Ryan74
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Can you buy the warranty from a different dealer than you buy the truck from?
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Absolutely.Can you buy the warranty from a different dealer than you buy the truck from?
You will pay the deductible if they look at it and don't find it doing what you brought it in for. You know how often that can happen.Never filed a warranty claim in my entire life, but with the upcoming 2.7 lariat purchase I'm considering an extended warranty.
Question - what deductible did you choose? What was your rationale in selecting it?
I'm leaning higher deductible due to cost and my estimated likelihood of using the warranty multiple times. But if they require the deductible payment just to look at the vehicle to determine if there is a problem, I may reconsider.
Respectfully, that's not quite correct; what you will pay when no problem is found after the 3/36 B-to-B warranty expires is a 'diagnostic fee', even with $0 Ford ESP deductible (unless your dealer waives that as a customer satisfaction courtesy).You will pay the deductible if they look at it and don't find it doing what you brought it in for.
Wow is this Ford thing? Pretty sure I never had to pay anything when I brought in my other brand cars to be looked at.You will pay the deductible if they look at it and don't find it doing what you brought it in for.
Well I stand corrected with the details.Respectfully, that's not quite correct; what you will pay when no problem is found after the 3/36 B-to-B warranty expires is a 'diagnostic fee', even with $0 Ford ESP deductible (unless your dealer waives that as a customer satisfaction courtesy).
The fee charged by your dealer may coincide with your deductible amount but that's unrelated to the terms of your Ford ESP. When a failed / 'no problem found' diagnostic effort occurs the Ford ESP does not come into play at all because the dealer has no claim under the Ford ESP lacking a covered repair (Ford ESP only covers diagnostic costs when a covered repair is the result of the diagnostic effort).
See Ford ESP Contract Article 7:
“7. WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT ....…..u) Costs or expenses of Failures not covered by this Agreement including teardown, rental expense, inspection or diagnosis.” [emphasis added]
As explained by a rep from Granger Ford on another forum (sorry, can't find the post link now) there is a mechanism for dealers to recover (not charge the customer) for costs of failed / 'no problem found' diagnostic efforts under the 3/36 B-to-B warranty, but after that expires there's no coverage for this cost under the Ford ESP.
Again, your dealer may have their own policy addressing this.
There may be good reasons to choose a low / $0 deductible, but avoiding failed / 'no problem found' diagnostic fees is not one of them.
That was a bunch of paint protection sticker things, like a clear bra for the front, the painted bumper, and along the siding. Also has a coating of some paint protection that keeps the "showroom" glossy shine and coating on the windshield like a permanent (or long-lasting) rainx type stuff. Additionally, the paint is covered from a ton of different situations like bird droppings, hard water spots, or you name it. The name "Big Sky" package is just related to here in Montana since the state is known as Big Sky country. Its a package of local stuff the dealership put together and offers.What is the Big Sky protection package?