Here is a newcomer to the scene. Nationwide Automotive Protection is a car warranty broker that offers varying levels of service for your vehicle.
If you are in need of an auto warranty, you have several choices. Nationwide, which runs on the domain name CareFreeDriving.com – looks to be in good standing from the initial research that we conducted on them. Often times a car warranty company will simply be a DBA for an umbrella corporation behind them.
It is that parent corporation, or umbrella corp, that might have some motions or complaints against them. When choosing a car warranty provider, make sure to do your research and see if that auto warranty company is indeed who you think they are!
They offer four different extended auto warranty packages that cover things from engine repair to general maintenance and car repair. They offer a transfer of service if you are still covered and buy a different car or you can choose how much you want your deductible to be. Their site seems upfront with information and easy to navigate. Unfortunately I have yet to read a positive review on this company; seems as though people have a difficult time getting their money back on canceled policies, or repairs they were told would be covered end up not being covered. They also have a complaint on Ripoff Report, not good in my book.
Have you worked with CareFreeDriving.com – Nationwide Automotive Protection Warranty, or have you got a car warranty from them? Let us know the inside scoop by leaving a comment below!
no!noOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!1 dont buy this insurance from this stupid people ok this people still my money
I bet this lady nhere works for one of these companies…One positive report and one lady that says different…Who do you think we are going to believe lady…Not you thats for sure…You are probly a stock holder…SCAM SCAM SCAM…
Christine
June 24, 2010
I have actually purchased two service contracts from Nationwide and have been thoroughly please with both plans. I have also just learned that they recently got nationally certified so the company is not a scamming company, but one that does want help. I do recommend this company to everyone and all you previous customers that are saying Nationwide Automotive Protection is a scam is wrong.
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Wow….thank all of you for all these posting.(Thank God for the internet!)Wow…what a scam!! I was so close in purchasing their policy. I am so grateful to you guys that I didn’t. I was made aware of this company (Nationwide) through 2 letters they mailed me after I registered a car and get my new title from the DMV. (How did they get my address?) Nationwide and another company called, “Program Headquarters SPD)sent me letters. I called to find out more on the policy since it read too good to be true. And yes…the sales people were not only aggressive, rude and seemed only to get my money right away. Hm…I got a strange gut feeling that something wasn’t right…and YES!! According to all these people posting all these comments throughout the years, YES…they sound like a company I should stay away from. I will be doing what Mr. Kent Garry said, “Don’t walk away from this company – RUN!” Once again, thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences. I’ve made up my mind.
this company is a rip-off. i bought the premier policy and two months later they told me the motor mount and rotors and radio was not covered in my car. a $8,000 problem on my 2007 S550 benz.
they must pay for this scam. The wicked will never go unpunished
I just called to get information about the company and what would it cost for my vehicle he told me and then started pressuring me to give them a credit card, Debit Card or Check. I advised them that I was just trying to gather information so my wife and I could talk about it. He told me that when my wife got home, have her call us back and the after she places a down payment they would answer all the questions she wanted to ask. Then they said if you she did not like the plan after 30days (that includes the 90 day / 200 mile wait period) their goes the 30 days and your refund of all your money you had paid them up to that point. They basically said we can not discuss anything else with you unless you are going to make the down payment today, if not we will wait to talk to your wife and then hung up on me.
I am sorry , some may or may not agree with me, but I prefer to know the details prior to just the trusting of giving money away to a company that anyone hardly knows or the NC BBB
Personally, I WOULD NOT do business with anyone who will not just give information about the company, or give details of a price the policy prior to making a decision, but yet they want to demand a down payment before they go any further.. IF YOU GO WITH THIS COMPANY OR OTHERS LIKE IT, DO SO VERY CAUTIOUSLY.
WOW thank you! posters and thank god to internet.. I alomst ALMOST bought the policy but i gave myself time to do the research..
I, myself was told by my sales rep. that nationwide was what they used for extended warranty. Bumper to Bumper. Nationwide can blow it out there asses! All electronics on paper states that it was covered. I had an issue with my a/c unit which requires a module (electronic) and a wiring kit (electronic). This is a F—en no brainer! it’s electronics for F— Sakes! What does the company tell the service manager to tell me. “it’s not covered”! Stay away from this Fraud of a company.
DO NOT purchase a warranty policy from this company. In my case i purchased a policy from this company, then when I had a waranty claim I found out they had sold my policy to another company that promptly went bankrupt, therefore no warranty payment and no return of my premium. When I talked to people at Nationwide they say sorry, not our problem. I say I contracted with you, where is your integrity. They say sorry, out of our hands. Once they have your money they dump the policy liability to any fly-by-night company they don’t even vet, then whistle to the bank. And guess what, after contacting the pertinent State Attorney’s offices it seems this is actually legal, and you have no recourse.
Apparently the only reliable waranty policies are from the car manufacturers, and I wouldn’t trust GM or Chrysler. Always practice due diligence, a lot of scams out there.