Will my vehicle warranty remain valid if I ship my vehicle abroad?

If you plan to ship your car abroad in areas that have facilities to provide automotive services, your car’s vehicle warranty issued by your car’s manufacturer and / or dealer in the United States may not be valid abroad. Before shipping your car abroad, you should consider purchasing an extended car warranty, often called an international vehicle warranty. Your car manufacturer or dealer can be contacted prior to shipping your car abroad to find a suitable extended vehicle warranty or international car warranty.

Shipping your car overseas and hoping to use the US automaker’s car warranty overseas wouldn’t be a smart course of action. You also wouldn’t wait until your car is abroad before finding an international warranty to buy abroad. You can find an extended warranty seller online very easily and very inexpensively. Of course, your car warranty must be valid in the United States or else you may want a more expensive vehicle warranty.

Vehicle warranties in the United States and abroad are time oriented. If your car warranty has expired, you should purchase an extended warranty to cover your car maintenance costs before purchasing an international vehicle warranty. There are some online sellers of international car warranties that are very inexpensive. There may be a reason for the low cost of international vehicle warranties. The best thing you can do to secure your overseas experience with your car is to contact your car manufacturer, either directly or through your car dealer, and get more detailed information.

Another point to remember is that your car warranty in the United States covers repairs to your car, usually only if a mechanic or a manufacturer authorized shop makes the repairs. In many cases, if you use an unauthorized auto repair shop, your warranty won’t be valid even here in the United States. Before spending more money on an international vehicle warranty, you can ask if there are authorized mechanical service areas in the country where you will ship your car.

But, if your question is simply whether your warranty will be valid if you ship your car abroad, the answer is not if you get your car repaired abroad at an unauthorized dealer or repair shop. There are many expenses associated with shipping a car abroad. One of them is obtaining an international vehicle warranty. The reason so many people choose to ship their car abroad is because the cost of buying a car abroad is staggering compared to the cost of buying a car in the United States. Even with the added shipping costs and car warranties, it’s cheaper to buy a car in the United States than it is abroad.

Vehicle warranties, when used properly, can make what seems like an expensive repair situation almost a pleasant experience. There are parts to any car that would cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket if they needed repairs. Auto warranties take that burden off your shoulders, or better said, out of your pocket.