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Chrysler now has the "lifetime" warranty (with some loopholes) and this should compete nicely with the 100K warranties from other manufacturers.

In a way, though, just extending the warranty is not necessarily going to do a lot of good for these companies. Bottom line is the product has to be better, not the warranty. A new car constantly being hauled in for warranty work is still not a great way to build consumer confidence.

But yeah, I agree, Ford has to step up to the plate regardless.

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Does the warranty really make that much difference? I mean, will you really use it? Normally, it's not transferrable and the vast majority of people don't hold onto their cars for more than 50-60k.

I don't see it as a big incentive.

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As pointed out above, Chrysler offers a lifetime powertrain warranty and GM offers a 5-year/100,000 mile warranty.

The companies that are offering the long warranties (10-year/100,000 mile) were ones ranked at the bottom of quality surveys and needed some PR boost. Hyundai, Kia, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, and Isuzu are the only foreign companies (as far as I can remember) who are offering 100,000 mile warranties. Any company who offers such a plan will have to admit that their vehicles NEED that kind of warranty (for PR or for quality reasons). I don't think anyone's really willing to admit that...they've come very close, though.

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Your answer is similar to what I am saying. Ford got JD Power initial quality awards on a few of their cars, which is great, but their stock is falling. And I repeat, Ford, GM and Chrysler have to give the same warrantees as the imports 10 years or 100,000 miles.

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I have a strong feeling and intuition that Chrysler (w/o tons of loopholes, catches, sinkers, and bunches of curveballs), Ford, and GM will never match the Korean warranties of 10 years or 100K miles. I believe it would cost them way too much money to expect their inferior cars to last more than 5 years in age. They'd probably be ran out of business, unless of course, they plan on going out of business in 5 years anyway, then what is the harm in offering 10 years or even a "Lifetime" warranty?

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Ford got the JD Power award for initial quality for several of their vehicles. I don't know if this will mean improved reliability in the future of those particular vehicles, but the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty given by most imports is the way that Ford, GM and Chrysler should go. Some people say that a longer warranty just proves that the companies giving that warranty says that their product is inferior, but that is not true. Just look at Honda, Nissan and Toyota, with those longer warrantees, their products still last longer and there are less visits to the dealers for warranty work. Some American companies have longer warrantees like GM that gives 5 years/100,000 miles, but the overwhelming majority of people do not drive 100,000 miles in such a short time. The American manufacturers must wake up.

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