FCPP extended warranty?

[Bob145]

Hi,

The dealer for our new travel trailer is trying to get us to purchase an extended warranty on a 26BH. The warranty is to cover "mechanical parts" only (ie. what's inside the trailer only, not the structure itself, leaks, etc.). It costs about $3000 CAD more for the warranty which will last for 7 years in total. The warranty is through a company called FCPP.

Does anyone have any comments about dealing with FCPP or about whether this extra warranty is worth it?

Thanks,

Bob.

[eldermike]

We have been camping in travel trailers for 35 years and in some of those years we were 1/2 timing in our camper while showing dogs all over the east coast. Total number of campers was 5 over that period. I spent some money on each one to fix this or that issue but never spent $3,000.00 on any of them for a repair.

I can't tell you what to do, but as for me I don't purchase insurance for repairs that might/might not be needed sometime in the future.

I only owned one of those campers more than 7 years.

[Iraqvet05]

That is a pretty lengthy warranty period if you plan to keep the trailer that long but why pay for a warranty now when it is covered by the manufacturer for the first two years anyway? Personally, I'd put money aside for repairs and let it build interest in your bank account. We have had our 26BH for 2 years now and it has never been back for a repair.

[norty1]

Pass on it. We did and in 4 years have not regretted it. Make sure you inspect the roof seals and caulk. The only thing I would think it might help is for a fridge repair.
Not worth it in my opinion. Bank the cost in your savings acct and let us know in 7 years how much interest its earns. (more than the whole thing gone)

[Touch N Go]

I agree with all of the replys.

[fielro]

Extended warranties are great for the dealer's bottom line, not your's

[jkochmit1]

bank the money that seems awfully high seeing that you already have 2 years. if the warranty company goes out of business in say three years then you have lost four years of the 7year warranty. If you are worried about costly repairs like stated before set the 3k aside and if you don't use it you when its time to upgrade you already have 3k sitting around!!! I used to work for a GM dealer that offered similar warranties for vehicles, the dealer gets a massive commission from the warranty company for each one sold that's why they cost so much.

[spoon059]

#1 that is not a Jayco warranty, therefore it is a private party warranty. Those are notorious for being full of loop holes and stipulations.


#2 at the cost of that warranty, its probably more beneficial for you to invest that $3K and pay out of pocket for repairs. It is highly unlikely that you will have a repair for more than $3K

[Flyrotor]

RUN AWAY FROM THAT WARRANTY!

Of course the dealer wants to sell it to you, they make huge commissions on those items

[Seann45]

Don't do it Bob.. those warranties are a RIP OFF. Jayco's come with a 2 year bumper to bumper warranty.. anything that might go wrong will happen by then..

[norty1]

Originally Posted by silverark

Well I bought the Jayco Jayplus plan which is xtraride for our 2015 24FBS. For $1200.00 that added 5yrs to the 2yrs Jayco offers. The reason I did was my brother-in-law took his 1 year old 5er to Alaska last year and the wheel bearing and hub went bad. He had the trailer serviced before he left. Come to find out that the axle was installed wrong since new causing the camber tto be out on that axle. Dealer and manufacture would not stand behind him but his xtraride did and replaced the axle. . No it was not a Jayco trailer but Lippert did make the chassis. I had the xtraride on my previous 06 Airstream, A/C went bad when we where in Flordia. xtraride paid the $1400.00+ to replace the unit.

They may be contacting you to make a commercial!

[cekkk]

Okay, here's a real life example of not having purchased an additional warranty. A couple years and 20-some thousand miles ago I bought six Michelins for our dually. I turned down the road hazard warranty @ $30 per tire. On inspection yesterday the tread is separating on a rear tire, meaning I have to buy two new ones. Can't have one new and one old tire on a dually so they pro rated both tires. The pro rata price comes to about $240 for the pair, which I'll pay for myself.

If I had bought the road hazard it would have cost 6x30, or about $180. That's pretty expensive insurance for $60 worth of coverage!

BTW, those are the most expensive tires I've ever purchased for any vehicle and the only failure I've ever had. Who says you get what you pay for? Not so much, these days.

[Paintinfool3]

Tires don't seem to last like they used to. I wouldn't buy the warranty, just keep up the maintenance and replace tires every five years or less and you should be fine. We owned our last camper for 11 years and the microwave pooped out ... cost 100.00.,Nothing else went bad so I was way ahead.

[Islandfirl]

For me, buying extra warranty insurance has always been a rip-off. Any issues I've had cost far less then warranty insurance to fix. I'll never forget the time I took in my insured camcorder in to be repaired. A month later, still no camcorder. I inquired as to it's whereabouts, and was told that it wasn't covered because I had dropped it. That wasn't the case. I raised hell with management, and they finally replaced the missing camcorder with a new one. The headaches weren't worth the paper the contract was written on.