Should I extend my factory warranty

I have a 2016 freightliner cascadia. It has 622000 miles on it. I bought it August 3rd. So far all is good. I have the ew4 warranty until the end of the month. It is extendable until 12/ 2022 for $3600.
This is my first emission truck. It had the one box replaced in June. It is a dd15, 13 speed, 3:58 rears. I was told by freightliner customer service that all Detroit Diesel part numbers would be covered. Any knowledgeable advice is appreciated.

 

Curious. What did it cost you?

 

The truck? 50 thousand. Why is that important

 

I was in the market for something similar.
That's all.
Warranty would be only 300 a month. Or 75 a week.
It should be a cheap insurance policy.
Those emissions systems typically die around that mileage..

Also does it have high idle hours. Should be a good gauge

 

Engine idle gallons used 2324.1
Total gallons used 105120.5
Truck was one owner, home every night.
Central Ohio to West Virginia and back 4 to 5 days a week for 6 years. I have heard that the warranty is not always honored. I have herd that dealers don't want to do warranty work. Not sure what ew4 covers.

 

That’s very low idle time. If my math is right, 2.3%? Didn’t know that was even possible. I personally wouldn’t buy it, one year goes by fast. I’d rather save it along with more added. 750k+ miles seems to be about the time many things are needed. Fan, Waterpump turbo, cac, if Original. You’re main risk, would be an emmision problem. I’d rather make sure that any common known problems on the engine were addressed, maybe spending the money on prevention. Don’t know if yours has the oil pump seal problem, or fuel pump problems. You can do some research, get the warranty work history from Dealer. See what’s already been done. Weigh the odds.

 

any motor vehicle, is a large investment..when ever i bought a new car, you're darn tootin', i got the extended factory warranty for piece of mind.

be sure to READ the entire extended warranty and things like who MUST DO the repairs, and out of pocket costs first, before the warranty kicks in.

ask for a "cash now to buy discount" like for instance you pay that in full NOW in cash, and they discount that warranty's pricing a bit?

if you can afford to buy/extend this warranty then do so.

or that first repair bill, and the repair is like $6,000, you'd had wish you did....

 

I would do research on how the warranty works and who is authorized to do the repairs, etc. In the last few years I’ve seen way too many guys sitting around getting things fixed under warranty but it takes weeks or even months to get it fixed. Downtime ends up costing way more than just paying for the repair. The way I understand warranty work typically pays way less than normal repairs so that has a way of pushing it to the back burner. I don’t know if that also applies to aftermarket warranties or not.

 

That's why you gotta get in good with your dealer. Most shops are going to push their regular customers to the front of the line over someone they'll likely never see again.

Some dealers won't even think twice about robbing parts off a stock truck on the lot to get one of their regulars up and running.

 

I’ve come to realize warranties are only good if you can definitely prove the part that caused a malfunction is covered under it. Otherwise they will blame everything else that’s not covered for the failure and therefore warranty isn’t used.

Example is gasket and seals aren’t covered.