Are you saying that you don’t trust Ice T & Auntie Vivica?

 

I’d stay away from CarShield too. A buddy of mine had a transmission issue and spent weeks going back and forth only to get denied over "maintenance documentation". Seems like a lot of these companies are great at collecting payments but not so great when it’s time to approve repairs.

I’ve also been reading through Protect My Car reviews lately, and they seem pretty mixed. Some people say they had decent experiences with routine claims, but there are also quite a few complaints online about denied claims, long hold times, and customer service issues. Makes me think the safest bet is either a manufacturer-backed warranty or setting aside a repair fund yourself.

 

Some shops don’t accept these aftermarket warranty companies, I would check with your shop of choice before you buy a Carshield/Endurance policy to see if that is an acceptable payment method to them

 

I did mine with Todd, great 3xperience. $2143 for 5 more years, GM Platinum.

 

The only extended warranty plans that a GM dealer will accept will be the GM backed plans. Anything else, you are on your own dealing with your claims with your plan company.

 

That's not totally true. Some GM dealers sell other extended warranty plans instead of the GM backed plans. They will take whatever they pushed. However, the GM plan will show on every GM dealer's system when they input your VIN and other plans will not.

 

This is incorrect.

 

I had an aftermarket protection plan on pre-owned C5, a few years back. I took it to the local Chevy dealer for some service, and they found some issues they wanted to repair. I had a phone number for the plan administrator and gave it to the dealer. The dealer provided the company with the proposed work....they approved it......and gave the dealer a credit card number to use for payment. Every bit of that was transparent to me. I think many of the big name advertised plans work the same way. I'm not recommending them - I would always go for the Chevrolet Platinum Protection Plan if my vehicle was eligible for it.

And, as also noted, even some Chevrolet dealers push a plan other than the Chevrolet Protection Plan. I know that as fact too, having experienced it.

 

Link to the GM Platinum plan, other than headlight lenses and LED lights it covers about everything I would want.

https://www.chevrolet.com/content/da...CPM_251211.pdf

Todd made me a deal I could not refuse, had just under 12K miles on the car, added 100K warranty that will now expire at 112K. The mileage was important to me, mostly to cover the Shocks, Suspension, Trans and Electrical issues. A pair of front shocks alone will pay for the warranty and I just cant see the shocks lasting 100K miles on the crappy CA roads I drive everyday.

 

As you might expect, my dealer's finance guy tried to steer me to an aftermarket extended warranty.
Price $6k.
When I balked saying I had just written one large check and wasn't in the mood to spend that kind of money so quickly, he came down $1000.

The next day during delivery, the Corvette expert and my salesman tried again.
They Saud the GM loan wasn't bad, just that GM tried every truck in the book to deny claims, whereas their plan was usually more generous.

Comments?

 

Yes. DON'T BUY IT FROM THE DEALER AND DON'T BUY IT ANY WARRANTY RIGHT NOW. WAIT.

I see you have a 2026, so it appears you have already purchased the car. But apparently (hopefully) not an protection plan. For most, it much much better to wait until about 30 days before your 3/36 factory B2B warranty expires then buy the Chevrolet Platinum Protection Plan. And almost always the best price is from Todd or Dennis on the forum. Way better, not a little bit better.

If for example, you buy an 8 year plan when the car is delivered new, you get no benefit for coverage of mechanical repairs for three years until your B2B expires. So an 8 year plan only extends your coverage for 5 years beyond the the B2B. The same 8 year plan purchased just prior to (and not later) than 30 days before the B2B expires will extend your coverage for 8 years beyond the B2B. There is a price jump in the plan if you have over 12k miles at the time or purchase or over 24 k miles at the time of purchase. So in some cases you want to purchase a plan before you exceed 12k miles it is still in the 3/36 factory coverage period. Again, the plan, and most plans, do not provide any mechanical breakdown coverage in the overlap period where the factory warranty applies. But you want to purchase it 30 days or more before the B2B expires. After that, the price jump is significant, and its not everyone can sell it.

When its time to buy it, contact the forum vendors via email with your VIN and mileage. They will respond with a price list.

 

Yes, that was/is my plan.
I was just relating recent experience.
So, either dealers want more money (shock!!!) or they don't believe in one of their own products...the GM warranty which they sell.
Either way, it's an issue for the consumer.

 

Extended warranties are big profit makers for dealers. Absolutely nothing surprising in their pushing whatever warranty that dealership has decided to sell. They'll say anything to try to make the sale.