I just got a letter stating that my warranty "is about to expire or has expired". The sender, Continental Warranty, North Hollywood, CA, then went on to explain how I could extend my warranty, etc, etc, etc.

Since my wife's Crossfire was purchased new in Nov. 2004 and only has 9,800 miles on it, I know that the factory warranty is still in effect and still has quite a few months/miles left before it expires. I called Continental and spoke to a supervisor, who admitted that her company has no affiliation with DC. The company obtains information from various sources and then sends out information to Crossfire owners. I demanded that my name be removed from their system.

Needless to say, I will not be buying an extended warranty from this company. I wonder how many people have fallen for this con/scam operation.

John

 

Yes, you have to read that stuff when you get it. We get those with every car we've bought. I think in MI the Secretary of State sells our vin #'s and addresses or something. Doesn't seem right. And I'm not sure that there is a opt out list. These companies try to make their paperwork look really official, so just be careful.

 

I get those too. Regularly. And I've only had the car about 8 months and less that 6K miles. I also get a ton of similar emails. If you read closely, you'll see they have nothing to do with Chrysler and are just a scam.

It's similar to mailings I get regarding my mortgage. I got one just days ago that really irked me because it seems like it's coming from my existing mortgage company. It has "RE: XYZ Mortgage loan" and goes on to tell me of their special offer to a limited number of valued customers such as myself, that can reduce my APR by as much as 2 percent. Normally, I wouldn't mind this solicitation so much, but it's the way they are trying to mislead me into thinking it's coming from XYZ that really gets under my skin.

 

I got a few of those too ... and what was funny was I had my Sante Fe for 6 months. They'd say that my factory warranty was almost up ... I just shook my head ... they are clueless ... baiting a hook and seeing who's gonna bite. The Sante Fe had 9 years 6 months and 94,000 miles left on the warranty ... sheesh