Discounted Toyota Prius Extended Warranty /Service Contracts

[TOG]

Originally Posted by jackmccullough

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?

Sorry, but I'm not familiar with them.

I tried looking into offering these a few years ago, and was never able to find a plan or company doing it that I was willing to associate myself with. Besides the fact that these put people in an awkward position any time there is a claim that is less than the cost of the warranty. What do you do if you have a $600 claim, and you paid say $1200.00 for the warranty?

Troy

[reverai]

>>What do you do if you have a $600 claim, and you paid say $1200.00 for the warranty?<<

Troy[/QUOTE]

Nothing. I had a friend who bought the warranty for toyota a few years ago and engine failed while driving across the USA with Prius. The total cost of the repair was $5300 and it was covered by the warranty without a problem. And even now his car is still covered 100%.

Steve

[Ct. Ken V]

Hi, reverai,

I think what Troy was hinting at by his example was "what would the original poster do if faced with only a $600 repair/claim?" as far as using his "fully refundable, non-Toyota warranty". Would he put in the claim for the $600 against the warranty & lose out on the $1200 refund or would he pay the small-change $600 out of pocket in hopes that he would never have to use the warranty for another claim &/but keep it in force in case a big expensive repair ever came up in the future (in which case the warranty would pay for itself then)?

However, in Troy's example the end outcome will be the same financially (assuming no other claims). Warranty used : $1200 cost minus $600 claim yields net cost of $600. But warranty not used : $1200 refund minus $600 "out-of-pocket" repair yields net cost of $600.

Ken (in Bolton,Ct)

[reverai]

Originally Posted by Ct. Ken V

Hi, reverai,

I think what Troy was hinting at by his example was "what would the original poster do if faced with only a $600 repair/claim?" as far as using his "fully refundable, non-Toyota warranty". Would he put in the claim for the $600 against the warranty & lose out on the $1200 refund or would he pay the small-change $600 out of pocket in hopes that he would never have to use the warranty for another claim &/but keep it in force in case a big expensive repair ever came up in the future (in which case the warranty would pay for itself then)?

However, in Troy's example the end outcome will be the same financially (assuming no other claims). Warranty used : $1200 cost minus $600 claim yields net cost of $600. But warranty not used : $1200 refund minus $600 "out-of-pocket" repair yields net cost of $600.

Ken (in Bolton,Ct)

Oh.....thanks.

Steve

[Bilbrey]

Originally Posted by 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

I ran into the same problem...
Dealer charged me $1445 for the "Toyota Extra Care - Platinum" and $1295 for the "Toyota Auto Care - Premium".
But here in California we have 60 days to cancel (no cost)

[Bilbrey]

I cancelled both from the dealer. I did not appreciate that they had 'over charged' me.

Now I just have to wait for my deposit to be mailed back to me.

[reverai]

Originally Posted by Bilbrey

I ran into the same problem...
Dealer charged me $1445 for the "Toyota Extra Care - Platinum" and $1295 for the "Toyota Auto Care - Premium".
But here in California we have 60 days to cancel (no cost)

Dealers vary in what they charge. Koons in Tyson wanted $1095 for the "Toyota Extra Care - Platinum" for 7 years, 100000 miles.

Steve

[Bilbrey]

Originally Posted by reverai

Dealers vary in what they charge. Koons in Tyson wanted $1095 for the "Toyota Extra Care - Platinum" for 7 years, 100000 miles.

Steve

That would have been reasonable...

[gebjeff]

I think I was ripped-off . Ourisman Fairfax Toyota charged me $1,973 for the Platinum Plus (7 year/100,000 mile). This is a plan from Fidelity Warranty Services, Inc. (a Jim Moran, SE Toyota company). Is the plan that others are talking about also from Fidelity Warranty Services or is it directly from Toyota? Any suggestions how I can get the other (e.g., cheaper) plan?

[aapoppa]

Originally Posted by gebjeff

Is the plan that others are talking about also from Fidelity Warranty Services or is it directly from Toyota? Any suggestions how I can get the other (e.g., cheaper) plan?

This plan is directly from Toyota.

Troy Dietrich
Toyota of Greenfield
(413) 772-0231
(413) 772-0989 (My Direct Line)
Warranty@PriusChat.com