Should I buy an extended warranty?

Smokey said:

I checked with my local dealer today (my 19 is in the shop getting a new gauge cluster) and the plan I asked about was $2200... that's them "giving me a discount". the exact same plan at Flood Ford is just under $1600.


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traxem said:

Flood Ford is the name of a Ford dealership in Rhode Island. They sell what your local Ford dealership sells.

I don’t know it has changed, but when I bought the ESP through them online, I wasn’t charged sales tax. That’s a few hundred dollars in savings along.

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BroncoAZ said:

I found better deals on the same products from Ziegler Ford. They have coupon codes, “payinfull” for the ESP gets $250 off, “mpayinfull” for the premium maintenance gets $200 off that make them cheaper than Flood Ford.

https://www.zeiglerfordesp.com/

I called Ford directly for the ESP and premium maintenance, their ESP includes the extras and cost about $1200 more than Ziegler, their premium maintenance was pretty close price wise (I don’t have my notes handy).

I know I’m going 8/125K for both. On the ESP I want the key and LED coverage, not sure if first day rental matters but it’s not expensive. For the premium maintenance, after corresponding with @FordTechOne I’m looking at 7500 mile synthetic intervals. I’ll do the first oil change myself at 2500 miles and then start the plan at 7500. The total for both plans from Ziegler is $4850.

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lawdog said:

I hate to sound like a DA, but did you find a link or page on their web site with the plans/how to buy through them online? I can't find one. Did you just call them? TIA.

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traxem said:

I always wonder if you bring the truck in every 7,500 miles, if the ESP would cover the oil changes at that interval. ESP is supposed to cover factory maintenance interval and the factory maintenance interval for oil change is something like every 10,000 miles unless the oil monitor is tripped.

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BroncoAZ said:

Since you are paying for a specific interval I’m assuming they will follow what you buy regardless of the recommendation.

10k synthetic blend isn’t enough in my opinion, so I was trying to decide between 5K blend or 7500 full synthetic. The cost difference on the plan is $25 between those two options. @FordTechOne recommended the full synthetic at 7500 interval is better for my needs than the 5K blend. I also considered buying the 10K interval full synthetic and just doing the 5K changes myself. The extra dozen full synthetic changes myself at $40 each would even out compared to the other plans. I mainly want the maintenance plan for the other things it may cover like brakes and shocks that ESP wouldn’t cover wear on.

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BroncoAZ said:

Since you are paying for a specific interval I’m assuming they will follow what you buy regardless of the recommendation.

10k synthetic blend isn’t enough in my opinion, so I was trying to decide between 5K blend or 7500 full synthetic. The cost difference on the plan is $25 between those two options. @FordTechOne recommended the full synthetic at 7500 interval is better for my needs than the 5K blend. I also considered buying the 10K interval full synthetic and just doing the 5K changes myself. The extra dozen full synthetic changes myself at $40 each would even out compared to the other plans. I mainly want the maintenance plan for the other things it may cover like brakes and shocks that ESP wouldn’t cover wear on.

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BroncoAZ said:

My 2020 Raptor supplement states semi synthetic blend or optional full synthetic.

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