Continuing in my role as Devil's Advocate ...<br><br>Why would the _manufacturer_ offer a 5 year warranty to cover faults and repairs that may arise and be necessary ?<br><br>Under the Consumer Guarantees Act this *could* be construed as establishing a reasonable expectation that faults might be expected after 3 years but before 5 years. Otherwise the manufacturer would simply offer a 5 year parts and labour warranty included in the price, rather than limiting it to 3 years, no ?<br>
<br>"We're so confident that this product will last 5 years without fault that we promise we'll fix any problems in that time for free"<br><br>vs<br><br>"Look, we're proud of our products but we can't be sure that it will go without problems for more than 3 years, so we'll cover you for an extra 2 if you pay extra for the warranty, but otherwise, well... you were (effectively) warned"<br>
<br>The key thing being here that the extended warranty is being offered by the manufacturer of the goods themselves, not as an after-market insurance service by a retailer/3rd party.<br><br>It all comes down to that pesky word: "reasonable".