Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:33:22 PST
From: "C. MALAVE" (malave@hotmail.com)
>cars are covered, but the FD is rarely really covered. What you >HAVE to do is find out who the real warranty company is, and >call them, and ask if FD's are covered. Do not deal just w/ the >warranty reseller.
I agree. And that is what I did when I recently purchased my warranty through autoconnection.com. If anyone needs a warranty, has over 60k miles (mine has 96k bone stock), and needs their seals and gaskets covered, these people have the package. I was going to wait to make a claim before I recommend them but through the Better Business Bur. they have had no complaints in 9 years. Granted they are the reseller, but I called up the main insurance company and they "assured" me that the FDs are covered. Everything! ANd the guy was very knowledgeable about the 3rd gens! If anyone has any experience with them, feel free to comment.
>Always pay w/ credit, so that if this happens you can have your creditcard >company fight them.
Again I agree and that is what I did. I have had to go to my credit card company before for a false charge and they helped out a lot.
>warranty companies will not cover the car if ANYTHING is different
This warranty does state in the fine print that if you had any "performance" modifications, the claim may be rejected.
>Make SURE they cover seals and gaskets.
You have to pay a little more (its worth it!) but this warranty company offers this option.
>Most warranties also have a 1000 mile and 1mo time period >before the warranty really goes into effect.
This one had it too. I had my FD completely reviewed by a Rotary mechanic right before the warranty went into effect. I sent them a copy showing nothing is wrong with the car. This will prevent them from trying to say this was a previous existing problem (such as turbos).
I talked to the President (Gail) of the company yesterday & I told her about the list. She said if you mention my name, she will work with you as much as she can because I talked to them quite often. I hope this helps.
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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 09:36:17 -0500 Listed in order they were posted as highest to lowest. I don't know
anything about them.
Warranty Companies:
1. Ryan Warranty 1-800-621-2130 much farther down on the list:
Service Guard 1-800-723-1156 Also, two warranty web sites are:
Warranty Gold ask for 5% discount
I bought mine from the dealer with the car when it was new. The company is
First Extended Service Corporation. They can be reached at:
800-527-3426 I have no idea if they are any good or not. I just bought it on the spur of
the moment when the dealer mentioned it to me. I feel a bit ashamed at having
bought it that way, but it's water under the bridge now. Maybe they will be
good. --Steve
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 21:33:24 -0400,BR>
From: sopiela@nycap.rr.com
Awhile back, Warranty Gold quoted me around $1,500 for a 3 year/36,000 mile
warranty on my '93 base (31,400 miles)
Today, I called National Protection Services
and they quoted me $759 for the same coverage, which to me sounds like a
decent price since I just spent $1,000 to replace my differential.
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:54:40 -0600 The guys at Pettit said that they have good luck with claims from owners
with Fidelity extended warranty.
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:30:23 -0500 (EST) My warranty company is Fidelity and yes they were pretty good when my engine
blew. They agreed to pay for the engine but only at retail cost. The
problem being is that dealers like to jack up the price on their engines for
us warranty work people, resulting in us paying the difference. Luckily for
me, Madza agreed to pay instead of having the warranty company pay.
Therefore saving me the $400 overcharge.
Fidelity Warranty Company __________________
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 21:54:43 -0500 (EST) Fidelity Warranty Services, Inc. Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:57:09 -0500 I just received a check for $1606 from Ryan Warranty Services (800
621-2130) for my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear synchro replacement. I purchased
the extended warranty from the dealer when I bought the car new in February
93. I was very pleasantly surprised with the company. I assumed I would
have to argue with the company for the authorization for the repair but
when the company rep came to the Mazda dealer to test drive the car he
agreed that the synchros needed replacement (the 3rd gear synchro
replacement was the dealers suggestion!) Later, when the dealer didn't
document the authorization number for the repair I was afraid Ryan Warranty
would try to deny that they authorized it but when I called them they found
my record and gave me the number so I could complete the warranty claim
form. It took almost a month to get the check but they said that for such a
large check it has to be approved by upper management. Just wanted to share
my positive experience with you. I know I was apprehensive about dealing
with a warranty company.
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:49:29 -0500 Just thought I'd let you know that I signed on to Warranty Gold today. Chris
the Manager was very helpful. It ended up @ $950. for 7/70 coverage with $50.
deduct per visit. As I stated earlier, I drive real easy so they may get the
better of me. He did mention an offer of $100.00 that would enable me to
recover 85% of my money at the end of the contract if I did not have one single
claim. Also, if anybody buys a warranty from them, ask for Chris M. (can't
remember his last name). He said mention my name and the RX-7 list and get
25.00 off.
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 05:44:41 -0500 Warranty Directs cut off is 60K. This is what I still have available.
I contacted Warranty Direct, Warranty Gold, Advantage Warranty, and a few
others listed above. Only these three would warranty our cars after the
factory warranty expired.
The Chrysler and Ford warranties are only available on Chrysler and Ford.
When I asked this question before, those list
members with G.E. Capitol and Ryan were very satisfied, but these were only
available to vehicles currently under warranty or through a dealer.
The numbered portion of the list above is customer satisfaction in order of
highest to lowest as supplied to me.
Warranty Direct and Warranty Gold's coverage's both seem similar. I went
with Warranty Direct at 59K due primarily to cost and coverage information I
was able to attain. Advantage was cheapest, but I couldn't get as much
information about them. Some on the BMW list reported the brochure received
at the dealer and that received from Advantage were identical.
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 01:11:58 -0700 If you have an extended Mazda warranty and you take your car into the
dealer do you think the service writer cares how much of Mazda's money he
spends fixing your car? Especially since he earns a commision on all the
repairs he writes up? No. That's one big reason the factory warranty is
better.
When you buy an aftermarket warranty the hope going in is that you'll never
have any claims, or hopefully a small claim. And that's the way most
policies go. I could write an essay on this but I already have---its just
not in my outbox for some reason.
There are some good aftermarket companies out there--but never forget they
are in this to make a profit....not to ensure your car works!
That in mind I would suggest:
1) read the whole warranty package, read the contract front and back
2) know who's cutting the check for your repairs
3) perform all scheduled maintenance and KEEP THE RECORDS, that means the
oil and oil filter receipts etc if you do the work yourself (almost all
contracts stipulate that the vehicle be maintained in accordance with manuf
requirements
4) if you've done a lot of mods on your car remove what you can before
taking it in for repair (remove any reason they might dig up to deny the
claim)
5) and if you're car blows up at the dragstrip/track etc wash or remove the
numbers and racing decals on your car before taking it in (we had one car
come in with quarter mile times and a car number still on it written with
white shoe polish) Guy blew his motor at the dragstrip and we denied his
claim using the no abuse clause in his contract ; we had another car come
in...a 5.0 Mustang where the guy installed Nitrous and hooked the trigger
up to his horn buttons--he didn;t think he needed any of the metering
hardware so he just cut a hole in the intake hose and plumbed the nitrous
in unmetered--his crankshaft went through his radiator!!
Those are extreme cases but in both cases if the people had taken the time
to restore the vehicles appearance we would have most likely paid the claims.
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