Discounted Toyota Prius Extended Warranty /Service Contracts

[bagwell]

Originally Posted by bagwell

I just emailed Troy about this very issue...I'm looking at an 07 with 41K miles on it....will advz.

Troy's reply --

"Unfortunately, the other poster is correct. You're only eligible for the Toyota Extra Care plans while you're within the original 3 yr / 36,000 mile factory warranty. That's how Toyota protects themselves from issuing a policy on a car with existing problems. Otherwise there would be nothing to stop someone from contacting me for a warranty on a vehicle with a bad engine or something (Nav unit, A/C, or whatever)."

he also recommended warrantydirect.com; I checked on them - good company but very pricey.

[macnic7]

Okay, I am about to pick up my 2010 Prius (having been in an accident and ruined my 2005 Prius).. I had an extended warranty on the old Prius that was at 50K and I have heard that I can get money back. Now I want to understand about waiting to buy the extended warranty. The dealer says they give it to me at cost for $1700 but it looks like I can do much better other places. $1050 or better.... and I can wait until I have the car and as long as it hasn't reached 36K I can "shop around". Is that right?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by macnic7

Okay, I am about to pick up my 2010 Prius (having been in an accident and ruined my 2005 Prius).. I had an extended warranty on the old Prius that was at 50K and I have heard that I can get money back. Now I want to understand about waiting to buy the extended warranty. The dealer says they give it to me at cost for $1700 but it looks like I can do much better other places. $1050 or better.... and I can wait until I have the car and as long as it hasn't reached 36K I can "shop around". Is that right?

You have until 36 months or 36,000 miles, whichever occurs first, to get the Toyota extended warranties.

Personally, I'm an advocate of waiting until 35 months or 35,000 miles, whichever occurs first, to decide whether to get a Toyota extended warranty. That way you'll be much better informed as to (1) whether you think that getting an extended warranty is a good insurance buy for your particular car, and (2) which extended warranty (if any) to get in terms of maximum years and/or miles, because you can save hundreds more off that current $1055 price if you choose a plan with fewer maximum years and/or miles to fit your past and anticipated future use of the car.

[compucoach]

so i'm buying a 2006 prius with 35000 miles but over 3 yrs old (jan 2006). can i still get and extended toyota warranty?

[TOG]

Originally Posted by compucoach

so i'm buying a 2006 prius with 35000 miles but over 3 yrs old (jan 2006). can i still get and extended toyota warranty?

Sorry, but no. Toyota is very strict on this. You're only eligible while the vehicle is still within the original factory 3 yr / 36K warranty. Toyota will reject the warranty application even if you're only one day past the 36 month mark.

This is how Toyota protects themselves from issuing a policy on a vehicle that could potentially have pre-existing problems. By only offering it while it's within the "bumper-to-bumper" factory warranty, there cannot be an existing problem that isn't already covered by the factory warranty. This is also why you don't need to have the car inspected prior to purchasing a plan.

Troy

[miketoyo]

Originally Posted by Danny

Toyota Extra Care Platinum Warranty Price - $1055!
Please request more information using the quote request form at WarrantyShack.com from now on. The same price as always is available to PriusChat members, just be sure you include your PriusChat Username in the form for the special PriusChat pricing.

http://www.warrantyshack.com/quotes/toyota/

Other plans available, please read below for more information and how to contact our PriusChat Warranty Representative.

Please read this entire opening post before asking any questions that may already be answered.


Many of our members are getting swindled by their local dealers over the price of the Toyota Extended Service Contract (Extended Warranty in layman's terms) so I decided to do something about it.

PriusChat is proud to announce that for a price of $1055, you can purchase the Toyota Extra Care Platinum warranty which will cover your car for a period of 7 years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first.

The best part is this warranty has a $0 deductible. It also comes with Substitute Transportation coverage at $50/day for a max of 5 days per occurrence, free towing to the closest authorized repair facility, travel protection if the incident occurs more than 150 miles from your home and includes costs of meals and lodging reimbursed up to $100 per day for a maximum of five days over the life of the agreement, and transferability to another owner of your car for a fee of $50.

How much does it cost?
As stated previously, this great plan is available for $1055, almost $800 off the MSRP price of $1850

What does it cover?
You can see a full list of what is covered over on Toyota Financial Services website. It breaks down what is covered by each level of warranty coverage.

Is the Navigation/MFD covered?
* Yes - request a full list of covered and excluded items from our warranty rep if you would like to take a look at them.

I already bought my car, does that mean I can't get the Extended Service Contract?
*Nope, you can buy it as long as you are within the original warranty period - 3 years, 36k miles.

*Bought your car used? You are eligible for other service contracts

Interested in the Toyota Prepaid Maintenance Plans?

$875 for the 4 year/ 55,000 mile Premium Plan. MSRP $1355.

