Warranty On New Imports

[keithwasherman]

hi everyone i'm new today.

thing is we had a 2month old vigo which we bought with a third party warranty. the car was written off by a bus last week. (opened the door and walked away from a head on crash).

the dilemma i've got is that i've found another vigo at a great price but there is no third party warranty on it although the dealer says (but has not yet proven) that it has a one year toyota worldwide warranty.

can you tell me if this is likely to be true? he says that toyota are obliged to give a warranty for 12 months irrespective of where in the world it came from.

i have to o.k. this deal very soon so any advice will be greatly appreciated.

finally if it's not true then where do you buy your warranties from?

thanks

keith

[Leeky]

Unsure as to the ins and outs of the worldwide warrenty but i got a feeling the dealer is correct.

Just to be 100% you should call Toyota UK on 0845 275 5555. And they should be able to give you a yes or no.

Im 99% sure that warrenty is only available from the dealer when you buy the car. These independent warrenty companies usually dont let you take out the warrenty yourself.

But then again i dont think a warrenty is worth the paper its written on

[keithwasherman]

Unsure as to the ins and outs of the worldwide warrenty but i got a feeling the dealer is correct.

Just to be 100% you should call Toyota UK on 0845 275 5555. And they should be able to give you a yes or no.

Im 99% sure that warrenty is only available from the dealer when you buy the car. These independent warrenty companies usually dont let you take out the warrenty yourself.

But then again i dont think a warrenty is worth the paper its written on

[Robie]

We imported a car from Holland and it had the same warranty as a UK car, so 3 years.

[keithwasherman]

our vigo has been imported from thailand. you have your warranty because holland is in the E.U.

also thanks leeky for your reply, i got it just too late to ring toyota today. an after thought was that i didn't make it clear that the "dealer" is not a toyota dealer. do you know of any other members who have got a hi-lux vigo?

sorry about the accidental posting earlier. i think i know what i'm doing now.