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Best car manufacturers for warranty

Apart from 9 months with a P38 Range Rover, I've had a Suzuki for the last 9 years. Once you go good Japaneese it is hard to drive anything else modern. My modern-ish car following the sale of my beloved Suzuki Grand Vitara is a Suzuki that identifies as a Vauxhall.
I still need a modern car and the salt on the roads here in the northeast means I'm relucant to use my scruffy 52 Morris Minor throught the winter.
 
My last 4 cars have all been Hyundai. But all normal petrol or diesel, all this modern stuff is not to my liking really. I'm just trying to find a newish small petrol engined car to replace my diesel. Unfortunately they all seem to be mild Hybrid's.
 
nothing to dislike...you still have a 2l engine in my case...drop to 30 ish and electric takes over and drops in and out as you drive,,,but all autos if thats an issue
 
Trumpetier said:
My last 4 cars have all been Hyundai. But all normal petrol or diesel, all this modern stuff is not to my liking really. I'm just trying to find a newish small petrol engined car to replace my diesel. Unfortunately they all seem to be mild Hybrid's.
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Not good, I repaired my mother's low mileage Vauxhall Agila after she rearranged the front end in March. 13 years old, with less than 19000 miles even now.
Fully agree, I wouldn't want anything newer. Too complicated.
 
Toyota/Lexus.
Ten years or 100,000 miles if you have main dealer servicing.
During the Covid restrictions, Lexus offered every Lexus driver free roadside recovery, no matter how old the car was, or where they bought it from, if they were a key worker. It was a very clever publicity campaign, the reason being, their cars never break down and they know it.
My neighbour is an AA patrol man, he reckons he's only been called to two Toyota/Lexus cars in fifteen years, both had run out of petrol.
Suzuki run a close second, they're now using Toyota hybrid drive trains, in fact, the Suzuki Swace is a rebadged Toyota Corolla.
Avoid Nissan at the moment though, they've been using Renault engines for a few years and are now trying to uncouple from the relationship due to poor reliability.
As an example, my Lexus IS300h is now twelve years old. It's had a battery and one wiper relay replaced. I could easily have cleaned up the contacts on the old relay, but I hadn't got any 1000 grade wet and dry paper. 😁 They even use stainless steel springs in the plungers on the door light switches.
 
I think anything Japanese or that neck of the woods.
I got past the "Badge and power" phase some time ago.
have moved to Toyota,best experience bar none.
Also the dealer i use is great so that helps.
Just has a example,the steering wheel had a thread that was coming undone,think it was a 3yr old car by then.
its a item with multiple buttons and leather and would of cost hundreds for sure.
asked them why could i go to get it repaired.
was told,no way ,we will ask about warrenty claim,next day was told new steering wheel was cleared by Toyota.
 
Buglecall said:
I think anything Japanese or that neck of the woods.
I got past the "Badge and power" phase some time ago.
have moved to Toyota,best experience bar none.
Also the dealer i use is great so that helps.
Just has a example,the steering wheel had a thread that was coming undone,think it was a 3yr old car by then.
its a item with multiple buttons and leather and would of cost hundreds for sure.
asked them why could i go to get it repaired.
was told,no way ,we will ask about warrenty claim,next day was told new steering wheel was cleared by Toyota.
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They will not be seen to fail. Death before dishonour.
 
Mazda offer a 6year 100,000 mile warranty. I've had my 2015 Mazda 3 2.0L petrol since new, it's covered 100,00 miles with no recourse to test the warranty and has averaged 47mpg .
 
Get a Toyota Corolla...you dont need a warranty (only joking).....we had a W reg bought it at 3 years old and sold it at 20 years old. In that time it had new brake pipes..I had the tyres changed, they were 12 years old, and the fitter couldnt beleive the condition of the car for its age...It had only done 32000 miles when we sold it. I think we sold it for more than we paid for it. Our taxi driving friends started an auction for it.
 
bi6als said:
Get a Toyota Corolla...you dont need a warranty (only joking).....we had a W reg bought it at 3 years old and sold it at 20 years old. In that time it had new brake pipes..I had the tyres changed, they were 12 years old, and the fitter couldnt beleive the condition of the car for its age...It had only done 32000 miles when we sold it. I think we sold it for more than we paid for it. Our taxi driving friends started an auction for it.
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In Australia, there's a saying. "If you're going into the outback, take a Landrover, if you want to come back alive, take a Toyota."
 
