Fiesta ST maintenance plan?

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Hi,
I'm going to be buying a new Fiesta ST and see it comes with a service plan but not a maintenance plan. The dealer told me I could upgrade to a 5year/80000km maintenance plan for +-R17k.

Should I take the upgrade?
 
Probably depends on how much you will use the car, and whether or not it covers brakes as well...
 
All depends on how long you intend to keep the car ?
IFAIK the warranty is 2 years , so you ok for two years .
When i had my ST it was bullet proof and i hammered the hell out of it had it for nearly two years .
If you intend to keep it for 5 years I would buy the maintenance plan .
BTW i bought my ST for 250K back then.
 
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Ghost02 said:
Hi,
I'm going to be buying a new Fiesta ST and see it comes with a service plan but not a maintenance plan. The dealer told me I could upgrade to a 5year/80000km maintenance plan for +-R17k.

Should I take the upgrade?
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That seems cheap.
 
No rather extend your factory warranty to the max. It costs much less, and covers all the expensive stuff.

R17k to cover light bulbs, wiper blades and brake pads is a waste of money...
 
Ghost02 said:
Hi,
I'm going to be buying a new Fiesta ST and see it comes with a service plan but not a maintenance plan. The dealer told me I could upgrade to a 5year/80000km maintenance plan for +-R17k.

Should I take the upgrade?
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Quite a good price.
I would definitely go for it if you plan to keep the car for up to 80 000km and then put that plan to use.
Make sure you get them to replace most of the stuff on the plan before it runs out.

FNfal said:
All depends on how long you intend to keep the car ?
IFAIK the warranty is 2 years , so you ok for two years .
When i had my ST it was bullet proof and i hammered the hell out of it had it for nearly two years .
If you intend to keep it for 5 years I would buy the maintenance plan .
BTW i bought my ST for 250K back then.
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Warranty and Maintenance plan is completely different.

Warranty does not cover brakes, wipers, clutch, shocks and other smaller items.
Maintenance plan does.
 
PsYTraNc3 said:
Warranty does not cover brakes, wipers, clutch, shocks and other smaller items.
Maintenance plan does.
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Which is why a maintenance plan is a waste. You're paying for all that stuff upfront, whether you will ever need it or not. Rather just pay for what you need, when you need it...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Which is why a maintenance plan is a waste. You're paying for all that stuff upfront, whether you will ever need it or not. Rather just pay for what you need, when you need it...
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I paid R9000 for my maintenance plan when purchasing my car and definitely got more than my money worth in maintenance repairs.
Clutch was replaced (R6500 - I blame the wife for this), front brake pads twice, rear pads once, wipers twice (They charge R600 for champion blades. crazy!), bulbs and battery.

I tried getting them to replace my shocks before the plan lapsed but I never managed to wear those out enough...

For R17k and 80000km on an ST, it's not a bad deal.
Should be able to get back more than your moneys worth easily.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys, looks like the majority vote is that I should get it. I do plan on keeping the car for at least 5 years.
 
Get it, as just the brakes cost like R14k all round from Ford directly without a maintenance plan.
Especially if you plan on keeping the car.
 
See if you could take the plan at the end of the built-in service plan and/or warranty.

Because that's when you'll really need it it.

Otherwise you are basically a lot of money for something you'll never receive in return.
 
SauRoNZA said:
See if you could take the plan at the end of the built-in service plan and/or warranty.

Because that's when you'll really need it it.

Otherwise you are basically a lot of money for something you'll never receive in return.
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As far as I know you cannot add a maintenance plan afterwards, only extend.
 
SauRoNZA said:
See if you could take the plan at the end of the built-in service plan and/or warranty.

Because that's when you'll really need it it.

Otherwise you are basically a lot of money for something you'll never receive in return.
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They charge you a whooole lot more if you do it later.

My maintenance plan to 60 000km was R9000.
At 60 000, I was quoted R27 000 to upgrade to 90 000km.
 
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