Just bought a 2016 Jaguar XF S, still under the factory warranty but wondering if I should purchase extended warranty on the car. I called third party places and they quoted me anywhere from 4000-6000 USD. I thought it was steep, or is it normal?

Please let me know if you guys have any advice! TIA

 

What does Jaguar want to extend the warranty ? If the car has been OK up to now, i.e over 4 years, why bother ? Have you investigated what it costs to restrict the warranty to the drive line only ? (engine, transmission, through to the rear axle)

 

I've used my bumper to bumper warranty on the Jaguar a few times already. The oil was leaking somewhere and they fixed that up, I had all my tires replaced thru them, etc. I just don't know if its worth it. But they did offer me a bumper to bumper warranty. I will research and look around a bit more. Thanks!

 

I recently bout a 2016 xf prestige and bought the extended warranty. I paid 4k for full coverage on the entire vehicle(which was the highest level of 3 they offered). I usually don't buy this as I know they are a scam but my fiancee talked me into it. I believe it extends to 100k miles. When I bought it it had 47k miles

 

Thats not bad at all. Which dealership was this??

 

I bought the car from a Kia/genesis dealership. They had gotten it from Mercedes dealership as the owner of the dealership owns multiple different branded dealerships.

 

You could get a lot of work done for $5K. That being said, extended warranty is always a crap shoot. I only bought it once, because it was inexpensive ($1200) to 100K miles, and it paid for itself and then some. My X260 has been solid for almost 4 years but I don't drive that much (5K/yr.). I haven't read about any high mileage X260s and problems though.

 

Thank you everyone for good advice. I know its a crapshoot, but I decided to purchase an extended warranty from Jaguar for $4.8 5 year up to 100,000 miles.

 

Read the fine print on these. A lot of those warranties are for mechanical components, like drive train, but do not cover computer problems. I have been following this forum for most of a year and I see a lot more baffling computer problems than mechanical failures.
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+1 Also understand the defined term. 5 years or 100K miles means different things to different people. It's usually whatever you reach first.

 

i paid 2800 for mine warretech...only because the cooling system is week on these cars and can wipe out the motor
on my lexus its not needed i have 172,000 miles on it and nothing has gone wrong , its just my jag i dont trust

 

I had a 17 XF 35t and loved the V6. Yes, that is what they charge, call a company called Endurance and get a quote from them that includes general maintenance like oil changes, brakes, wipers, battery along with the comprehensive extended warranty, you will be just under $5k I am debating on buying one for my 09 XF Supercharged with the famed 4.2 engine

 

if i was to do it again i would never get a warranty, lesson learned 2800 down the drain

 

We decided to put the equivalent money into shares in 2010 having bought an X-Type Wagon new inn 2005. Split into two safe funds with annual dividends. If anything major happened to the car we could have pulled the funds. Never needed to and now have more than doubled initial fund.

 

I've had remarkably good luck with CPO covering unexpected, high-dollar repairs. While there are lower cost third party insurers, I'd go with one via Jag that extends the term of the CPO coverage. When I bought my '18 Jag at 45k mi, I was given the option to extend the CPO for another 2 years for ~4k. Almost as an omen, the car soon came down with a radiator leak, requiring parts to be shipped from England. The dealer took care of it at no charge. I think a few k's is probably a good tradeoff to sleep soundly at night knowing that almost anything (barring road hazards) is going to be covered.