C-15 CAT, Extended Advantage 300,000 mi warranty

[Them Other Truckrz]

Our truck is running great as we just ran out of our 600K warranty, don't burn oil, no leaks, we want some piece of mind knowing a major breakdown could be costly.....this advantage warranty does not cover everything from A-Z but does cover most things.... we will have an Inspection to see that we qualify with an oil test and manifold inspection etc. If we do and we should qualify there are like 3 options on this advantage warranty, anyone had some experience or knowledge on thgis CAT option we are considering.

[Papa Rick]

When I bought my 2003 KW W900L, I checked around for a warranty that would cover a truck with 775,00 miles on it, 390 gear, 13 speed trans.

I went with National Truck Protection out of NJ. Total cost was $4100.00. This covers my engine for 2 years, 200,000 (Nothing electrical), but does cover the injectors and turbo for the 1st year. In this it also included the trans and both rear axles for 1 year or 100,000 miles.

After the first year on the engine it does not cover the injectors or turbo. I checked around and even spoke to the CAT People, and they told me they would be around $4600.00 and not cover the turbo, trans, or rear axles. Super nice people at the CAT Place, I faxed him a copy of the info the NTP sent me, and he called me and told me he would go with them.

I did, had trans problem 2 weeks after buying the truck and NTP came through as promised.

They do have a mileage limit 800,000, and year limit, not sure what that is. I have been very happy with what they did for me.

I wanted a some help in case my truck did break down the first year, and total cost for the trans repair came to $2300.00, so it had already paid for half of the cost.

You do have to take it to one of their approved places for an inspection, and pay for this yourself. I went ot Stowers CAT Dealership in Knoxville TN. NTP sets the amount up what it will be according to what you are getting covered.

Mine was $515.00 if I remember correctly. Extra cost due to fact of checking the trans and rear axles. They did not do an oil sample test, though I had one done. They do put the engine on the dyno and check it out.

I was surprised at how easy the inspection was.

If something is wrong, you have to have it fixed before they will put a warranty on it. Nothing was wrong with mine.

Website is: http://www.nationaltruckprot.com/

Not trying to sell or endorse this, just giving you info on what I got for a truck with quite a few miles on it.