Was going to start a new thread but figured this old one I started a few years ago is relevant enough so I'll revive it. Just a friendly reminder from my OP:
PLEASE, NO WARRANTY BASHING OR FEASABILITY TALK - Go fight it out on one of 1000 other threads on the subject. We've all read it before - warranty companies are in it to make money, put the money in your IRA, warranties are a bad deal, etc, etc, etc.
Sooooo, my main question is about the end of the Lifetime Warranty. The contract says when a needed repair exceeds the NADA value, they'll pay me the value and it's over (almost makes me cry to think of such a day). It turns out JD Power bought NADA but still largely does their values so is it safe for a reasonable person to assume it would just be the JD Power value now? I imagine there's no concrete answer to this so I guess I'm wondering if anyone has ever had the end of one of these glorious warranties come up? As in, have you ever been, "cashed out" due to a repair exceeding your truck's value?
At first a "Lifetime" warranty seems ludicrous but when you factor in how often people trade or wreck their trucks it's probably not a bad thing from the manufacturer's standpoint. As I type this I ironically just realized that yesterday was 10 years to the day since I drove my truck off the lot (St. *****'s Day so I always remember).
As a quick recap, I had one tranny failure under factory warranty at 38K and a second at 90K that was covered under Maxcare Lifetime. Other new goodies I've received include exhaust manifold bolts, a new 8.4 Uconnect screen/brain and an entire new crate engine. So, needless to say, they are sorry they sold me the warranty.
Anyway, back to my main question.... anyone actually get cashed out/kicked out of a glorious Maxcare Lifetime plan?
Edit: I just noticed the dirty word spell checker blocked out P a d d y.... as in St. Patrick's Day.... Did I miss a "woke" moment? Is that now offensive?