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Honda Extended Warranties Pricing and Info

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#2254 of 3776 RE: Purchasing Extended Warranty [piccolo] by jet10000

Mar 29, 2008 (10:46 pm)

Replying to: piccolo (Mar 29, 2008 7:47 pm)
Does anyone know if I am able to purchase an extended warranty now? The mileage is right at 31500 so I need to do something soon.
 
Oh sure. Since you are under 36,000 miles and under 3 years of service, you can still purchase one. However, they will be priced differently than if you bought them new.
 
In other words, if they sell you a 5 year, 60K warranty if will be 5 years from the date you buy it from them and 60,000 miles added to your current mileage----which in your case would be through 91,500 miles.
 
Go to myhondawarranty.com , bernardiwarranty.com, or hondacareextendedwarranty.com to check out pricing and options.

#2255 of 3776 RE: Purchasing Extended Warranty [jet10000] by piccolo

Mar 29, 2008 (11:01 pm)

Replying to: jet10000 (Mar 29, 2008 10:46 pm)
Thank you so much for the info! I will certainly follow up on this.

#2256 of 3776 Re: required maintenance [papahonda] by jb_turner

Mar 30, 2008 (4:02 am)

Replying to: papahonda (Mar 28, 2008 9:00 am)
The way I understand this is we can still purchase HC from Bernardi, Saccucci or any other authorized dealer via phone.

#2257 of 3776 Extended Warranty + Basic Maintenance for ODYSSEY in North Carolina by littlesunny

Mar 30, 2008 (7:03 am)

My Dealer is offering me an EXL for an OTD of 28000 in NC. However he is asking me $2546 for Bumper to Bumper Extended Warranty ((((Platinum for 72 months/100,000 miles ($0 deductible plan) )))) and Basic Maintenance((((3/35000 Plus every 5000 miles Selected ))))for a charge of $549. The Extended Warranty mentions : Pays Parts & Labor for covered repairs, rental car,towing,trip interruptions benefits , helps budget repairs , helps to protect your investment and the Basic Maintenance mentions : Pays for OIL/FILTER changes , lube,safetyinspections, and discount coupons, cross country roadside assistance, upto $5000 towards yor next purchase .
  
1. First of all i want to know is it worth buying the both the extended warranty and Basic Maintenance ON TOP OF MY DEFAULT 3YR/36000 MILES BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY & POWER TRAIN 5YR/60K MILES from the dealer ?
  
2. Do i have any other option of buying it directly from Honda or somewhere else at a good price as compared to the total price of $3140 over my OTD of $28000 ?
  
3. People have bought the extended warranty for 8yr/120k miles for $1200 , which is eating up my mind ?
  
4. Can some help me in deciding whether that i should just buy the van at the OTD price or look for the warranties too ? Just confused with my decision as this is my first experience in buying a NEW CAR. Thanks to all those people supporting this FORUM.

#2258 of 3776 Re: Extended Warranty + Basic Maintenance for ODYSSEY in North Carolina [l by jet10000

Mar 30, 2008 (8:44 am)

Replying to: littlesunny (Mar 30, 2008 7:03 am)
1. First of all i want to know is it worth buying the both the extended warranty and Basic Maintenance ON TOP OF MY DEFAULT 3YR/36000 MILES BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY & POWER TRAIN 5YR/60K MILES from the dealer ?
 
Is the warranty your deal offering a Honda Care warranty. You said it was platinum and to my knowledge Honda Care doesn't offer platinum.
 
You can go to myhondawarranty.com and compare the price they have Honda Care for to the price the dealer is selling it for.
 
As for the maintenace plan, you have to see what it is in it and do a little math to see if it is worth what they're charging you. If you pay $30 for an oil change and you do it every 5,000 miles that's 7 in the first 35,000 miles. 7 x $30 would be $210. What else do you get for the $549.
 
The Cross Country roadside assistance is included if you buy a Honda Care from any dealer.

#2259 of 3776 Re: Extended Warranty + Basic Maintenance for ODYSSEY in North Carolina [l [jet10000] by jb_turner

Mar 30, 2008 (9:04 am)

Replying to: jet10000 (Mar 30, 2008 8:44 am)
Bernardi has HC 8-120 0 ded for $995. Where in NC?

#2260 of 3776 Re: Extended Warranty + Basic Maintenance for ODYSSEY in North Carolina [l by jaxs1

Mar 30, 2008 (9:22 am)

Replying to: littlesunny (Mar 30, 2008 7:03 am)
The odds are the service contract is NOT going to pay more out to the dealer than what the premium is. HondaCare knows what the average claims are and may be in the future (yes, they are aware of all the electronics in the car and other things the dealer says may go wrong to scare and pressure people into buying a service contract) and have already calculated their rates to be much higher than that so they'll have a nice margin of profit. Then the selling dealer ads their own markup on top of that when they sell it to the car buyer.
 
However, if you find HondaCare at the lowest additional dealer markup, it could still be "worth it" to you if it makes you feel better to pre-pay about $900-$1000 now for repairs you may never need so that you don't have to worry about paying any more than that later for repairs needed within the window of time after the factory warranty expires but also before the HondaCare service contract would have expired.

#2261 of 3776 Re: required maintenance [jb_turner] by papahonda

Mar 30, 2008 (10:46 am)

Replying to: jb_turner (Mar 30, 2008 4:02 am)
yes - you can still call- but my guess is that the dealer that you call will be much less aggressive with pricing. The knowledge that a dealer is advertising a "low" price is a strong incentive to stay competitive. That information will disappear once sites are shut down.

#2262 of 3776 Re: required maintenance [papahonda] by jaxs1

Mar 30, 2008 (11:36 am)

Replying to: papahonda (Mar 30, 2008 10:46 am)
It still makes sense for them to remain aggressive if they want to try to keep their sales volume as close to what it has been online as they possibly can. Their HC sales would plummet with a big price jump.
The sales will drop anyway because ordering by phone or mail or fax is more hassle than many want to bother with. With a major price increase, there would be no incentive at all to bother with ordering through them when it would be that much easier to get a local dealer to match their new higher prices.
Buying the service contract at higher prices would make it even harder to justify the purchase. For some people, it would even make buying the car at all less desirable if one of the reasons they chose a Honda is because they could get an 8 year service contract for "only" an extra $1000.

#2263 of 3776 Re: required maintenance [gardinerr] by gardinerr

Mar 31, 2008 (2:30 pm)

Replying to: gardinerr (Mar 28, 2008 4:05 pm)
It looks like progress is being made. I have it on good authority that Honda's first policy is being suspended, and possibly a new less restrictive policy will be put forth. This only further reaffirms my belief in the Honda brand, and prooves that they really do listen to their customers.
 
Thank you all for the e-mails of support! We couldn't have done it without your letters. -Saccucci Honda

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