The Small Print is a Big Deal
Listed components
Braking system
The following components are covered:
Calipers, master & wheel cylinders, pressure reducing & proportioning valves, and vacuum servo.
Casings
The following components are covered:
Casings are covered provided they have been damaged as a direct result of the covered failure of a covered component.
Clutch
The following components are covered:
Clutch cable, master & slave hydraulic cylinders and pedal assembly.
Cooling systems
The following components are covered: Thermostat & housing and water pump.
Electrics
The following components are covered:
Alternator, electric traction motors, front & rear screen wiper motors, horn, indicator flasher relay, and starter motor.
Electronic control units (ECUs) & computers
The following components are covered:
The engine management ECU and any other computers that directly control your vehicle’s alarm and immobilisation functions, that were originally fitted to your vehicle when it was first manufactured are covered (upgraded or revised software and firmware, including software and firmware patches and updates, relating directly or indirectly to any components of your vehicle and any retro-fitted ECUs & computers are not covered).
Engine
The following components are covered:
All internally lubricated components are covered including: Camshafts & bearings, camshaft followers & rockers (including hydraulic lash adjusters), connecting rods & bearings, crankshaft
& bearings, cylinder block, cylinder bores & liners & seals, cylinder heads, internal bushes & bearings, oil pump & drive, pistons & rings, timing gears & chain & tensioner and valves & springs & guides (burnt or pitted valves and valve seats are not covered).
The following components are also covered: Crankshaft pulley and cylinder head gasket.
Camshaft drive belts are covered as follows:
Camshaft drive belts and tensioners (subject to documented proof that the last due change of the camshaft drive belt has taken place as specified by the manufacturer’s recommended servicing schedule).
Fuel system
The following components are covered:
Air flow sensors and meters, fuel gauge sender unit, fuel pumps (including pre-pumps, low & high pressure pumps & injection pumps).
Gearboxes
Oil Seals and Gaskets
The following components are covered:
The engine crankshaft rear oil seal and the main gearbox input shaft oil seal are both covered and other oil seals and gaskets that would necessitate the removal of the engine, a gearbox or a final drive unit to carry out repairs are all covered subject to any oil leak from them being sufficiently advanced that oil can be seen to be dripping (slight leaks causing only oil misting or staining are not covered).
Steering
The following components are covered:
Hydraulic pumps, steering & idler boxes and rack and pinion
assembly (including hydraulic rams and electric motors).
Transmissions
(including front & centre & rear differentials, front & rear live axles and drive shafts.)
The following components are covered:
Constant velocity joints, crown wheels & pinions, differential
gears & thrust washers, external drive shafts, internal bushes & bearings (including wheel bearings) & shafts, internal components of differential locking mechanisms, propeller shafts & propeller shaft couplings & centre bearings and universal joints.
(including automated manual gearboxes, automatic gearboxes, four wheel drive transfer gearboxes, hybrid transaxles, manual gearboxes and transaxles.)
The following components are covered:
Automatic transmission brake bands & clutches & modulator valves, drive chains, gearlever, gears, hydraulic gear-shift governors & internal servos & valve blocks, internal bearings & bushes, oil pumps, selector forks, shafts (all, including extension shafts), synchromesh hubs and rings and torque converter.
Ignition system
The following components are covered:
Camshaft sensors, crankshaft sensors and ignition coils.