Extended Warranty (I know)

[Jrel209]

You read my mind. Mines slightly higher 4x4 100 beans deduct. Honestly, I've been thinking of this for many moons. Even the misses said that's not bad price. Done deal.

I used ford pts gave me additional $212 off

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[chuck s]

6/60k only buys you another year and 10k on the power train, so only you can decide if that’s worth the cost. Personally, if I was going to invest in it, I would try to go longer.

My truck’s been perfect to date, but I‘ve decided to buy one for 5/100k, which is how long I keep vehicles on average. For my vehicle, that’s just over $1000. I usually don’t buy warranties, but it seems pretty easy to spend $1000 on a repair these days, especially on electrical and such that is only covered for 3/36k. So, the warranty seems like a reasonable cost to insure the risk.

not really true.....bumper to bumper is 3 yr 36000 miles

 

[Wayne]

Damn, this forum got me again! Been contemplating an extended warranty for some time. After reading this thread and finding out about the increase coming up I pulled the trigger on 8yr?100,000 mile Premium plan today. I really like this truck and as I am considering retirement in the not to distant future it looks like I will be holding on to it indefinitely. Thanks to JesseS for posting the discount code! Now just hope I never need it.

 

[D Fresh]

PT Barnum would love this thread!

 

[Ronbo]

I just pulled the trigger on a 8/100 Flood Ford ESP Premium Care plan with a $50.00 Deductible. With my Ford pass points, it came to $1489.00. IMO, fairly cheap insurance to protect against some potentially very expensive repairs.

 

[Motorpsychology]

Think of it this way...anything major goes wrong several years down the road, you would pay more than that $1060 in labor...

I sold my 2018 Escape after reading about chronic problems with coolant intrusion into the cylinders on the 1.5L EcoBoost4 (not the 2020 & newer 1.5L 3cyl). Those that are out of 5/60 factory warranty are paying $4-$9000 for a new short or long block.

Thanks, and another poster above mentioned about a price increase on 1/5, I was going to wait 8 months till the factory basic 3/36 expired but maybe that's not a good idea, ?‍

Whether you buy a Ford plan or a third party extended warranty, It is always a good idea to buy it while the vehicle is new. They are cheaper than if you wait until either the 3/36 or 5/60 factory warranty runs out.

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Unfortunately refinancing would probably be my only option to get an extended warranty.

My only other option would be to put it on a credit with much higher interest than my car loan.

I understand about that. Sometimes we just have to do what we have to do. I wish you the best in finding the warranty that fits your situation best.

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Does anyone know which of the plans covers the LED in the head & tail lights incase it goes bad? I couldn't find any description for the lights in any of the plans.

We paid an extra $100 for bulb coverage thru Flood. You select it after picking your plan as an add on.

 

[thewhiteranger]

I've also been on the fence for awhile on this, Ive always thought them a bad bet, paying for repairs you may never need but Im pretty sure the ranger is gonna be around awhile, I like it and its nearly paid for and you cannot find a replacement anyway.
I just went with a plan from flood ford myself (best price I could find) I did the 8 years 100k plan with a $100 deductible it seems like that should do it for me I dont drive as much anymore (Im at almost 2 years with only 18k on it now) -we take the car most places but I really love having a truck around. fyi they do take ford points at checkout as long as you use a credit card you can do it right from the webpage my 43k points that were about to expire gave me a little better than a $200 discount off the 1245 price so all in all about 1100 something for the premium plan with the lighting add-on. I know I likely won't have an issue in 100k miles since almost any car built now will easily go 100k miles but any one repair will easily cost 1100. Its kinda funny that the next tier was 125k miles and $500 more so I guess the ford odds makers are pretty confident on the 100k thing!

ONE QUESTION: I have done my own services (just 2 so far) like oil changes rotations etc. I use the ford app to take pictures of receipts and record services where it lets you add records, does any one know for certain that this is adequate??? I dont want to get a claim denied if I ever have one.

 

[apotocki]

Haha…I should have contacted Flood and made a ‘royalty’ deal before starting this post!
In all seriousness, I’m glad that this post/topic generated all this discussion and got folks thinking about having a long term warranty. I know this subject is one where folks are pretty much evenly split in they’re thinking - kinda like whether or not a DAMPER or a spacer level is a good thing.
I just finished my FLood online purchase - 6yrs/60k for $745.

 

[thewhiteranger]

Haha…I should have contacted Flood and made a ‘royalty’ deal before starting this post!
In all seriousness, I’m glad that this post/topic generated all this discussion and got folks thinking about having a long term warranty. I know this subject is one where folks are pretty much evenly split in they’re thinking - kinda like whether or not a DAMPER or a spacer level is a good thing.
I just finished my FLOOD FORD online purchase - 6yrs/60k for $745.

hey thanks for letting us all know about this -- I would've bought it from the dealer but they literally wanted double the price I got. its nice piece of mind and now if something breaks instead of living without it I can get it fixed ----- and most people dont realize that as of now, they can cancel it when they trade / sell or wreck the truck and get a fair amount of the money back. Ford is one of the few that have reasonable priced extra warranties (prices go up in two days so who knows????) for example a contract for my Subaru was going to be nearly double so trading that one in before it hits the power train expiration. And I got to use my ford points - they expire in a couple of weeks. yea its a bet --- I plan to keep it awhile and repairs to anything are really expensive --- hell a burned out tail light is about 800 bucks (led cant just change the bulb) - thanks again for the heads up. oh and yea got the damper to

 

[Dr3wDrop]

The dealership I purchased the truck from gave me a 10 year 100k Powertrain warranty with a $100 deductible for free. Then they tried to upsell me with a matching 10 year electronics warranty for $1,745. I wonder if Flood sells just the electronics part cheaper? Hmm.

 

[thewhiteranger]

The dealership I purchased the truck from gave me a 10 year 100k Powertrain warranty with a $100 deductible for free. Then they tried to upsell me with a matching 10 year electronics warranty for $1,745. I wonder if Flood sells just the electronics part cheaper? Hmm.

was that a ford warranty???? I dont trust 3rd party ones much - bad experience a long time ago-- the company went out of business and repair wasn't covered. And dealerships dont give you anything for "free" might look over the paperwork and see what you paid for it (its gotta be there somewhere) if not look at the brochure and call the number to cancel it if you can and get a ford one. I Got caught on that once --- it was their own company NOT fords warranty its dishonest BS I found it the following day and went back the next am and cancelled (it was late, I was dead tired and really did not notice it wasn't from ford). Now Im much more careful. -- might look and see if you can cancel it and get one directly from ford.

 

[Progeny2021]

One should read this and similar threads with a grain of salt....

 

[mcrider5]

Here I am a member for about 3 hrs and $895 poorer. Ziegler 7/75 $100 deductible. Thanks JesseS for the code. Saved the $250 before the price jump. ???

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