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So both Hyundai and Kia have offered 10-year warranty for a long time now, but what Toyota are doing here seems a little different, although I don’t think it’s

So both Hyundai and Kia have offered 10-year warranty for a long time now, but what Toyota are doing here seems a little different, although I don’t think it’s better? They’re basically giving you a year warranty every time you service your car with them at an official dealership, this basically keeps going until the car does 10 years or 100,000 miles. So 10 years with 10 services. The Kia/Hyundai one is just a bog standard 10 (maybe 7 now) years, without needing to do an annual service. You can also pass it on when you sell it. Seems to me like theirs is still a better deal

sjg007 5y ago
In the USA, the Kia 10 year 100k limited powertrain warranty only applies to the first owner. Otherwise, it reverts at that point to the 5 year 60k one. You can usually buy a certified pre-owned though and that ups it back to 100k though.
- londons_explore 5y ago
  Can't you just keep in touch with the first owner, and get them to take it in for any major warranty work?
  - avgDev 5y ago
    Why would the first owner want to waste his time when you need warranty work. After I sell my cars I don't want to be bothered.
    - londons_explore 5y ago
      Well obviously you'd give him something for his trouble. Normally all he'll need to do is to make a phone call and say he's getting his 'friend' to bring the car into the shop.
      - sjg007 5y ago
        Random stranger who might blame you and then may not pay the bill? No...
kipchak 5y ago
I think the 10/10k Kia/Hyundai powertrain warranty only transfers on CPOs, otherwise you get the 5-year/60k bumper to bumper only, which I think this program would be the equivalent of.
gnabgib 5y ago
Agreed, and Mitsubishi. But perhaps this is a North America vs UK thing? Or perhaps Toyota as a sponsor of AutoExpress. Perhaps Hugo Griffiths at AutoExpress was just one of the ten thousand [0] on Tuesday. [0]: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/

sjg007 5y ago

In the USA, the Kia 10 year 100k limited powertrain warranty only applies to the first owner. Otherwise, it reverts at that point to the 5 year 60k one. You can usually buy a certified pre-owned though and that ups it back to 100k though.

londons_explore 5y ago
Can't you just keep in touch with the first owner, and get them to take it in for any major warranty work?
- avgDev 5y ago
  Why would the first owner want to waste his time when you need warranty work. After I sell my cars I don't want to be bothered.
  - londons_explore 5y ago
    Well obviously you'd give him something for his trouble. Normally all he'll need to do is to make a phone call and say he's getting his 'friend' to bring the car into the shop.
    - sjg007 5y ago
      Random stranger who might blame you and then may not pay the bill? No...

kipchak 5y ago

I think the 10/10k Kia/Hyundai powertrain warranty only transfers on CPOs, otherwise you get the 5-year/60k bumper to bumper only, which I think this program would be the equivalent of.

gnabgib 5y ago

Agreed, and Mitsubishi. But perhaps this is a North America vs UK thing? Or perhaps Toyota as a sponsor of AutoExpress. Perhaps Hugo Griffiths at AutoExpress was just one of the ten thousand [0] on Tuesday. [0]: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/