warranty [and about 3 months before the whole "Ecodiesel settlement" thing offered the cash payout and the extended emission/drivetrain warranty].
After that, with the Ecodiesel, and even though I didn't buy an extended warranty at time of purchasing my JT, I am beginning to [maybe] see extended warranties as "insurance against surprise vacuum cleaner in wallet."
I'll be coming up on 3 years with my JT this coming August, I won't be anywhere near 36,000 miles by then.
Appreciate insights, experiences, etc., of whether I should really consider a Mopar Extended Warranty (or other?). And, if so, any "do's" "don'ts" etc., about what to get, where to get it, how to get it, is it an all at once expense or something you can pay over time, how much it really covers, etc., any types to steer clear of, etc., that a newb-to-extended-warranty person like me wouldn't know but would benefit from knowing.
Thanks in advance
Historically, I never buy extended warranties. On just about anything. I've always looked at it that the manufacturer wouldn't be offering them unless they come out ahead, which means that they aren't a good value to the cusomer. And, specific to vehicles, I've either bought new vehicles that I don't expect to be keeping way, way past the factory warranty, or I've had vehicles that were old enough that any kind of warranty was in the laughably distant past.
My 2020 JT is my favorite vehicle, ever. I expect to be keeping it far longer than I have kept anything else with four wheels.
And I have become aware that especially if something goes wildly haywire with sensors and digital systems, it'll be way beyond my DIY abilities, even though I've got a lot of both mechanical and electrical/electronic DIY experience, especially because I need the truck up and running as my main daily driver. I've also become aware that these things can be out of the blue and expensive. My last vehicle, a 2015 Ram Ecodiesel, had a cracked bolt on an exhaust flange, for no particular reason (the truck never saw severe conditions), that only announced itself when the engine error light came on because the exhaust had shifted and wobbled around just enough (no audible difference in the exhaust) to wreck the wiring on the post-DPF $800 sensor ($800 part, $300 labor)... about three months after I'd passed the 3/36 warranty [and about 3 months before the whole "Ecodiesel settlement" thing offered the cash payout and the extended emission/drivetrain warranty].
After that, with the Ecodiesel, and even though I didn't buy an extended warranty at time of purchasing my JT, I am beginning to [maybe] see extended warranties as "insurance against surprise vacuum cleaner in wallet."
I'll be coming up on 3 years with my JT this coming August, I won't be anywhere near 36,000 miles by then.
Appreciate insights, experiences, etc., of whether I should really consider a Mopar Extended Warranty (or other?). And, if so, any "do's" "don'ts" etc., about what to get, where to get it, how to get it, is it an all at once expense or something you can pay over time, how much it really covers, etc., any types to steer clear of, etc., that a newb-to-extended-warranty person like me wouldn't know but would benefit from knowing.
Thanks in advance
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