Shop Certified Pre-Owned Volkswagen for Sale in Amarillo, TX

Not necessarily on the day you buy. The Certified Pre-Owned Limited Warranty covers two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first, and it begins either when the original four-year, 50,000-mile new vehicle warranty expires or on the date of your certified purchase, whichever of those is later. So a two-year-old certified car with factory coverage remaining gives you the rest of that factory term and then two more years after it. An older certified car starts the two years on your purchase date. Roadside assistance works differently and does run from the date of purchase. A per-visit deductible applies to covered repairs, and if the same defect takes more than one attempt to fix, you pay it once rather than every visit.

It has to be a Volkswagen, first of all, and a reasonably recent one with mileage under the program ceiling of 75,000 miles. Before any inspection work begins, we pull a full vehicle history report, and anything disqualifying in that report ends the process there. If it clears, a factory-trained technician works a 100-point-plus checklist covering engine starting and running, transmission operation and noise, brake function and stopping distance, steering feel and alignment, and much more, and any outstanding scheduled maintenance is brought current. Because the age and model-year requirements are adjusted by Volkswagen from time to time, ask us to confirm eligibility on a specific vehicle rather than assuming from the year on the windshield.

No, and we would rather say so up front than have you discover it in April. The certified warranty covers defects in material and workmanship. It expressly excludes environmental damage, which the warranty manual lists as including stones, floodwater, windstorms and hail-type occurrences, and it also excludes paint and painted surfaces. Given that the Texas Panhandle is the most hail-prone part of the state, that is a gap worth understanding: hail is handled by the comprehensive portion of your auto insurance policy, usually through paintless dent repair. What the certified warranty is for is the mechanical failure you did not see coming.

Yes, on 2020 and newer model-year vehicles, and there is no charge to transfer it. Whatever time and mileage remain on the certified warranty pass to the next private owner. The one thing to know is that the buyer has to start the process, not the seller. The new owner writes to Volkswagen of America with their own name, address and phone number, the previous owner's name, and the full 17-digit VIN. It is worth mentioning to a private buyer when you sell, because remaining manufacturer-backed coverage is a genuine selling point and it is easy for both parties to forget the paperwork step.

Two years of 24-hour roadside assistance running from your purchase date, covering towing to the nearest authorized Volkswagen service facility, collision towing, jump starts, flat tires, lock-outs, fuel delivery and trip interruption. You also get the vehicle history report on the car you bought, and a three-month satellite radio trial with access to well over a hundred channels if the vehicle is equipped for it. On an electric Volkswagen the roadside package is adapted to the drivetrain, with flatbed towing to the nearest e-mobility dealer and out-of-charge service instead of fuel delivery. That last one is worth having when the next town is forty-five miles up US-287.

Separately, and for much longer than the vehicle warranty. The high-voltage battery on a certified electric Volkswagen of the 2021 model year or newer is covered for eight years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first, and unlike the certified warranty this one runs from the date the vehicle was originally put into service rather than from your purchase. It covers defects in material and workmanship and it also covers capacity, guaranteeing the battery retains at least 70 percent of its original capacity through the term. If you are shopping a used ID.4, ask for the in-service date, because that single figure tells you exactly how much of the eight years is still ahead of you.