Just to add one more thought for everyone..... whether its just the ESP or even more so the maintenance plan.... with the way money is being shipped all over your dollars are going to get weaker (more so than normal) in the coming years so that $40 oils change maybe$45 in 22, $48 23, $58 24.... whatever, inflation has already started. point being is locking in a price now may work out better long term
Just trust in what I am saying. Between my parents, my 5 siblings, and myself, all utilizing Ford ESP since 2001, we have plenty of data to prove that each time you bring your vehicle in to the shop, you are required to pay a deductible, whether or not they fix the issue you brought it in for. If they changed something, then you are out the deductible. If they didn’t change anything, and you bring it right back to them, they might waive the deductible, but this has not been the case with all my past experiences.
I transferred the warranty to the new owner the same day he handed me the check, local Ford dealer F&I guy just needed the bill of sale with the new owners info then printed me the confirmation of transfer which I emailed to the buyer. whole process took 15 minutes
Yes much better, used truck prices were/are nuts and a really clean used truck will bring out of the book. I had dealers competing to buy my truck, which I'm not going to lie was kind of fun playing them against each other. Ultimately a private buyer came and test drove my truck, made a great offer then we met at his bank to do the paperwork. The bank that the buyer used on my 2015 said they not using the book right now either but the strength of the borrower to make the loan decisions.
The ESP Extra care is a good choice too, I preferred Prem. care as a personal choice mainly because I don't want to hear a service advisor say it's not covered under this plan but if you had....... also the Prem. care warranty covers some things that are not even listed in the sales brochure, a service manager showed me their list of covered components (it's a lot), so compare prices and get what your comfortable with. The biggest thing to watch out for are dealers trying to slip in a non-Ford warranty like TWS or another aftermarket company, so watch the paperwork very carefully!!!I have some questions and a story from a previous use of a third-party ESP.
Questions:
Story Time:
- I understand the number of components covered is different for PremiumCare vs ExtraCare but what I'm really concerned about are the turbos going out around 100k (from others that I've known that have EBs) and any of the new technology stuff having issues. To me, those are the biggest cost factors and things that I think would likely go wrong in the extended period. In the picture, the extra major things covered in premium are emissions, ford audio, and safety. After the normal warranty runs out I doubt there would be issues there. If there's something wrong with one of these it should come up within the first 3 years. So I'm wondering, I'm if I'm mainly concerned about the high-tech stuff and typical powertrain/mechanical stuff, wouldn't the ExtraCare be all that I need? Am I missing something?
- On Purchasing/Financing - If you buy an ESP at the time of purchase, can you roll this into financing or do you have to pay it all upfront? Would be nice to just roll it in under cheap financing than have to explain to my wife why I'm spending more money on my new truck.
I think an ESP is worth it. I agree with what @UGADawg96 and @PFD664 said - that it's like malfunction/repair insurance. On a previous vehicle I had, I bought a used Nissan Xterra. It had low mileage on it for how old it was (I wanna say like 78k or something but it was like 10 years old). To this day I still believe it was an RV pull-behind vehicle. Anyway, I wanted to be cautious about entering the main period of a vehicle breakdown, so I went with a third-party warranty. And it paid for itself!! It wasn't like it was in the shop all the time, but I think it went in like 3 times in 4 years. Replacing the starter, alternator, etc. Typical stuff that breaks around the 100-110k mileage.
The kicker was that I noticed an oil leak coming from the head gasket. The repair was thankfully covered as that was expensive. But during that repair, they discovered my engine was FULL of oil sludge. They were going to clean it all out, but I got a call a week later saying "Na we're not gonna do it." Apparently, they just cleaned out oil sludge on a truck that wasn't as bad as mine and 5 miles later the engine seized up and wouldn't run. So they didn't want to take a risk. I asked if it was covered under the extended warranty and they said it was - but only if it was the cause for breaking. Because it wasn't the cause of the leak they weren't going to fix it. CRAZY! The mechanic said he was impressed it was still running. Thankfully I still had some time on my warranty, but I was essentially driving a ticking time bomb knowing it could seize on me at any moment. It never gave out on me while I had it and I traded it in a few months before the warranty ran out.
ANNDDD lucky for you, I found the picture of the engine sludge. The mechanic told me to come by while he had the valve cover off...
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