I am looking for a garage near me that excepts car shield
The people on this site have no way of knowing where you are or what repair shops will honor Car Shield. That is something that should be on the Car Shield web site.
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Welcome to the forum Kimberly, you have been redirected to the Car Talk website, you can try the Repair Shops link at the top of the page for auto repair shops near you, it seems decent for my area, others maybe not so much…
You can also call around to shops around you and ask them… as mentioned above, check the Car Shield website for more details… Good luck…
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New car dealers work with extended warranties every day. Shops that focus on vehicle maintenance probably won’t help you.
I’ve done hundreds of extended warranty’s over 17 years, most repair shops will deal with them, they either are set up like a national account, or just use a one time computer generated credit card for the exact amount once done… I don’t think the Walmart’s and Jiffy Lubes of the world that focus on maintenance, like said above, will mess with them, or know how to, but chain and or independent repair shops normally do, unless they have had issues with payment from that particular warranty company or they are hard/a pain to deal with, want you using low quality or used wear item parts…
Revealing the state where you reside might yield some helpful recommendations, based on people’s personal experiences. If I recommend a shop located hundreds of miles away from you, it probably wouldn’t be useful to you.
Here’s an idea call Car Shield. Their commercial states that their “warranty ambassadors “ can help with this.
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PvtPublic is being logical again. Is that allowed ?
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Well, first of all, you’re looking for a shop which accepts Car Shield. I suspect that the majority of shops except Car Shield, i.e. they don’t accept it.
Second, Car Shield and other similar “vehicle protection plans” are essentially a scam. They contain more loopholes than a sieve, and will often deny claims for repairs which should be covered. One common trick which these companies use to deny coverage is to request proof of all oil changes or transmission fluid changes going back to when the vehicle was new. Can’t produce these records, because you purchased the vehicle used, or failed to keep the records? Too bad, claim denied.
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Car Shield or any other extended warranty company controls the money and they are the ones that accept a repair shops analysis or not. It’s worth asking if a shop has a business relationship with Car Shield or not. It’s probably better to ask Car Shield for a list of repair shops that they have a business relationship with in the @Kimberley1’s area. Claims are usually denied because of owner abuse.
We had a 2003 Olds Silhouette. GM gave buyers a 60/60 extended warranty to convince them to buy an Oldsmobile after GM announced the demise of the marque. We needed another minivan and I would have bought it without the extended warranty because of the discounts but that extended warranty helped push me across the line. At 56,000 miles the transmission gave out. The dealer we bought the van from ordered a new transmission in a crate and installed it at no cost to us other than the loss of a vehicle for a week while we waited for delivery of the crate transmission. Extended warranties can work for the buyer and in another recent tread it did.
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I have collected some of that “scam” money for performing repairs, I never had a claim denied by that company.
Most repairs have nothing to do with engine oil, it very unusual to have to submit oil maintenance invoices.
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