Audi warranty - how much?

[Monsieur]

Just gone online to look at next year's quote - £549 :aargh4:

Is it worth it or will I get a better buy with one of the non-dealer warranty company's?

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum....

[mini-mad-matt]

Quick question. Does the Audi warranty include Audi Assist to get you to the nearest Audi garage? Looking at getting a warranty myself while I wait for my injectors to fail! ;-)

[Monsieur]

£512 without any breakdown assistance
£549 with breakdown

[Guest 2]

Take it your car isn't a Quattro? Mine was £749 with roadside assistance, comprehensive with unlimited mileage.

[Monsieur]

No-just a bog-standard A4 avant 2.0tdi

[wheely88]

I've just been through this recently with mine and eventually chose Warranty Direct. Not only cheaper but can still use Audi main dealers to have any warranty work completed (you pay a premium for this, but after they phone and we negotiated I got it for the same price as a non franchised dealer quote). They also seemed to cover more items, and would cover additional non-covered items if they were damaged by a covered item (Audi one doesnt). Also they cover parts which are identified as worn out during MOTs or Servicing (obvious exclusions to worn consumable parts like tyres/brake-pads, clutchplates etc etc).

Havent had to use them yet, I have read a few good things about them on here (and your bound to read some crap ones too).

Food for though????????

[Monsieur]

By changing the excess from £100 to £250 the quote comes down to £440 with breakdown assistance

[kodkod.84]

I used Warranty Direct with my failed turbo- they paid up but the process you go through to get the claim authorised is very frustrating- I think they only have 5 claim advisors as I was speaking to the same few people.

There was a severe lack of communication between Audi dealership and themselves and I felt like the middle man all the time even though they are supposed to talk to each other through the one-link system.

I was told if I had the Audi Warranty the claim would have been processed a lot quicker, but yes it is a bit more expensive.

Also the payout decreases dependent on your mileage- I think I got 80% parts 100% labour as my car was over 75k miles.

[Monsieur]

So, if warranty direct and audi offered a warranty at roughly the same price as each other which would you go for?

Audi = £440
WD = £474

[STAGMAN]

I went for Warranty Direct as Audi quoted me £700+
Had they quoted around £400, I would be with them.

[Monsieur]

Thought long and hard and went for Audi warranty

[dvoodoo]

I called the local dealer about a quattro I was thinking about buying and asked how much to extend the current warranty, its 5 years old so coming to end (2 mnths left) and was quoted 2900 :( The BMW M3 is less than a 1/3 of that :)

[Guest 2]

I called the local dealer about a quattro I was thinking about buying and asked how much to extend the current warranty, its 5 years old so coming to end (2 mnths left) and was quoted 2900 :( The BMW M3 is less than a 1/3 of that :)

WOW! Was that a typo?? Was it an Audi dealer who you quoted with?? Audi told me that any car with Quattro, renewing or not is £749.

[johnpen]

I has bad experience with Warranty Direct, my steering rack failed on my cab last year.

They wanted to send an inspector to look at the part before paying out, which is fine but..

They wanted the part removed from the car, before we could arrange for an inspector to come out (48hours) but the car had to be left with the part removed, waiting for the inspection.

My garage said they couldn't move the car with the rack removed, as it would be dangerous so the car would need to be left on the lift, and therefore wanted to charge for it being out of action.

Warranty Direct refused to pay for this, and refused to budge so I ended up paying for the rack.

[dvoodoo]

WOW! Was that a typo?? Was it an Audi dealer who you quoted with?? Audi told me that any car with Quattro, renewing or not is £749.

yea that is sounding a bit more like what I was expecting, robbing bar stewards at Edinburgh Audi are at it once again. think it might be a case of going perth audi instead

[Guest 2]

yea that is sounding a bit more like what I was expecting, robbing bar stewards at Edinburgh Audi are at it once again. think it might be a case of going perth audi instead

Audi sells their warranty directly through them and not through the dealers. Go to www.audiextendedwarranty.co.uk and request your login details from Audi UK. This will give you the option to select what warranty you want etc.

[Rajm]

I'm with the AA
I pay £144 per year and includes breakdown/recovery and in the the car needs some attention as a result of a breakdown, the AA pay upto £500 per repair.

There is a £25 excess payable and is lmited to 4 or 5 claims per year.

I hope this helps add to the confusion ;)

Raj

[Splash]

Mine's just turned 4 yrs old so I thought a warranty might be a good idea as I reckon goodwill starts to get iffy at this age.

I've used WD on another car, and they covered the replacement of a rear shock absorber. I now have this in my garage as I managed to source a pair with similar mileage as mine from a car being broken for spares.

I thought I'd also look at WarrantyWise for my A4, and they would fit pairs in the same circumstances, plus they also cover the DPF which WD don't (in fact I had to tell them what it was!). Also WW's wear and tear kicks in earlier if that's relevant.

As I think i'll be changing the car within a few months, I decided on the pay monthly option @ £47.xx/month which includes main dealer repairs upto £155/hr. Think you save 20% if paying for 12 months up front.

They sent me a paper quote based on my first parameters, and changing this mix on their website I couldn't get anywhere close again. So I rang up, and found Dionne to be very helpful and flexible in restructuring the deal. Her analogy of the DPF was "it's like a tea bag" - refreshingly Northern (like me).

Should say, mine's a 170PD Special Edition quattro.