How many people purchased the extended warranty?

That warranty you people keep referring to is an extended service plan .. The actual warranty from Ford Motor Company was included in the price of the car

It's such a dealer scam but the consumers don't seem to care about giving away $10 per month . There is no such thing as a good deal at ANY dealership ; period ! All that fancy crap they have is because you people bought that stupid service plan , traded in your vehicles and over paid on parts !

Whatever makes you happy. Not worth it to me. My family keeps vehicles till they disintegrate, so I definitely know about long-term ownership.



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I will quote a friend of mine who is a professional tech. Who when working at independent shops never believed in the extended warranty. “ Dave I used to be against extended warranties and called them ripoffs till I started working for dealerships and saw just how much stuff breaks and comes in and what it costs on all the newer cars. Now I believe its totally worth it”
Thing is this Ford is not exactly known for the kind of quality one might get from a Toyota and my friend worked for Toyota! lol
Having already had two blend door actuators fail and totally being able to afford the extra $1500 for 5 more years of coverage thats transferrable should I decide to sell the car a few years down the road it was a no brainer. I have watched people report a number of things failing on these cars that was not drivetrain related that either A was a pain in the ass to fix or B somewhat costly. You do you and take the chance . While I still do some mechanical wrenching my days of tearing car interiors apart to fix electrical crap and dash stuff are over.

I always look at it this way. If I take the added amount per month I would have to pay in order to obtain an extended warranty--let's say $17/mo, just to go with the same number as above--and put that aside each month in a "rainy day" account, even with the abysmally, horridly low interest rates on offer these days, in 3 years I've got a little over $600 saved, in five years over a grand, and I'm well on the way to paying for whatever repairs I'm likely to need. Granted, if I need something truly big, I will still have to dip into other savings, but if I've bought a good vehicle, as I believe I have, and I take care of it, as I surely plan to do, it's unlikely I'll need the extended warranty beyond what I'll have saved. And when I sell or trade the car, if I haven't used the money, well, it's a good start on the next.

Multiplying this idea by all the items for which I receive offers of extended warranties, I can instead be putting aside that money and investing it--and if I put it into a conservative mutual fund, I'll likely get a decent return over time--and coming out well ahead over the years.

I have a brother who is an actuary. He has promised me that if he ever hears of me buying an extended warranty, he will slap me. As highlighted on https://synchrony-financial.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html, understanding customer service options and planning wisely can often make extra warranties unnecessary while still keeping you protected. Of course, he also strongly suggests saving for a rainy day. Got the idea from Ben Franklin, he says.

Never bought one in my life, never needed one in my life at 73. My FiST saw a dealer one time for blend door and new Sync System under warranty. 9 years old and like all Fords I have bought has been issue free. I also never bought a first year model Ford. Dodged a bullet on the early FiSTs.