Trading in my dream car for a Toyota hybrid for longevity, lower maintenance costs, and lower insurance costs.
Putting together the final paperwork when the warranty packages are introduced.
I decline all but the manager insists on one of them alone specifically covering electronics (and everything else for 10 years). He says that the newer Toyota’s electronics are expensive to replace and commonly malfunction or break. I figured this is just pushing warranty, but he got to me mentally and broke my confidence in the brand.
Was this guy just trying to get me to spend more money, or is there truth in his tale?
The warrantee is 90+% margin for them. It’s a Toyota for goodness sakes. I’d never buy anything that needed an extended warranty
You can drive off the lot, crack up the car and the extended warranty is now worthless. I would pay as you go for repairs.
Guy just wants more commission. Toyota is who you trust for anything
Scare mongering tactic. Shop around for a factory extended warranty.
I feel out of most car brands, Toyota’s electricals are arguably one of the most reliable. I don’t think a warranty for that is necessary unless you can afford it. My family has had a few Toyotas- a 2001 Corolla (ran to 300k miles), 2006 Tacoma, and a 2010 Camry. The Camry’s only issue I noticed was the cd player got wonky after a while. It has 227k miles on it and still runs perfectly otherwise. I don’t know of the other vehicles having any electrical issues.
toyota puts all their cars through one million miles simulations. they also have strict rules for all tier suppliers and will drop them quick if they make shit parts
I agree with everyone else that says this is a sales pitch and you shouldn’t be pressured into it. However, he’s not wrong in principle that there are more electronics these days that are expensive to replace and can’t usually be user-serviced. I didn’t get one but thought about it just for the head unit and safety sensors that are outrageously expensive to replace if they break. I don’t think it’s as black and white as it’s been historically. One thing to consider is that you can always add it down the line if you want and you can get it from another dealer, potentially at a much lower cost.
lol just went through this with Jeep……. Except for them it’s true.
Hilarious though how finance managers try to basically say you’re buying an expensive piece of shit so you need to spend more money to protect it.
Don’t buy a Toyota factory warranty at the time u buy the car . You can shop around at other dealers . I purchased my last two warranties out of state . Make sure it is a Toyota warranty because they make even more pushing after market warranties.
He just wants your money. Toyota makes very durable gear, even if the infotainment software is a little glitchy sometimes.
If you truly want car that will last longest stay away from hybrid turbo or cvt. I say if you can get v6 Toyota Lexus non cvt. I like rav 4 fwd non cvt. I get 33.4 mpg city highway combined on my rav 4 with iddle time I don’t see need to pay extra 5k plus for hybrid system that requires more maintenance just so it can go bad after 10 years you not saving no money . I keep my cars 300k plus that’s my 2 cents. Corolla are bullet proof build in Japan even tho cvt.
Don’t ever get no type warranty it’s all sales gimmick
Toyota tech. Toyota hybrids, no matter the model, do have their own inherent issues. Yes, the electronics are very expensive to service. We’ve had a handful of new prius’ in for various faults already.
The hybrid system itself will likely last you for years before needing anything done to it, but the battery pack can eventually go bad, just like any other electronic that cycles through charge often. The inverter itself can develop issues keeping up with charging later in its lifespan.
If it were a traditional ice car, maybe pre 2015? I wouldn’t worry with extended warranty as long as I planned to diligently stick to regular service intervals and adhere to the lifetime maintenance schedule of the vehicle (coolant, spark plugs, timing if needed). But every manufacturer these days has more electronics in their vehicles, more expensive tech in general, that will be costly to replace when it does eventually fail. Not just Toyota.
Though Toyota has certainly made major changes to their design process over the last 2 decades, the keystone of their philosophy will never change; reliability.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say they regret NOT getting it. I ended up getting the cheapest one that just covered maintenance and was like $25 a month. If I was to do it again I probably wouldn’t get it. But it’s very nice to not have to worry about maintenance especially when I live in an apartment and don’t have anywhere I could do the maintenance myself.
all car salesman are liars and crooks, he was lying to you