Ystayhm

Warranty Contacts



C8's have 5 cameras, 28 modules, sensors, solonids snd the DCT.



The two go to people for warranties on the forum are Dennis Fichtner at Laurel Chevy and Todd Sutherland at MacMulkin Chevy. If you decide to get an extended warranty, send them your vin and ask for a quote; see what they can do and betting they will be at least half of a dealer quote.



I have the Platium Zero deductible 7 years 56,000 miles.



Warranties can be transferred if sold to a private party or a refund obtained on the unused portion if cancelled



I believe it must be purchased 30 days before your factory warranty expires (or before 35,000 miles) , I thinkwhichever comes first



Keep in mind there are price increases every year and the price goes up as the mileage increases.



Dennis Fichtner

Warranty Specialist

Laurel Chevrolet

406-698-6355

dfichtner@laurelchevy.com

blkgenius

There's a doom and gloom thread about these protection plans not being the equivalent of bumper-to-bumper with a bunch of hypotheticals being tossed around about what they don't cover, e.g., dash replacements, speaker replacements, infotainment, etc.

In reality, no plan is like a bumper-to-bumper except a bumper-to-bumper and that's why their time is limited. The next best thing is an exclusionary plan and that's GMEPP for a GM-branded product, or Fidelity Platinum, which I've used for our Porsche.

cal45

Thanks - I did check online with Knapp (post #16)

cal45

Thanks - I was looking at the 7/100,000 Platinum with 0 Deductible.

Undy

[QUOTE=blkgenius;1607515662]You're somewhat in my boat with those last 30 days looming.
My 21 3yr expired on February 9th.

I purchased GMEPP on 12/31. 9,918 miles at the time of purchase.

********

Day11

Edited

sorry grabbed the wrong quote on this message. I was commenting on the posters stated purchase and thought that he was way over charged for his scenario

Message related to his purchase at $3200…
that’s what I was thinking. I know prices have been increasing but $1500 ballpark is a reasonable expected price depending on this scenario right?

blkgenius

No, I wouldn’t agree with that. There are too many variables, such as length of term, deductible, mileage of the term and mileage on the car, age of the car, etc.

There’s no need to guesstimate when one can pop over to https://www.knappvehicleservicecontracts.com/ and get a price immediately, online, and without talking to anyone. I’d use that price to see if others can beat it.

cal45

Exactly - that is what I will be doing when I visit my local dealership tomorrow.

Day11

Sorry guys I grabbed the wrong quote a few posts back.

disregard the previous message

RKCRLR

When I was shopping around Todd at MacMulkin had the best price, better than Knapp.

Zymurgy

And better than Fichtner whom I've used in the past. Todd beat them all.

blkgenius

Saw your edit.
It’s about $2000 for a 7 or 8 year 56K mile.
8 year, 100K, $0 deductible would be pushing $3K when it’s purchased near the end of the bumper-to-bumper. If it was purchased around the time of the initial sale, then certainly around $2000.

Zymurgy

If you buy "around the time of the initial sale", then you are really only buying 5 years, 64K miles since the time/miles start at the time of contract purchase. That's why buying close to the end of the B2B is recommended.

GOLD72

Another approach I have taken is to buy before 12 months/12000 miles is up. GM still considers it a “new” car and it still qualifies for the new car pricing tier.

Andybump

You have to figure out what you are trying to optimize. If you want to figure the cost per added year of coverage you must subtract the the overlap from the PPP term. So, if you buy an 8 year plan when you take delivery of the car, subtract at least three years from that for the B2B coverage, so thats is only 5 years of added coverage. There is some powertrain overlap as well. So you are adding 3 years of powertrain coverage. And getting total of 8 years coverage. If you buy the same 8 year PPP just before the B2B expires, you are adding 8 years of coverage, and 6 years of powertrain coverage. So you have to take the cost and divide it by the years of added coverage to determine cost per added year. It may or may not be cheaper to take at the time of delivery. But don't forget, you total extended coverage is considerably less. If you want to maximize the years of coverage you need to wait til the B2B is near expiration. For the 8 year plan you get close to 11 years coverage if you do it that way.

Maxie2U

So you bought an extended warranty 2 years before the BTB expires? I assume that was because you actually drive your C8 and would reach 12,000 by the end of your first year? Just trying to understand.

GOLD72

Generally yes. Reached 7k at 12 months.

blkgenius

Correct and that's the best approach from a total coverage perspective, but that wasn't the question. The question was about receiving the lowest price, which has to be done "around the time of the initial sale", with the trade-off of concurrent coverage.

Maxie2U

“Lowest price” is completely meaningless and frankly a complete waste of money. Paying for three years and get nothing in return makes zero financial sense. I think of it this way, yes I will pay more buying a policy just before my BTB expires but the fact is I actually receive a direct tangible benefit. Coverage for the entire term.

Andybump

How do you know that? It might be true, but you would need to get some pricing data, predict the prices three years from now, and do a little math to find out. If you buy an 8 year plan at the time of the delivery, you are adding 5 years to the 3yr B3B coverage, and adding 3 yrs to the powertrain coverage. But you could get the same added coverage by waiting 3 years and then buying a 5 year plan. So, you would need to compare the cost of the 8 year plan at time of delivery to the cost of a 5 year plan 3 years later. It would require one to predict the cost of 5 year plan three years later --- not so easy. I'm not faulting your decision - just pointing out it may or may not be the lowest price per added years of coverage.

I did not need to do that because I plan to keep my C8 a long time and so I wanted to have the longest added coverage. I don't typically buy protection plans, but for this car I did.