BMW 3rd year garauntee cost

[birdseye]

The letter from BMW has just landed on the mat - a quote of £600 odd for the third year garauntee.

Even allowing for an element of profit, this imples that BMW themselves expect repair bills in the hundreds of pounds for the bike, and the owner can expect all the aggro of having the bike fixed. OK some will get away with no problem, but others will have major work done to bring the average to this cost level.

Dont know about you, but this garauntee premium puts me off having another GS even more than the forum moans because the premium is a judgement by the only people (BMW) who know the true reliability situation. Its easy to dismiss forum comments as unrepresentative, but you cant dismiss BMW's judgment in the same way

 

[Mysticwind]

got the same letter yesterday, coveredd up the figure and asked various people what they thought bmw wanted for the 3rd year, most people perceived quality of product and all guessed below £100.....

is it me or are they trying to scare us into a trade in with a fresh 2 yr warranty, btw the letter is now filed in a nearby bin.....

 

[Big John]

BMW Expensive

Birdseye,
The cost from BMW Australia for an extra years warranty is $395.00 Australian or 158 pounds at current exchange rate. Your 600 pound quote would work out to $1500 dollars. I agree this seems to be a rip off. Please find internet short cut to BMW Australia's site with the quoted warranty fee.
http://www.motorcycles.bmw.com.au/indexframe.asp
Big John

 

[Shep]

got the same letter yesterday, coveredd up the figure and asked various people what they thought bmw wanted for the 3rd year, most people perceived quality of product and all guessed below £100.....

is it me or are they trying to scare us into a trade in with a fresh 2 yr warranty, btw the letter is now filed in a nearby bin.....

Thats my conclusion, the less people take it up the better for BMW and as for the £158 with BMW Austrailia at least that sounds reasonable

Rip off Britain again

 

[Andy Michael]

wasn't there a change in insurance law recently that caused these sort of policys to double in cost?

 

[John Armstrong]

wasn't there a change in insurance law recently that caused these sort of policys to double in cost?

FSA changes IIRC

 

[jeff garnett]

Hi
The cost from Honda for an extra years warranty is £220 on a blackbird

£660 is a ripoff

Warranty is 3 years in the USA for free

£660 is a ripoff

This is my last BMW if it is not put right

£660 is a ripoff

 

[John Armstrong]

Hi
The cost from Honda for an extra years warranty is £220 on a blackbird

£660 is a ripoff

Warranty is 3 years in the USA for free

£660 is a ripoff

This is my last BMW if it is not put right

£660 is a ripoff

Been on the blue smarties again?

Aren't there other alternatives to the £659 ones?

 

[dirtydog]

This is why I shall only keep my new bike for 2 years max (finances permitting). The price of parts and labour is ridiculous, certainly out of my reach

I know buying a new bike is a rip off, but to me the 'peace of mind' is worth it, knowing I'm not going to be landed with a stupidly over inflated repair bill!

Hassle free riding for 2 years, then start again!

 

[Tobers]

Hassle free riding for 2 years, then start again!

Hopefully!!!

There is another way. If like me you had substantial problems, badger your dealer for a free year's warranty extension. Vines gave me this after my gearbox was replaced (bloody good job as the plasticine clutch gave out at 25 months of ownership!).

Whinge at them and state that, due to the failures you've had, you dont believe that the bike will go into year 3 without issues. If they say that it'll be fine and nothing will go wrong, tell them that their confidence can be backed up by them paying for any problems that occur.

 

[Gipsy]

Just one observation, it's not a 3rd year guarantee! It's an insurance policy, and it isn't as comprehensive as the warranty that comes with the bike. I've had loads of issues with my bike, and the warranty ran out last w/e. I didn't renew, even though I've worries about long term ownership costs. It's still the bike for me, and if I change I'd want another, but as yet I'm not convinced the 2006 and 2007 bikes have addressed the oustanding issues with this model. When I am sure that these have been sorted to my staisfaction I'll buy another. In the mean time I'll fund repairs etc from the money I've not lost in depreciation on a new bike. If the issues aren't sorted then somewhat reluctantly I may have to look elsewhere, or try the F800Gs if it ever appears.

