Warranty

The Ram brand has announced a new 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, the longest such coverage in the pickup truck class.

Placing a dollar value on the CPO treatment is a calculus fraught with variables. We’ll explain.

It's important that you be prepared before entering the finance and insurance room, because what's discussed in there is negotiable and, depending on the driver and the car, sometimes unnecessary.

Perhaps the most direct way to find out if a car is still under warranty is to contact a dealer for that make of car or the manufacturer itself. But there are other ways.

Once your car’s warranty expires, the cost of all repairs comes out of the pockets of owners, and nervousness about that prospect has made buying an extended warranty a popular option.

Should you buy a new or used car? It depends on your needs and preferences as a buyer, but there are plenty of good vehicles out there either way.

Used cars tend to have fewer warranty options than their brand-new counterparts, but the policies can be just as daunting to understand.

In all, a car can leave the dealership with 10 or more warranties — which can be a mess for its new owner to wade through.

Some automakers furnish complimentary maintenance programs that last anywhere from one to five years from when the car was new, but there are limitations.

Here are vehicle brands offering retail buyers some level of complimentary scheduled maintenance for the 2024 model year.