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Auto Maker Warranty Rates

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by fshagan, Jun 21, 2006.

  1. fshagan

    fshagan Senior Member

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    Warranty Week is a geeky, stastical look at the warranty industry distributed to warranty professionals via email and on the web. Since the Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, manufacturers have had to report their warranty data in more detail, including the amount of money they set aside in a reserve to fund future warranty expense.

    The following chart lists the "big 5" auto makers and their warranty cost as a percentage of sales. This chart has, for the first time, Ford edging out GM a bit, and Daimler-Chrysler at its usual spot at the high end of the chart. Toyota and Honda are at the bottom, with a much lower warranty cost than the others.

    Analysis of these numbers is more difficult than the chart would suggest:


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    #1 fshagan, Jun 21, 2006
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    That's exactly why we are selling my son's Dodge Truck and why I am on my 4th brand new Toyota. And other's say I'm spending too much of premium for my car :lol:
     
    #2 ServoScanMan, Jun 21, 2006
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    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    damn, i can't imagine how much time the techs over at daimler-chrysler spend on warranty work then... :blink:
     
    #3 galaxee, Jun 21, 2006
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