Reliability is relative. None of ours ever failed to start or get us to where we were going in over 175k cumulative miles. So there’s that. But the VIP warranty on our 2017 paid out over $21k before we sold it. The VIP warranty paid $4.1k on our 2021 and counting. The warranty is valid to 150k miles or 2031. It’s gonna pay for itself when the AC evaporater craps out, the supercharger seals fail, the cam seals or main seal fail, the air suspension fails, one or both O2 sensors fail, the gas filler flap stops sealing, or any number of other things that could crap out. I’ve already had both sunroof motors crap out and the exhaust manifold gasket crap out. Those alone almost paid for the entire VIP warranty.

These cars have a lot of great qualities. But you’re either gonna pay a lot in a warranty, or pay a lot out of pocket when they start to age.

 

Reliability is relative. None of ours ever failed to start or get us to where we were going in over 175k cumulative miles. So there’s that. But the VIP warranty on our 2017 paid out over $21k before we sold it. The VIP warranty paid $4.1k on our 2021 and counting. The warranty is valid to 150k miles or 2031. It’s gonna pay for itself when the AC evaporater craps out, the supercharger seals fail, the cam seals or main seal fail, the air suspension fails, one or both O2 sensors fail, the gas filler flap stops sealing, or any number of other things that could crap out. I’ve already had both sunroof motors crap out and the exhaust manifold gasket crap out. Those alone almost paid for the entire VIP warranty.

These cars have a lot of great qualities. But you’re either gonna pay a lot in a warranty, or pay a lot out of pocket when they start to age.

Thanks for the reply, very helpful. Can I ask how many miles you had before things started to break? Just trying to gauge it. Last time I owned a car outright was an '04 VW Passat that went 70K before anything needed to be fixed (believe it or not for a VW).

 

Most of the SPA platform cars have similar systems so since the SPA has been out since 2015 I'd expect that by 2021 most of the issues would have been ironed out.

Biggest issue with these cars that I've read about has been sunroof drains getting clogged.

Personally I'd skip the extended warranty but YMMV.

 

Most of the SPA platform cars have similar systems so since the SPA has been out since 2015 I'd expect that by 2021 most of the issues would have been ironed out.

Biggest issue with these cars that I've read about has been sunroof drains getting clogged.

Personally I'd skip the extended warranty but YMMV.

My 2016 V60 would have cost over 3 times what we paid for the extended warranty already in repairs. Are 21s better?

 

I'm sorry, "but only the paranoid survive". Our 2015 V60 R Design does not have a warranty and it is at 140k, self insured has worked so far. The one month old V90 CC has 9 years 7 months and 150k worth of warranty for an extra $4000. So far the car has proven itself to be the most comfortable and best dog hauling road car on the market for us. Its complexity and the last decades worth of automotive inflation precluded self insurance for us this time.

 

You should give someone here the opportunity to buy it out if you don't want it anymore. What color? 😂

 

95% sure I'll buy it out. I know the car inside and out, not a scratch on it, looks and drives like new, and I just shelled out $1500 for new tires, so I don't see a good reason to flip it for a new '24-25 for $60K which has hardly changed. Still got 10K miles + a year on the warranty so I'll see how she goes...

 

Any ownership updates? Would love to hear them looking at 2022 v60 cc t5 42k miles

 

Any ownership updates? Would love too know looking at a 2022 v60 cc t5

 

bumping the gentleman above, any ownership updates? looking myself at 2020 v60 cc t5

 

As Wayne T5 said a while ago in response #3, the SPA cars are basically the same, regardless of model. Here's my 5 yr experience with my 2020 V90 Inscription.

https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/my-5-yr-50k-2020-v90-inscription-ownership-experience.692628/?post_id=8354937#post-8354937