Is it worth buying a car with a lifetime warranty?

There is no such thing as a warranty. If it's too short, I feel insecure. If it is too long, I don't think it is reliable. The mentality of car buyers is so strange! In order to survive, the new car-making forces broke the previous rules of the game and directly launched a lifetime warranty, and the automobile market suddenly became chaotic!

The reason why it is used as a gimmick by the new forces of building cars is that the electric car itself has nothing to maintain, and on the other hand, these parts of Sandian are difficult to break down, just like the express claim that the mobile phone battery is dead, but there is no way. The manufacturer will say that the battery is not durable and the mobile phone cannot be used!

Originally, the concept of lifetime warranty was just a joke in the electric circle. I didn't expect Ke Ling and Baowo to bring this stunt to the gasoline car. In fact, everyone has some doubts in their hearts. If the lifetime warranty is really fully implemented, who will win in the end?

Lifetime warranty often has preconditions, first of all, it must be repaired by authorized dealers, and secondly, the nature of vehicle use is non-operating, which is invalid after transfer. The question is coming, how to judge whether the vehicle can be operated? In addition to reading the registration information, some manufacturers will also set a mileage, such as 1 year, 30,000 kilometers. You should know that the design service life of a general automobile is10,65438+100000 km. As long as one of the indicators is exceeded, the number of failures will gradually increase, which means that the lifetime warranty is actually counted from the fourth year.

If you want to block the back door of the claim, you must carry out maintenance at an authorized dealer, and the maintenance of 4S shops is often expensive. Take Ke Ling 0 1 as an example, the minor maintenance 1099 yuan, and the total cost per 60,000 km maintenance cycle is 737 1 yuan.

If calculated according to the calculation method of maintenance index given by the insurance industry association, the maintenance cost per 100 kilometers of Link 0 1(2.0T) is 12.3 yuan. Isn't it expensive at first glance? No comparison, no harm. Nissan Qi Jun (2.0L? CVT), maintenance cost per 100 kilometers 12.8 yuan, does it feel wrong? It is obvious that the maintenance cost in Qi Jun is very low. Why does the data show that it is high?

We found the owner's manual of Lectra. There are three items in the user's manual that avoid the two indicators of 60,000 km or 6-year maintenance interval, such as timing belt, accessory drive belt and transmission oil. According to online statistics, the maintenance cost of 60 thousand kilometers is 737 1 yuan, not including these projects with high working hours and expensive accessories.

The 2.0T engine of LECK 0 1 originated from Volvo. If you are interested in checking the price of replacing the timing belt with Volvo 2.0T, you may understand why some people say that Volvo is expensive to maintain. In short, conventional maintenance parts are not expensive, but those unconventional maintenance parts are surprisingly expensive.

Lifetime warranty is also a way of 4S after-sales. New brands like Kelin have a small user base and a small number of 4S stores. Under normal circumstances, who will run dozens of kilometers to the 4S store for maintenance? In fact, most 4S shopping malls are facing the problem of low number of after-sales visits. Not long ago, a car boarded the 3 15 party due to gearbox problems. At this time, 4S stores are not busy thinking of words to deal with customers, but it is difficult to restrain their inner joy, because the official recall will increase the number of after-sales visits. At this time, by the way, what cleaning or cleaning can generate income after sale.

If you know about after-sales service of automobiles, you should understand that the maintenance price of 4S stores is at least twice the market price, not counting the time and travel expenses incurred by 4S stores. If you use the money saved from maintenance to buy an extended warranty, such a lifetime warranty is to take the money from your left pocket to your right pocket.

For example, the maintenance cost of Mazda CX-560 thousand kilometers is 4626 yuan, while the price of CX-5 extended warranty for 6 years found on the Internet is 6800 yuan. It is said that some 4S stores have also given 10 more free maintenance, and the official warranty is 3 years and the extended warranty is 6 years, so the warranty is 9 years. So who has more money, CX-5 or Lectra 0 1 9?

The ideal is full and the reality is skinny. Many people thought it would be scrapped before buying a car, but only a few years after buying it, they had the idea of changing cars. This is actually a very common idea. It is precisely because of this idea that manufacturers dare to bet that you will change cars before the warranty period, so the costs borne by manufacturers will decrease over time.

(Image from: China Automobile Research Institute)

According to the statistics of China Automobile Research Institute, new cars with two years of age have been replaced by people, with the replacement rate of three years reaching 4.3% and the replacement rate of seven to eight years exceeding 30%. According to the exemption clause of the lifetime warranty, the first owner will no longer enjoy the lifetime warranty service after the transfer. Moreover, this is just a replacement. If you count the statistical caliber of selling cars directly or transferring others, then this ratio will be even greater.

In other words, many people sell or change cars because of the change of use cost, personal preference or other reasons without fully experiencing the lifetime warranty. This is equivalent to giving up the lifetime warranty, and the manufacturer is not responsible. The older the car, the more failure rate will be. Everyone knows the truth, but few people really bite the bullet and drive an old car for quality assurance.

If you want to enjoy a lifetime warranty, you must first become a manufacturer and an ATM in a 4S shop. The longer the time, the higher the profits of manufacturers and 4S stores. Even if you frequently encounter quality problems in the use process and claim successfully every time, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have earned it, because these problems may never exist in other cars, and long-term claims will also make you have the idea of changing cars, and no one has time to run to the 4S shop every day.

Lifetime warranty seems like gambling, but the risk is very small. If you win the bet with reliable quality, you won't have the trouble of claiming compensation and earn enough attention. If you lose the bet, short-term users will queue up for claims, long-term users will toss and voluntarily abstain. Finally, the manufacturer does not suffer at all.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.