The service departments of the car’s manufacturer and independent shopscertified by a sanctioning body like ASE (Automotive Service Excellence)
can usually work with any good quality service contract. If a shop has neverused a particular company’s policy before, they’ll often need to get prior
authorization to use it. This should apply anywhere in the United States,and even in Canada.
The service departments at many dealers will often initially tell you they willonly take the policy they sell at that dealer, but in my experience, it only
takes one phone call for them to work with any legitimate service contract.In mid-2010, I sold a low-mileage 2008 Jeep Wrangler to some folks on the (^)
far side of the state. At just past 40,000 miles, it needed a brand newengine. At first the local dealer told the clients he wouldn’t cover the repair (^)
using anything but “his” service contract. But once he talked to theadministrator of the one I got my clients, he apologized, and later he told (^)
them that it was just about the best policy he had ever seen in action.
facility if you’re within a certain radius of miles; these are usually someTIP: Beware policies that insist you go to a specific repair^
type of RRG product.
PAYING FOR A SERVICE CONTRACT
Car lenders, whether the manufacturers’ own captive finance companies,banks or credit unions, are very willing to include a good service contract in (^)
your financing. For one thing, they know that when your car breaks down,