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- From: philg@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Philip Greenspun)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Extended Warranty (3rd party recommendations)
- Date: 15 Nov 92 16:15:32
- Organization: M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Lab.
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- In-reply-to: sandyb@world.std.com's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:25:41 GMT
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- In article <BxoEAu.4v8@world.std.com> sandyb@world.std.com (Sandy Bendremer) writes:
-
- I am just about to take delivery on a new Ford (Taurus SHO). Can anyone
- recommend or provide a list of 3rd party extended warranty providers.
-
- My goal would be to have as good (or better) coverage than Ford's program,
- at lower cost.
-
- Don't get a 3rd party warranty. In most states the implied warranty
- of merchantability (i.e. "the car has to go from one place to another,
- regardless of what the fine print says"), which is often much stronger
- than the manufacturer's explicit warranty, runs for one year or the
- length of the explicit warranty, whichever is longer.
-
- Thus, if you get a six year warranty from Ford and something breaks
- that shouldn't have, e.g. the transmission, and they don't want to fix
- it (we're talking Ford after all), you can sue them under the warranty
- of merchantability and forget that the fine print excludes
- transmissions or says "unless the owner didn't change the fluid" or
- whatever.
-
- By the way, car companies put language in to make you think you don't
- have this implied warranty, but in most states, including MA, a
- consumer cannot sign away his implied warranty no matter what.
-
- In summary, if you get a 3rd party warranty you are bound by the fine
- print, which will likely be very favorable to the insurer. If you get
- a Ford warranty, they (legally, at least) have to treat you fairly.
-
-
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-
- -- Philip Greenspun
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