Evening all.
Will have had my 2015 sport for 12 months in February. Who do you all recommend for warranty? I had originally intended to use warranty direct as I had their cover on a previous sport and they covered a gearbox change with no quibbles at all but unfortunately they are now no longer taking new customers. I have had a quote from Landrover for £750 for their basic warranty. Motor easy have quoted £600 for what looks like a much better policy on paper. I’m not overly impressed with the Landrover warranty at the moment as I recently had a centre diff fault that they wouldn’t cover as Landrover wanted to do an oil change which they claimed was only for diagnosing the fault. The oil change has cured the problem but I have had to pay for it. I’m still arguing with the dealership over this. Has anyone had much dealings with motor easy ?
Lml

Warranty Direct have informed me that they will not be renewing my policy so I’ve just taken a warranty with Motoreasy. It seems to be very comprehensive and cheaper than WD were last year. I’ve taken out their top cover at £98 per month, discounted as I have signed for 12 months so down to £86pm
I am not a fan of the LR Approved warranty as they have nothing to do with Land Rover and seem to exclude some failures, like crankshaft failures, which they dismiss as “design faults.”
I’ve read the small print and talked to agents and, as far as I can be, I’m satisfied - but only a claim will tell but I’m hoping I don’t need them.

My concern is that WD have given up for some reason, probably losing money on these policies. I would, on that basis, be very wary of dealing with a company that is less expensive than WD were. Are there any on-line reviews for Motor Easy from LR owners?

all the best
Tim Tim
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timhum wrote:

My concern is that WD have given up for some reason, probably losing money on these policies. I would, on that basis, be very wary of dealing with a company that is less expensive than WD were. Are there any on-line reviews for Motor Easy from LR owners?

all the best
Tim

I believe Motor Easy was set up by the founder of Warranty Direct, who left them about 8 years ago. MY16 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Dynamic

I think you are correct in saying that but Warranty Direct was then and still is a wholly owned subsidiary of
BNP PARIBAS which is a multinational financial business thus effectively backing WD with very substantial financial resources. A very different picture from Motoreasy.

Interesting replies. Thank you. Has anybody got any thoughts on warranty wise ? They look like they supply good cover but then again they all do to start with !! I’m only really looking for a warranty that will cover the big items. Engine and drive train.

I had a warranty wise policy some years ago on a disco 3, I ended up paying for a replacement engine.........  Joined the X5 45e club
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I have used Warranty Wise for an old X5 some years ago and they were good with the one claim that I made but I didn't renew the policy given the cost vice the return. As many have said before you will hear mixed views on all Warranty providers depending on personal experience, personally I just put the money I would have paid out for a warranty away and pay for things myself excepting that if I end up with a big bill I am likely not to have enough but I'm happy with that risk over the hassle of arguing with a warranty company and potentially ending up not being paid out. It is a shame that WD are no longer operating as out all of them they were definitely the best choice IMO. Lee
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Lml wrote:

Interesting replies. Thank you. Has anybody got any thoughts on warranty wise ? They look like they supply good cover but then again they all do to start with !! I’m only really looking for a warranty that will cover the big items. Engine and drive train.

BigBen wrote:

timhum wrote:

My concern is that WD have given up for some reason, probably losing money on these policies. I would, on that basis, be very wary of dealing with a company that is less expensive than WD were. Are there any on-line reviews for Motor Easy from LR owners?

all the best
Tim

Motor Easy are a very small company and I would encourage people to check their last published balance sheet. This is dated 31/12/19 and shows net assets of £44723 and 3 employees. Search Google for "Motoreasy Limited" and see Companies House link.

Does anyone have anything good to say about the Land Rover warranty?

This is about warranty wise as I had the same questions, motoreasy seemed to good to be true and liek others have said are not orrfering a reall warranty they are selling an insurance policy more than anything (i suppose they all are).

I spoke with WD and WW prior to WD stopping issuiing policies to the public, my guess is that they are fine with dealers and traders buying them and giving them to customers but then the dealer is probably responsible for the initianl problems with the customer complaint for the failures but also the fact that Im sure the arragnement will be its the dealer who will do the work and there is an agreed rate at which WD will pay labour hence not selling to the public as the public choose the palce for the repair which if its a main dealr or expnsive palce they end paying out more, Im sure it will be like "insurance approved repairers" where there is a fixed rate in return for the business.

WW seemed to offer the right level of cover (however getting them to pay up is probably hard work if its a big job) but thats like most other insurance really.
I put in the is post the T&C's for WW on what they cover

https://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic57341.html

Im only really interested in covering the bulk of a major failure on the engine or something that renders the car useless or nto re-selleable should something go wrong, if the rear tv's stopped working then it not a major loss and doesnt make the car an expensive garden ornament.

As others have said you mainly hear about the bad experiences and nothign will compare to the initial 3yrs on a new car as they have no real arguments on not covering.

The thing is the dealers are the ones who are warranting anything they are just car garages with an LR badge or MErc Badge over the door, they have to buy stock from the MFR being LR and sell it on, if there is an issue it gets fixed by the dealer who then charges the MFR at a fixed rate so if the job is 4 hrs plus parts and they take 6 they pretty much only get paid for the 4 which is what the MFR warranty states is covered for that repair etc....

Independant warranties are similar but a mroe of an insurance policy where they bet agaisnt failures. WW said they also included that if there was somehting that would lead to a failure due to wear and tear during a service they cover that too! (I'm not sure how that works though) They do also have an MOT failure policy so anyhting that needs to be replace to pass an MOT that is in the list is also covered, but I think it conflicts with the wear and tear permemptive cover. in such that if you have an MOT fail based around something that is badly worn that will need replacing but is not broken but dont have the MOT cover then they wont pay up, but if it was found at a maybe a service or for another reapir like new brakes then they might cover it. Dave B on here had this issue so just be aware as Im sure its a sticking point as he endied up having to pay out! (this is in the post above too)

Im not bothering to get a warranty until Im actually gonna get some use out of the car as at the moment and most of last year it hasnt really been many places due to lockdowns so it seems a bit of a waste to cover it right now).

Be interesting to do a poll on here as to how many of us actually have a warratned car vs the ones who dont. I didnt renew my extended warranty from LR due to price and likelihood of cover due to that car being older! If a jobs worth doing, get a someone who knows what they are doing to do it!

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jd2uk wrote:

Does anyone have anything good to say about the Land Rover warranty?