2016 warranty coverages decreasing

[HollywoodTurbo]

Anyone else see this? :sadbanana:

Chevy, GMC Powertrain Warranties Get 40,000 Miles Shorter ? News ? Car and Driver | Car and Driver Blog

 

[4g63gst20]

I guess I won't be getting that turbo Camaro I've been waiting for. Or probably not even buying another chevy. We average about 25k miles a year so this is a deal breaker for me and my family. We all own chevy and have bought them new from same dealership since 2007.

 

[$ub$onic]

Meh, does not concern me at all. I rarely use the warranty anyways and it has little to do with persuading me to stick with the brand or not.

I will buy more Chevys and in fact I just bought a 2nd sonic. Could not be happier with GM.

 

[RMinNJ]

It must be a move to save money.. but I'm baffled how it help sales.

 

[The Champ]

This was announced several months ago.

It's still a better deal then when I bought my first new car after returning home from being stationed in Germany and headed to the Pentagon (1977) - that had only a 3/36 warranty.

I joked when I bought my second new car that I only got about a 9 month warranty as I was driving about 50,000 miles a year for business at the time...

Still as good or better than Audi, BMW, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Nissan, Porsche, Volkswagen and Volvo.

 

[mendoza_juan]

Anyone else see this? :sadbanana:

Chevy, GMC Powertrain Warranties Get 40,000 Miles Shorter ? News ? Car and Driver | Car and Driver Blog

Maybe it's because I'm bringing in mine for warrantee work for the second time. First the axel and to mmor for third gear slipping (auto trans).

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[bigsistruck]

Glad I bought one this year! I almost didn't!

 

[ChrisJ]

I had complained about this months if not years ago. They announced it a long time ago.

I think it's to remain competitive with the rest of the market as everyone else has lower warranties and fact is, you're paying for that warranty. Nothing is free, ever.

 

[jgrote]

I had complained about this months if not years ago. They announced it a long time ago.

I think it's to remain competitive with the rest of the market as everyone else has lower warranties and fact is, you're paying for that warranty. Nothing is free, ever.

Quoted for truth. I'm sure it's to keep costs down. If you want more warranty, you can always buy more.

 

[Sailurman]

Quoted for truth. I'm sure it's to keep costs down. If you want more warranty, you can always buy more.

True that

 

[cndctrdj]

It's also a new car. They always drop the time and mileage when a new model comes out. It will go back up in a year or two

 

[The Champ]

It's also a new car. They always drop the time and mileage when a new model comes out. It will go back up in a year or two

This is a unilateral change on all Chevy models, not just on this one.

Expect the "new" warranty (that matches most of the rest of the industry) to be permanent.

 

[Breezybro]

Unless something changes I most likely won't be getting another Chevy because of this

 

[The Champ]

Unless something changes I most likely won't be getting another Chevy because of this

So, what are you going to buy instead?

A Toyota? Same powertrain warranty.

A Ford? Same powertrain warranty.

A Honda? Same powertrain warranty.

Chevy isn't changing the way they are making the cars, they are just changing the warranty to mirror what their biggest competitors have.

Toyota, Ford and Honda never offered a 5 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty.

 

[Breezybro]

Just because everybody else is doing it doesn't mean you should. By lowering something that's such a big deal tremendously, it makes everything else stand out and really makes you wonder if it's worth it.

 

[The Champ]

Just because everybody else is doing it doesn't mean you should. By lowering something that's such a big deal tremendously, it makes everything else stand out and really makes you wonder if it's worth it.

Most people didn't consider the warranty a very big deal, so Chevy decided it wasn't worth it.

 

[Breezybro]

We aren't going to get anything out of it so they are just screwing us in the end

 

[Sonic Matt]

aren't companies like kia and hyundai offering 10 year 100k warranties? Sad to see Gm stoop down to the other big shot competitors. Those kias and hyundais are getting popular on the road too.

 

[The Champ]

aren't companies like kia and hyundai offering 10 year 100k warranties? Sad to see Gm stoop down to the other big shot competitors. Those kias and hyundais are getting popular on the road too.

That 100,000 mile warranty is for the original owner only. It isn't transferable after 60,000 miles.

The devil is in the details...:banana:

They could put a 20 year/200,000 mile warranty on a Kia or a Hyundai and I still wouldn't want one.

 

[laborsmith]

Remember Kia Hyundai used the extended warranty to overcome thsir terrible rep.

Chrysler started it and for the same reason.

Laborsmith