Daily Auto News Chrysler Dropping Lifetime Powertrain Warranties
Daily Auto News
Since 2007, Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep have offered the longest powertrain warranty in the automotive industry – a warranty that lasted as long as the original owner kept the car..
That warranty exists no longer.
Jalopnik reports, “Chrysler’s lifetime powertrain warranty won’t be a part of the new Fiat-owned operation, but there’s a new warranty poised to take its place: a 5-year, 100,000-mile offer.”
Autoblog adds, “The new warranty will reportedly cover all Chrysler, Dodge (minus the Sprinter van) and Jeep models and extends to the high-performance SRT models, fleet sales and police cruisers as well – vehicles the old lifetime program didn’t cover.” It is also, unlike the old lifetime warranty, transferrable.
Chrysler spokesman Rick Deneau told Automotive News that the lifetime warranty “wasn’t as valuable to consumers as we might have hoped.” Instead, he said, “The issue of transferability was something people found very appealing.”
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