Hi guys 

 

I recently purchased the Kodiaq RS with a 2 year factory warranty. Dealer is asking if I would like to add on 3 years extended warranty for US$3500. 
 

just wondering what are common issues faced by Kodiaq owners ? If not much issues I might skip the extended warranty and mod my Kodiaq RS when the factory warranty expires. 
 

Appreciate your comments !

Welcome.

 

What country are you in?

If you want to remap the engine or gearbox or mod the suspension then you just go for it and if something does wrong and there is no warranty you pay to repair do you not.

No point buying the warranty extension if you want to modify.

Engine issues, DSG or the Haldex would be the big expense items and the DSG is the most likely to have issues if the car has any. 

US$3500 is around £2900  For a 3yr factory warranty !

 

Std warranty in the EU is 2yr with, for example, France, charging EU1290 ( £1143 ) for a 3yr ( 150,000km ) extention.

 

You say you've already purchased the car but I was under the impression that to obtain a factory warranty, that had to be arranged before the car was delivered.

 

Are you quite sure it's a factory warranty your dealer is selling you?

I’m in Singapore !

So am I right to say that any issues would probably surface within the first 2 years ? And that the extended 3 year warranty is not necessary ? 
 

Yeah. I paid for the deposit. Just making the decision if I want to get the extended warranty before I collect my car 😅. Sorry for being unclear. 

A Kodiaq is no more or less reliable than other car therefore I'd advise do what you normally do when buying from other manufacturer.

 

Can't comment about other countries but here in the UK, when your standard warranty is about to expire, Skoda UK will offer to extend that warranty. I looked in to it and effectively, their extended warranty was no different from the original manufacturer warranty, apart from being cheaper that is. So that's what I did, I took out an extended warranty after 3yr ( 3yr  is standard manufacturers warranty in UK ). You could ask if that applies in your country too - it'd give you time to decide if you're going to mod your car or not.

 

But as Root said, if you're going to alter the engine from it's default state then any related mechanical parts of the warranty will be null and void, so why take out an extended warranty?

 

I've only ever owned two VW group models where the std warranty has expired. I extended the warranty on the Skoda but never had the need to make a claim. I didn't extend the warranty on the VW but it developed a known problem a few months after the warranty expired. Despite having no warranty, VW replaced the faulty part ( the cost would have been nearly £2000 ) as a goodwill gesture. So even if there was a common problem and you were out of warranty, there's still a chance the manufacturer would rectify it.

 

Hope that helps.     

Edited 13 February, 20233 yr by kodiaqsportline