I'm interested, so how do I order it and get some of my questions solved?
Please go to WarrantyShack.com and fill out the quote request form here: http://www.warrantyshack.com/quotes/toyota/

Soon we will have a way for you to contact a warranty rep directly through WarrantyShack.com so that you can feel free to ask any questions you may have, plus we'll have a Toyota representative will be available to answer your questions.

A quick note from PriusChat concerning using our offer as a way to "pricematch" with your dealer. Basically, please refrain from doing so. Telling your dealer about this offer could lead to higher prices in the very near future or completely pulling the deal from this site. Please read the message from Troy, our PriusChat Warranty Rep, below:

"...If anyone feels that they simply must give their dealer the chance to price match, at the very least, give us the courtesy of keeping us anonymous so you don't ruin it for everyone. Just tell them you have gotten a better price at another dealer, and leave it at that. Don't give them a copy of this thread or one of my emails with all the info they need to go crying to their factory reps about how much money they lost because of us."

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Danny,
I think you are the exact person I wrote to previously to get my 2004 Prius, CA License 5KDF195, a Platinum Toyota factory warranty, but I have another question. My Prius now has 85K miles on it, and runs perfectly, but what I really want to do is keep it (yep, I've got the CA carpool lane stickers) until Toyota comes out with the 2011 with upgraded battery and higher mileage.
Does Toyota factory offer a warranty that will extend the one I have about a year or so until the next generation comes out?
Please let me know. My email address is: miketoyo@hotmail.com

The 2010 looks quite similar to my 2004 and I don't feel the increase in mileage is significant enough to look at a 2010....so please let me know about covering mine until the 2011 is released, probably about in a year.

Thank you for your time.

mike
949-598-1272

[tinaeva]

Okay, everyone. Here's the deal. I bought my 2009 Prius on July 3 and got the Toyota national special offer of 0% financing for 4 years. Didn't know about this forum and the great prices for the 100,000 mile warranty and for the prepaid maintenance. Dealer talked me into both at the full price plus $400 gap coverage and rolled it all into the 0% loan.

Seemed a great deal to me!

Today I got the warranty in the mail from Toyota, still nothing on the prepaid maintenance, but it says I have the right to cancel the warranty within 30 days of the date they mailed the warranty to me for a $25.00 processing fee.

My question is would you cancel the warranty now and buy it later at the forum price? Do you think I could do that since it was folded into the loan? Not that anyone should know that, but maybe someone else has done it.

Any ideas? Do I also have the right to cancel the prepaid maintenance?

One more question. My car was a demo used by the dealer's wife and had just over 5000 miles on it. I noticed the maintenance record doesn't show the 5000 mile service that should have been done. Should I insist they either do this service or show evidence that it was done? (I'm assuming it was done.)

Wish I'd found this forum before I bought the car!

Thanks.

Kris

[jackmccullough]

Total newbie to this site here.

I just picked up my new 2008 Prius with about 23k on it. I got heavy pressure--a real hard sell--to buy the 7/100 extended warranty, and after negotiating on price I went for it. A key reason is the provision of a full refund if we don't make any claims.

My fundamental question is this: what is your experience? Have you had any of the scary, expensive repairs that the dealer tries to warn you about?
If you bought the warranty, has it paid for itself?
Has anyone tried to collect on the refund provision?

TIA
Jack

[TOG]

Originally Posted by jackmccullough

Total newbie to this site here.

I just picked up my new 2008 Prius with about 23k on it. I got heavy pressure--a real hard sell--to buy the 7/100 extended warranty, and after negotiating on price I went for it. A key reason is the provision of a full refund if we don't make any claims.

My fundamental question is this: what is your experience? Have you had any of the scary, expensive repairs that the dealer tries to warn you about?
If you bought the warranty, has it paid for itself?
Has anyone tried to collect on the refund provision?

TIA
Jack

Toyota does NOT offer a money back guarantee with their plans. Any dealer offering that option, are either selling a 3rd party warranty or their packaging a separate insurance policy together with the Toyota warranty. I'd suggest reading the fine print of the refund guarantee carefully since it's not backed or offered by Toyota.

Hopefully some of the members here can share their stories of having used the warranty. I know it definitely does get used....a few weeks ago I even had a call from someone just calling to thank me following a $6000+ claim on his Platinum warranty for his Prius.

Troy

[jackmccullough]

Originally Posted by TOG

Toyota does NOT offer a money back guarantee with their plans. Any dealer offering that option, are either selling a 3rd party warranty or their packaging a separate insurance policy together with the Toyota warranty. I'd suggest reading the fine print of the refund guarantee carefully since it's not backed or offered by Toyota.

Hopefully some of the members here can share their stories of having used the warranty. I know it definitely does get used....a few weeks ago I even had a call from someone just calling to thank me following a $6000+ claim on his Platinum warranty for his Prius.

Troy

You're right. I'm looking at the paperwork right now and it says that Premier Dealer Services in San Diego is the administrator for the refund agreement. Do you know anything about them?