Trumpetier said:
My last 4 cars have all been Hyundai. But all normal petrol or diesel, all this modern stuff is not to my liking really. I'm just trying to find a newish small petrol engined car to replace my diesel. Unfortunately they all seem to be mild Hybrid's.
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My Kia Stonic (now 2 years old) has been a smashing car so far. only 998 cc, but is very happy at 60-70 mph on motorway.
 
Honda are pretty good. My original Gen 2 CRV was 2nd hand. Got called in three or four times for free repairs/replacements that would've cost about £1k. They're also very reliable
 
One good thing about modern cars imo is that there aren't any really bad ones anymore. Many of us on here started driving in the 70's and 80's when there were some really appalling cars on the road. They rusted and rotted at an alarming rate, tyres, brakes and components were crap and often made of cheese. We still get daft unwarranted historic prejudice against 'forrun' cars like French and Italian. We like French and have had all sorts of Renault, Fiat, Peugeot as run-arounds (and a Campervan) and Porsche, Merc VW as 'best' car.
We currently have a 2017 Renault Captur diesel which had 4 years of warranty, of which we only claimed for diamond-cut wheel refurb - twice - in it's 54,000 miles. It was 3 month old and 600 miles when we bought it, no other issues at all.
We (I, lol) would love to get another run-around but just can not justify getting rid of the Captur because it is perfect for every task. 55mpg, roomy, quiet and still looks tidy for it's age. I secretly hope that someone runs into it so that I can get my dream run-around.
 
Do Hyundia not have petrol only anymore?
I only bought my i20 just over a year ago (it was 9 months old when I bought it) and its petrol only.
One of the reasons I went with Hyundia myself, (previously a Ford man mostly) was because they seem to score well for reliability and warranty. I did not want electric either.
Instead of getting brand new maybe look for a non electric one, but maybe a year old instead of brand new?
Edit, just had a quick look at the UK Hyundia website, and they do seem to still do petrol / diesel only versions? (i10 and i20 and i30, did not look at other models). They do all seem to be pushing Electric/Hybrid, but looks like you can still get petrol or diesel only.
 
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pjgtech said:
Do Hyundia not have petrol only anymore?
I only bought my i20 just over a year ago (it was 9 months old when I bought it) and its petrol only.
One of the reasons I went with Hyundia myself, (previously a Ford man mostly) was because they seem to score well for reliability and warranty. I did not want electric either.
Instead of getting brand new maybe look for a non electric one, but maybe a year old instead of brand new?
Edit, just had a quick look at the UK Hyundia website, and they do seem to still do petrol / diesel only versions? (i10 and i20 and i30, did not look at other models). They do all seem to be pushing Electric/Hybrid, but looks like you can still get petrol or diesel only.
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Hyundai have gone back to petrol only in the i20 in the last year,or two. From around 2020 they where all mild hybrid. Ideally I was looking to buy a three year old car, so it would of been a mild hybrid. Not looked into the i10 as there two small for my needs I think. My dad has one and the boot is tiny.
They stopped making the diesel i30 a few years ago. Or at least stopped importing them here.
 
We have a Hyundai Tucson N-line mild hybrid 2024 it's a petrol engine 1.6...very economical & they have fantastic 5 year warranty....230 bhp.. what's not to like 😘.

Previous car CX30... great car but warranty only 3 years... most Japanese or Korean cars are pretty bullet proof mechanically.
 
My Suzuki Ignis 4 grip is a mild hybrid, great little car, and 60 mpg is easily obtained if you take it steady.
 
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