Extended warranty

Buy a genuine Ford ESP. Online is fine, but make sure you check United States and Canada BBB Consumer and Business Reviews, Reports, Ratings, Complaints and Accredited Business Listings to see if a potential company is reputable according to them (better business bureau).

Is the online price for a Ford warranty or third party? I would only trust a Ford warranty from everything I have read about the third party crap. I bought mine from a dealer when my car was just over 35k miles for $1800. I put 10% down and Ford financed the rest at 0%, I was pretty happy with that deal.

Back in 2003 I was a service advisor at a Lincoln Dealership. I have delt with the many aftermarket extended warranties, and I would not recommend them to anyone.

The aftermarket esp plans typically have restrictions on repairs and limits that they will pay for parts. The customer is typically responsible for the difference between what the aftermarket warranty would pay for, and what the final bill was.

For example: A customer came in for some front end work. He needed 2 outter tie rods and 1 lower balljoint. His aftermarket warranty covered 1 tie rod and that was it. They had a limit of 1 part per covered catagory per claim. That customer then had to pay out of pocket for the other tie rod, balljoint, alignment and dont forget his deductible! Needless to say, he was pi$$ed!

Buy FORD ESP directly from your dealer. You must do this while still under the factory warranty. Premium care is the best, but its worth it. It covers just about everything accept trim pieces and labor only repairs, however, it does cover wiring repairs.

Look at it this way 2 or 3 decent repairs will more than cover the cost.

+1 on the above. A couple years is ok on a car, but once you hit 4-5 things start hitting the fan so to speak(typically). Usually 100k services happen and something always gets found then that, an esp from Ford will cover, maybe not all the way, but more than aftermarket at least

Clear now! Sorry bud...

Ok, so to be totally clear, you want to buy your FORD ESP online from a Ford dealership's website. Is that correct?

If so, you can buy your ESP from any ford/lincoln/mercury dealership, as long as the vehicle is still under the factory warranty. I was unaware that you could buy geunine Ford ESP online. This is new to me, but I've been out of the game for a little while now.

Just make sure the ESP will show up on your OASIS before you purchase it.

Your OASIS is a print out for your vehicle that shows your warranty info. It prints out every time your Ford dealership writes it up for service. The OASIS is linked to fords database and will only show Ford ESP.

Hope this helps.