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YOUR RESEARCHHow do you deal with getting screwed by 3rd Party Warranties?
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Well after a week of arguing, I got a call today from my mechanic and they are replacing my engine now.
How do you deal with getting screwed by 3rd Party Warranties?
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She drives that thing to and from running errands and dropping off kids, but if you looked at the tires, it looks like she has been doing burnouts.
How do you deal with getting screwed by 3rd Party Warranties?
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Bought my car from a scumbag dealer (post will come about that after this issue is resolved) Had it for 6 months, engine goes.
Bought my car from a scumbag dealer (post will come about that after this issue is resolved) Had it for 6 months, engine goes. I spent 3500 on a GE warranty and now they are attempting to not pay for a new engine for, get this, My tires appear to show signs of driving the car hard.
Has this happened to anybody else before with this company?
Did you get that rejection in writing. Reply in writing that you would like to know EXACTLY what tire wear show that the car was driven hard. Once received, it should be easy to protest and win. Do not give them any further info until their rejection and specific reasons why are in your hand in writing.
In the meantime, have another AUTHORIZED PORSCHE dealer mechanic come and look at the tires and give his written opinion as to the casue of the wear. I would also make sure you have pictures of the tires showing there current condition.
My guess is that with a little pushing from you, they will honor the warranty.
I am curious does it specifically say that you can't drive hard. I would imagine that it says something about "normal" or "typical" driving. Of course the argument would be what is "typical" for a Porsche? I would say it is "hard" compared to other cars, and the warranty company should have known that when they sold the warranty for a Porsche. I would also imagine that if the nature of the failure is one of the more well known 996 failures, they would have a hard time arguing. Once again they should have taken that into consideration when selling the warranty.
At the end of the day warranty companies are insurance companies, just a different flavor of sleezeball.
Could you please specify what Year/Model or Porsche you own... why did the engine fail? did you get a diagnose from a mechanic? there is a difference between "driving hard" and abusing a car.. Porsches are meant to be driven hard
Insurance companies are in the business of taking our money, investing our money, and then looking for excuses to not pay on claims. A couple years ago, I would have been surprised to hear this about GE. However, I'm not too surprised now, as I have a brother who works for GE Capital and knows some people in their 3rd party warranty groups. From what I understand, this is pretty common for them to deny the claim, but with some work on your end, you should get paid. By the way, how do they know what the tires looked like before you bought it? My neighbor has a Ford Expedition and I told her she better buy new tires. She drives that thing to and from running errands and dropping off kids, but if you looked at the tires, it looks like she has been doing burnouts.
they should pay....no questions asked...they know the P engine problem (okay no really a problem...but it happened more than once that P engines blew.....) they are trying to F with you!!
Well after a week of arguing, I got a call today from my mechanic and they are replacing my engine now.
Helps to have a good mechanic who goes to bat for you.
