Posted: Jun 27 2006 at 3:11pm | IP Logged

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hwyflyer;

... Welcome to the group!!!

The extended warrany is a crap shoot like gambling in Vegas. I bought it with my 'New" 99 Frontier in Dec 1999 and never needed it. Some extended warranys are Nissan, or Dealer, and some are third party. I would only buy Nissan.

Have a good one and   “Jeep Jeep!” CUL.. lakota

Posted: Jun 27 2006 at 3:28pm | IP Logged

I wish I would have bought one Ehaust manifolds and a leaking lower intake manifold that I had would have been covered.

Posted: Aug 01 2006 at 12:09am | IP Logged

i wouldnt go for extended warranty or that "gap" coverage the dealer tries to sell you when you buy...its just extra money that your essentially adding to the sticker cost for some unforseeable reason....unless you plan on driving over serious boulders or through a muddy river...its pointless; your truck will more than likely not have any issues with it in that 3 year/36k mile warranty period...but if you do some extreme stuff...you might want too....shop smart----shop S-Mart!!

Posted: Aug 11 2006 at 7:02pm | IP Logged

The GAP insurance is always a good idea, unless you have a short term on your loan.  All it takes is one idiot to total your truck, or one small patch of ice... etc.  Allstate is the only company that i know that will give you more money than the value.

Extended warranties, hard to say.  Mine friend got lucky with his, saved his butt from a huge bill.  Me, I've never run into the need for one.  But of course I'm a mechanic by trade.

Posted: Oct 29 2006 at 10:04pm | IP Logged

My first 87 Nissan Hardbody (4 cyl/4 spd auto)...I got an extended warranty.  I never used it.  I drove the heck out of that truck for 11 years, and put 250K miles on it.  I had the valve cover off once to adjust valves.  I put some auto trans additive in at 100K miles.  I never had any work done on it.  I replaced expendables (wires, plugs, belts, brakes etc. as needed).  What a waste of money.

I got a 2000 Frontier (4 cyl/4 spd auto) which has 99K miles after 6 years.  I didn't bother to get the ext. warranty.  I just bought an '06 SE (6 spd manual)...no ext warranty.  I figure I'm ahead of the game if anything happens that needs work, but with my previous experience, I don't expect any problems.

BUT!!!!!  I attribute part of my "luck" to good preventive maintenance.  I've always changed my oil and filter at 5000 miles (it will be 3750 per the manual on the new one), and changed the auto trans fluid every 40K-50K miles.  I never thought an auto trans would last 250K miles, but mine did.  Treat your truck like you'd like to be treated and it will give you good service.

Posted: Oct 29 2006 at 10:05pm | IP Logged

PS:

You can still get an aftermarket ext warranty anytime before your original one runs out if you feel you need one.  By then, you'll have a good idea whether or not you need one.