Mitsubishi Launches 10 Year Warranty

[FastMitch]

Mitsubishi launches 10-year warranty, but there’s a catch | Drive

10 YEAR NEW CAR WARRANTY
10 year new car warranty | Mitsubishi Motors Australia

extended Mitsubishi 10 Year New Car Warranty Terms and Conditions

standard Mitsubishi 5 Year New Car Warranty Terms and Conditions


10 YEAR CAPPED PRICE SERVICING
Capped Price Servicing | Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd


This is great news !!

It may spur others (Hyundai, Kia, VW ...) to move to 8 Year Warranties

[bor1203]

Mitsubishi launches 10-year warranty, but there’s a catch | Drive

This is great news !!

It may spur others (Hyundai, Kia, VW ...) to move to 8 Year Warranties

Now they just need some cars in their lineup worth buying...


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[Dutch77]

..catch is you need to drive a Mitsubishi for 10 years.

Bleeding heart Judges give less for murder here.

[Lucas_R]

Now they just need some cars in their lineup worth buying...

So true - their range is so boring and ugly. Just like most of the other Jap manufacturers (Subaru, Nissan, Honda etc).

[bor1203]

I wonder if there is an argument that warranties over 5 years aren’t really adding a whole lot, given that any defects or issues that aren’t related to wear and tear would likely have arisen by the 5 year mark?

Just a thought...


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[Dutch77]

So true - their range is so boring and ugly. Just like most of the other Jap manufacturers (Subaru, Nissan, Honda etc).

Subaru has gone down a Toyota route (just as Toyota are starting to gain some element of style), the Nissan Z Proto looks promising, and Honda.. I can't go there. From the mid 2000s Euro (which still looks decent today) to the abomination that is the Civic today.

I wonder if there is an argument that warranties over 5 years aren’t really adding a whole lot, given that any defects or issues that aren’t related to wear and tear would likely have arisen by the 5 year mark?

I think it is almost asking for a bit of trouble, as people will think they've got nothing but basic maintenance for a decade - they'll be thinking everything else is covered. Flipside is as you suggest, lower costs/issues to cover in those later years but tie the customer to your service department where we know the best profits are being made.

[JustCruisn]

If VW offered 10years I might consider buying new from them, currently only Korean manufacturers are on my list.

Would falling headliner, failed soft touch plastic and buggered door locks be covered by these warranties ? What about faded headlights ?
These have been the biggest issues for my current Jetta.

[Simonr23]

They should be. A warranty should be bumper to bumper for whatever the period is.
No sliding scale rubbish, or this thing and that thing only covered for 1/3/5 years, and this thing is 10yrs.

Something like could (on the ever so rare occasion) be abused by an unscrupulous sales person during a transaction with people who only buy cars for transportation- and don’t care to know the nitty gritty. They trust what they’re told- and they should be able to.

[PDMJO]

They should be. A warranty should be bumper to bumper for whatever the period is.
No sliding scale rubbish, or this thing and that thing only covered for 1/3/5 years, and this thing is 10yrs.

Doesn't sound like a very profitable business model if that was the case...

[Dan_3MPS]

Most of their platforms are 10+ years old so they have it all sorted out by now! Very little in the way of new tech in the Mitsubishi range, so probably a low risk move for them to extend to 10 years coverage, with conditions.

[sinkas]

Doesn't sound like a very profitable business model if that was the case...

you would think a a lot of things would be breaking by 10 years, I guess it comes down to the delineation of fault versus wear and tear.
I guess also if they cover next to nothing at 3 years, its not much different if they say they do it for another 7

[FastMitch]

So true - their range is so boring and ugly. Just like most of the other Jap manufacturers (Subaru, Nissan, Honda etc).

Agree the designs and internals are boring. Toyota are the most reliable cars but the insides look bland & cheap it puts me off buying one.

Don't really care if it spurs the New Car Market into competing on moving towards standard 7, 8, 10 year warranties.

This may just push Kia to 10 years and Hyundai to 8 Years

Kia Australia chief operating officer, Damien Meredith ... admitted that he is ready to act if a rival jumps to seven-years. Kia in the United States offers a 10-year warranty as standard and it is likely to be the next step.
Source: Kia won't offer 10-year warranty... yet - Car News | CarsGuide


COO Damien Meredith told us this week that once another mass-market brand launches an equivalent warranty on a permanent basis, he would immediately lobby his Korean head office to green-light a longer period of coverage – potentially 10 years
Source: Kia Australia ready to push for 10-year warranty | CarAdvice


Hyundai is studying an unprecedented eight-year warranty in an effort to arrest a sales slide in Australia’s softening new-car marketSource: Hyundai to change the game in Australia: Brand studying eight-year warranty to reclaim ownership bragging rights - Car News | CarsGuide

[Transporter]

Who cares, if you keep your car only 5 years?
Remember, that the time will come when more and more people will hear that the fault is due to wear and tear and therefore not covered under the warranty.

[FastMitch]

Who cares, if you keep your car only 5 years?
Remember, that the time will come when more and more people will hear that the fault is due to wear and tear and therefore not covered under the warranty.

My SUV Electric Park Brake button broke at 6.5 Years (warranty was 5 Years). Not wear and tear, just cheap design and plastics.

If the Auto Transmissions dies at 6 years (looking at you dodgy VW DCT) on a 7 year warranty it is not wear and tear. Same with the air conditioner.

5 Years is too short if you do low km's. Warranty should be at least 7 Years for a $50k SUV.

[Transporter]

My SUV Park Brake button broke at 6.5 Years (warranty was 5 Years). Not wear and tear, just cheap design and plastics.

If the Auto Transmissions dies at 6 years (looking at you dodgy VW DCT) on a 7 year warranty it is not wear and tear. Same with the air conditioner.

5 Years is too short if you do low km's. Warranty should be at least 7 Years for a $50k SUV.

The warranty is against faults and defects during manufacturing process, not for the wear and tear.