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O/T Warranties
I am trying to compare warranty terms on different manufacturers around the world. In theory they should all be the same, but I doubt if they are.
In the UK, most manufacturers now have a 3 year warrranty, but Hyundai have recently started to give a 5 year warranty.
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A few manufacturers offer 10-year warranties here in the US. Hyundai's, for example:
10 year / 100k miles powertrain 5 year / 60k bumper-to-bumper 5 year unlimited mileage roadside assistance It goes on. Anyway, GM has recently started offering, I think, 7-year warranties. What I know of GM products tells me that this is extremely optimistic and that it's a sales gimmick that they'll pay for later.
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warranties
Are you talking bumper to bumper or just powertrain warranties?
Hyundai/Kia in the US have a 10 year/100,000 powertrain warranty and I think a 4 year 50,000 bumper to bumper. There are terms though on the powertrain being not transferable. Isuzu for a spell had a 10 year 120,000 mile powertrain warranty but they have dropped it back to a 7 year 70,000 I think from the last commercial I saw. The standard in the US is about 3 years 36,000 miles for bumper to bumper, 5 year 60,000 miles for a powertrain although most manufacturers have been creeping up their warranties in recent years and many now include some mantainance for the first couple years (I'll bet they find its actually cheaper later on if they provide the work for free and more people actually get it done).
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Re: O/T Warranties
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Audi in the US is 4-year/50K, Ford is 3-year/36K. Due to our federal regulations, there are different warranty periods for corrosion protection, smog controls, and passive restraint systems. I think most US companies have 3-year/36K.
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the kia and hyundai warrentees are nontransferable, and that's how they work, most ppl don't keep a vehicle for much longer than 5 yrs, so it doesn't carry over to the next owner
but dodge has the 7 yr specifically 'fully transferable' warrenty they point it out in their adds
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The powertrain is covered under the 5 yr/60K warranty.
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