What should be covered by a dealer warranty?

Hi,

I'm buying an Audi A6 (2010) from a Nissan garage. What should be covered by the garage guarantee? Is the garage responsible for checking for previous finance etc? Is there a way of extending the official Audi guarantee?

Thanks

B F

Oct 2012 Filed under: warranty

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Expert answer

Hi there,

The original Audi guarantee will be long gone, unless the previous owner had paid to have it extended, and it would have to have been serviced at an Audi main dealer to still be under cover. The fact that you’re buying it from a Nissan dealer suggests that’s not the case. Nissan does offer a ‘Gold Standard’ used car programme, which comes with a one-year or 15,000km warranty on used sales, and which will have carried out a multi-point check on the car. You’d always be advised to get your own history and finance check done, but if it’s a main Nissan dealer, they’ll likely have already done that.

Neil Briscoe - Complete Car Advisor
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