 

[Tobers]

In the mean time I'll fund repairs etc from the money I've not lost in depreciation on a new bike.

You've not lost any money until you try and sell it. Then any potential buyer will be thinking the same thoughts as everyone else about why the 3rd year "warranty" is so expensive. At that point you need to hope that your depreciation curve is as shallow as you think it is. Mine certainly wasn't!!!

 

[cookie]

FSA changes IIRC

smokescreen.

 

[oddball]

My bike is now in its third year and no longer benfits form the warranty, I had much the same concerns as everyone else - especially after reading the forum which I have stopped doing largely as it was getting me down.

BMW have it wrong with the product by only offering a two year warranty in my opinion. The warranty should be like the cars 3 years unlimited mileage. Thats what you expect with a premium product.

I am keeping my bike as there are too many two year old GSs on the market and I dont want to pay £3000 to change to get the benefit of a warranty.

I have not bought the extended warranty as I agree it is over priced and it does not provide the level of cover it should for the money they want. Very interesting that the Aussie version is only £158, this says to me we are being ripped off and/or manipulated.

£695 for the extended warranty will buy me a lot of repairs a year and the equvalent depreciation if I changed of £1500 a year would buy me a lot more.

I will hang onto my bike and my cash, take a gamble on the engineering and sell at the end of year three when the depreciation has hits its low.

 

[Parky]

Hopefully!!!

There is another way. If like me you had substantial problems, badger your dealer for a free year's warranty extension. Vines gave me this after my gearbox was replaced (bloody good job as the plasticine clutch gave out at 25 months of ownership!).

Whinge at them and state that, due to the failures you've had, you dont believe that the bike will go into year 3 without issues. If they say that it'll be fine and nothing will go wrong, tell them that their confidence can be backed up by them paying for any problems that occur.

Rather than badger the dealer, I emailed BMW customer service about my issues with the bike and the fact that it was being repaired in the last month of warranty. I got the right result, a year's free warranty, but I suspect that this will only work if your bike has a fairly substantial history of problems.

Mine were all related to the ABS and it had been six months since I first reported the fault and it still wasn't fixed. It is fixed now, a wire in the loom had rubbed through and was earthing on the frame, causing the ABS unit to think that there was a fault. I got a bit tired of the brake failure light coming on, but the good news is that I now don't have to worry about big bills for another year.

 

[JayGee]

The warranty extension does seem prohibitively expensive but doesn't it also provide breakdown cover just the same as the originally two year warranty? Buying the breakdown cover, including European repatriation cover etc would be fairly expensive on its own.

Unfortunately BMW don't offer warranty extyension without all the insurance for breakdowns, repatriation, hospital treatment etc. if they did it might be more reasonably priced.

 

[jeff garnett]

The warranty extension does seem prohibitively expensive but doesn't it also provide breakdown cover just the same as the originally two year warranty? Buying the breakdown cover, including European repatriation cover etc would be fairly expensive on its own.

Unfortunately BMW don't offer warranty extyension without all the insurance for breakdowns, repatriation, hospital treatment etc. if they did it might be more reasonably priced.

Hi
Breakdown warranty is £130
£660 - £130 = £530 ripoff

 

[birdseye]

The Ozzie price includes BMW assist. And they may have to go an awful lot further to recover a bike over there

 

[ChasMill]

Is there anything stopping us buying from the Aussie website? I presume the warranty is Worldwide? If so, an Aussie biker on one of his RTW trips would expect BMW warranty claims to be honoured if he was in the UK wouldn't he? As such, we should be able to buy a warranty from the BMW Aus site and have piece of mine wherever we are. Shouldn't we?

Cue: Loads of replies stating territorial statute, registration details etc.

 

[Gipsy]

You've not lost any money until you try and sell it. Then any potential buyer will be thinking the same thoughts as everyone else about why the 3rd year "warranty" is so expensive. At that point you need to hope that your depreciation curve is as shallow as you think it is. Mine certainly wasn't!!!

Have more or less written off the loss on current bike, what I don't want to do is repeat the process with a new Gs every 2 years costing 3K to to upgrade each time.