Eric Warranty

[gh172]

My warranty is about to expire and I was looking into purchasing a Eric Warranty through Werribee Volkswagen. They have since closed and have been taken over by Gateway Volkswagen and no longer offer a Eric Warranty. Just wondering if anyone knows a dealer still offering this warranty?
Cheers.

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[Idle]

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[gh172]

What are people paying for the 2 year Allianz extended warranty?

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[Transporter]

The amount of money you pay for most of these extended warranties is not worth it, IMO anyway. You are already covered by Australian consumer law which kicks in after your manufacturers warranty ends. It's called Statutory Warranty.

[Jozh]

The amount of money you pay for most of these extended warranties is not worth it, IMO anyway. You are already covered by Australian consumer law which kicks in after your manufacturers warranty ends. It's called Statutory Warranty.

Are you sure? I could never find a answer on this.
Guarantees and warranties for used cars | Your rights, crime and the law | Queensland Government

When they apply

Statutory warranty covers you when the vehicle’s:

• odometer reading is less than 160,000km
  and
• date of manufacture is less than 10 years before the sale date.

The warranty expires after 3 months or the first 5,000km.

When they don’t apply

The following vehicles do not have a statutory warranty:

• vehicles that are out of the warranty period
• motorcycles
• caravans
• commercial vehicles
• vehicles being sold on consignment for a private seller
• vehicles that can’t be registered because of their design
• vehicles that are on the ‘written-off’ register.

[Guest001]

The amount of money you pay for most of these extended warranties is not worth it, IMO anyway. You are already covered by Australian consumer law which kicks in after your manufacturers warranty ends. It's called Statutory Warranty.

I dont think so That is what you get when you buy a car second hand from a car yard. Is limited by time and kilometers

The consumer warranty is that a thing should last for a certain amount of time and that is what is covered by Consumer Law and will vary depending on what is being discussed Eg a pair of Jeans wont be expected to last as long as a pushbike.

Consumer rights & guarantees | ACCC

[Transporter]

I dont think so That is what you get when you buy a car second hand from a car yard. Is limited by time and kilometers

The consumer warranty is that a thing should last for a certain amount of time and that is what is covered by Consumer Law and will vary depending on what is being discussed Eg a pair of Jeans wont be expected to last as long as a pushbike.

Consumer rights & guarantees | ACCC

Then, keep on reading at that source.
In addition to original manufacturers warranty, we have statutory warranties on the cars as well and they can’t be denied by the dealers or manufacturers representative in here.

[Guest001]

Is this what you mean

"You buy a motor vehicle that comes with a three-year or 100,000 km written warranty outlining what the manufacturer will do if there are certain problems with the vehicle. This is a warranty against defects."

Then there is the" Statutory warranty" that Carsales MUST give you if the car has done less than a certain KM's and is less than a certain age as when you buy a second hand car with 3 months warranty which is a Statutory warranty

What I was referring to is this
Consumer guarantees | ACCC.

That means that anything has a finite life which is usually a lot longer than the warranty period and if it should not last that long you may have a case against the manufacturer.

Eg they have suggested life spans for different appliances and if one breaks down badly within that lifetime you may be liable to still have it fixed or get a partial refund. So if your car blows up 2 years out of an original warranty you may have a case under consumer law to have it fixed because it didnt last as long as it should have. Therefore extended warranties are a waste of money

[Transporter]

Did I misread the topic? The post is in MK7 Golf forum section and the first post mentioned the VW dealer, so logically, I thought, that we talk about a new car soon to be/or is just out of its original factory warranty.

It was never my intention to mislead someone that there's statutory warranty for a car which is close to 10 years or close to 160,000km. IMO, it would be very unreasonable, if it was otherwise.

[Guest001]

Did I misread the topic? The post is in MK7 Golf forum section and the first post mentioned the VW dealer, so logically, I thought, that we talk about a new car soon to be/or is just out of its original factory warranty.

It was never my intention to mislead someone that there's statutory warranty for a car which is close to 10 years or close to 160,000km. IMO, it would be very unreasonable, if it was otherwise.

It got to debating the worth of extended warranties and you replied that after the end of a dealer warranty that this happens
"You are already covered by Australian consumer law which kicks in after your manufacturers warranty ends. It's called Statutory Warranty."

You are correct that you are covered by Consumer law but it is NOT called a Statutory warranty as posted by Jozh and I
It is called a Consumer guarantee as per here
"Under the Australian Consumer Law, automatic consumer guarantees apply to many products and services you buy regardless of any other warranties suppliers sell or give to you" Under that you should get similar rights as an extended warranty without the cost.

Statutory warranties are what you get with a used car from a licenced dealer and only apply if the car is under 10 years old and less than 160km and are for 3 months??? and then the above MAY apply if you are lucky.
Therefore you must go back to get satisfaction under a Statutory warranty within the 3 months whereas under the consumer gurantee if your nice VW blows up at 5 years old because of a faulty piston or similar you have a claim under the Consumer Guarantee.

[Transporter]

Ok my bad, though it should be obvious to the OP from my original post that you still have some kind of warranty after 3 years manufacturers warranty is over, therefore there should be no need to spend thousands of dollars just in case your new car blows up shortly after 3 years.

Once again my apology for got the terminology mixed up.

[gh172]

After giving it a lot of thought I decided to extend the factory warranty for another 2 years. I know the Australian consumer laws provide us with protection outside of the factory warranty, however while major faults may be more black and white in regards to what is reasonable , our cars now include a lot of tech, and with that, the potential for a lot more problems. Even though some of these problems may be on the small side on the grand scale of things, that doesn't usually mean a cheap fix. I'd hate to have to run to the ACCC every time something goes wrong, and then wait while the issue is determined to be reasonable or not in regards to whether it should fail or not. Meanwhile, how long will I be without a car while it's investigated, bugger that! On the other hand I may have no issues over the next couple of years and it turns out to be a complete waste of money. At least I have some peace of mind for now.

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[FarQ]

i ended up with the Eric 5yr extended warranty for my alltrack. It was a $500-600 more than the 2 yr factory extended warranty offered by the dealer. Will cover the car for warranty repairs up to the purchase price with a limit of 200k kms. Like you said, i wanted peace of mind for at least 5yrs after the 3yr manuf warranty.

EDIT: It has gone up from $2400 to $3000 now for the 5yr Eric extended warranty insurance. At least for VW cars anyways.