Warranty

Trade Price Cars Essex have teamed up with Autoprotect offering our customers the option to purchase a fully comprehensive parts and labour warranty for their chosen vehicle. Prices start from as little as £149 and warranties can be purchased for a 3 – 36 month period. You the customer can choose!

Below gives an outline of what is covered with your autoprotect comprehensive warranty.

Engine

The rocker assembly, including hydraulic followers, inlet and exhaust valves [not burnt valves], springs and guides, cylinder head [not cracks and de-coking], cylinder head gasket [except skim], push rods, camshaft and followers, timing gears and chains [excluding tensioner], oil pump, pistons and rings, cylinder bores, con rods, gudgeon pins and bearings, crankshaft and bearings, inlet manifold, flywheel and ring gear. Timing belts are covered as long as they have been changed in line with the manufacturers schedules. You will need to be able to provide proof of this.

Manual gearbox
 
Internal gears, synchromesh hubs, selectors, shafts, bearings and bushes, transfer gears.

Automatic gearbox 

Internal shafts, gears, clutches, brake bands, valve block, governor, oil pump, bearings and bushes, servo, drive plate and transfer gears.

Rear-wheel drive 

Half shafts, rear-wheel external drive shafts, including constant velocity joints, universal joints and couplings [not gaiters] and wheel bearings [drive axle only].

Differential

Internal crown wheel and pinion, gears, shafts, bearings and bushes, thrust washers and spacers.

Continuously variable transmission CTX 

Internal clutches, planetary gears, reduction gears, shafts, variable pulleys, thrust link drives, internal seals, bushes and bearings.

Torque converter

Failure of any internal mechanical parts.

Propshaft

Universal joints and couplings.

Suspension 

Coil springs.

Front wheel drive
 
Wheel bearings [drive axle only].

Clutch 

Centre plate, pressure plate, release bearing, oil contamination [centre plate only] and master and slave cylinders. No labour costs included.

Engine cooling system 

Viscous fan coupling, thermostat, thermostat and housing. water pump

Casings 

If any of the covered parts fail and this damages the casings, they will also be covered.

Turbo charger [factory fitted] 

The turbo charger unit is covered only if agreed and if the extra premium has been paid [see proposal form].

Fuel system [diesel and petrol] - to a maximum of £100 per claim including VAT Carburettor and mechanical or electrical fuel pump and injection pump.

Steering [incl. power assisted steering] 
Steering rack and pinion [not gaiters], steering box, idler box, power steering rack and pump.

Brakes - to a maximum of £100 per claim including VAT. 
Brake master cylinder, wheel cylinders, restrictor valve and brake caliper seals.

Electrical system - to a maximum of £100 per claim including VA.T 
Starter motor and solenoid, including pre-engagement mechanism and bendix drive and alternator, diode pack, coil, voltage regulator, indicator relay and front windscreen wiper, and washer motors.

Working materials 
Oils, oil filter and anti-freeze are covered only if it is essential to replace them because of the failure of a part which is covered under this policy.

Subject to certain limitations & exclusions. Please refer to the policy document for details.