A new car warranty offers peace of mind during the time you own the car, and also for whoever takes the car on second-hand. However, not every manufacturer’s warranty is the same and some could leave you with large repair bills if you don’t check the small print carefully.
Most warranties will cover things like the powertrain, fuel system, electrical components and electrical failure, plus multimedia infotainment systems such as sat nav, but won’t cover consumables such as brakes, clutches and tyres, so you’ll have to pay for car repair on these items, and you won’t be able to make a warranty claim for the after-effects of a failure, such as a car hire or hotel stay needed due to a stranded car. Also note that manufacturer warranties on a new car won’t apply to older cars, and if you want one on your aged used car, you’ll have to purchase one at additional cost from third-party warranty companies such as Motoreasy and Warrantywise.
Here’s our guide to the car companies that offer the best level of cover as you drive away from the dealership in your new car. Note, the information in this guide is subject to change. Always speak to the manufacturer concerned about its warranty to ensure you understand exactly what's covered.
The Longest Car Warranties in the UK 2025
- Toyota – 10 years/100,000 miles
- Lexus – 10 years/100,000 miles
- Peugeot Electric Cars - 8 years/100,000 miles
- Kia – 7 years/100,000 miles
- Omoda/Jaecoo – 7 years/100,000 miles
- Suzuki – 7 years/100,000 miles
- MG – 7 years/80,000 miles
- Dacia – 7 years/75,000 miles
- BYD – 6 years/93,750 miles
- Genesis – 5 years/unlimited miles
- GWM ORA – 5 years/unlimited miles
- Hyundai – 5 years/unlimited miles
- Isuzu – 5 years/125,000 miles
- SsangYong – 5 years/100,000 miles
- Citroen – 5 years/100,000 miles
- Cupra – 5 years/90,000 miles
Toyota – 10 years/100,000 miles
It might not come as a surprise to a lot of drivers that Toyota offers the best car warranty policy. Here’s how it works: like most other manufacturers, the basic cover you get is limited to three years or 60,000 miles, whichever happens first. However, every time you have your car serviced according to schedule at a Toyota main dealer, your warranty cover is automatically extended for another year or 10,000 miles, up to a maximum of 10 years or 100,000 miles.
At 10 years, it’s a warranty period that is likely to outlast most people’s ownership of the car, and it works as an extended car warranty cover for subsequent owners up to that 10-year limit. Called the ‘Relax’ programme, Toyota introduced this in mid-2021 and it has also been applied to any car that still falls within the 10-year and 100,000-mile maximum restrictions, so even cars sold new that didn’t have this cover now enjoy its benefits. However, Relax is not a used car warranty.
Remember, though, that all of this is conditional on the car being regularly serviced by a Toyota-approved dealer. Ignore this and the cover is void.
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Lexus – 10 years/100,000 miles
For those who aren't already in the know, Lexus is part of the same company as Toyota, and it's that company's luxury brand at that. So, it's no real surprise that all Lexus products share the same fantastic warranty package as their more humble Toyota counterparts.
Yes, all the same rules apply, so you'll have to get your car serviced according to schedule at an authorised dealer in order to get your automatically extended warranty, by 10,000 miles or 12 months. Doing so should be no hardship, though, because as well as providing one of the most generous warranties in the business, Lexus is also widely recognised for delivering some of the best customer service in the entire motor industry, making Lexus ownership even more painless.
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Peugeot Electric Cars – up to 8 years/100,000 miles
Peugeot’s warranty has remained unchanged for many years, and at three years or 60,000 miles, it’s basically the bare minimum that you’d expect to get on a new car these days. That still remains the case for its petrol and diesel powered vehicles, but it has just introduced a new warranty offer for its electric models that can extend that warranty for up to eight years, with a mileage limit of 100,000.
The new warranty is called Allure Care, and it’s available on almost every electric car Peugeot makes (van-based cars such as the Rifter and Traveller are excluded, though). The deal is that the new warranty is activated each time you take your electric Peugeot to a main dealer for its servicing; upon doing so, you’ll automatically get a warranty extension of two years and 16,000, up to that eight-year, 100,000-mile limit. As of yet, Peugeot is the only one of the main Stellantis brands to offer such a generous warranty, though sister brand Citroën will give you five years’ warranty on any new car ordered online, including petrol and diesel models.
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Kia – 7 years/100,000 miles
Kia has long been noted for its generous level of cover with its new cars. It has been offering a seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty since 2006, which gives its new car buyers a lot of peace of mind, and far exceeds most companies’ cover of three years or 60,000 miles. As the warranty remains with the car, it also passes on to future owners for the duration of the warranty period.
As with most new vehicle warranty policies, there are exclusions with Kia’s. This includes only two years’ protection for the battery, and air conditioning components are not included either beyond this amount of time. Read the small print, however, and Kia’s warranty provision still remains one of the very best you can find.
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Omoda/Jaecoo – 7 years/100,000 miles
Chinese car brands Omoda and Jaecoo, which are part of the Chery conglomerate, are to be imported and sold through the same dealerships, so it’s no great surprise that they’ll also get the same level of warranty cover — to wit, seven years’ worth of protection against faults, with a mileage limit of 100,000. Having said that, it’s worth keeping in mind that certain parts are only warranted to three years and 40,000 miles — and these include some fairly critical parts such as fuel injectors, the infotainment system, starter motor and alternator.
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Suzuki – 7 years/100,000 miles
Like with Toyota’s scheme, your brand new Suzuki comes with a basic three-year, 60,000-mile warranty agreement, and every time your have your car serviced according to schedule at a Suzuki main dealer, you automatically receive an additional year or 9,000/12,500 miles (depending on the service interval of your particular car) of cover, up to a limit of seven years or 100,000 miles. Do bear in mind that you only have 14 days or 250 miles of grace after your service interval arises, though, so you have to act fast to keep the cover intact.
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MG – 7 years/80,000 miles
MG’s excellent seven-year warranty policy is now standard on all its models as of September 1st 2019, but it wasn’t always that way, so if you’re considering a used MG 3 or MG GS from before then, it might be that it only has five-year cover, so it pays to check before you buy. Pick an MG with this lengthy warranty policy, though, and you’ll be secure in the knowledge that all major components are included for the duration. Unusually, a vat of wear and tear items, like brake pads and clutch, are included, though it doesn’t include tyres, proving there are limits to even MG’s generosity.
Like most car companies, MG will honour its warranty obligations so long as you use an approved repairer for any work that uses genuine manufacturer replacement parts. Also, if you keep your car serviced by an MG dealer every year, it automatically adds another 12 months of free roadside assistance and breakdown cover.
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Dacia – 7 years/75,000 miles
Dacia is another company now offering a service-activated warranty, which means that while all its cars still come with a fairly basic three-year, 60,000-mile warranty, which is the least you’d expect, you can extend cover by one more year and up to 18,000 miles, up until the car is seven years old, or has covered 75,000 miles.
It’s worth pointing out that while most manufacturers will allow even cars that have missed services in the past to be eligible for a warranty that’s activated by a service like this, Dacia won’t. That means you’ll have to keep your car serviced on time and on mileage in order to make sure it remains eligible for the warranty extension.
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BYD – 6 years/93,750 miles
You might not have heard of BYD (short for Build Your Dreams) yet — but chances are it won’t be long before you do. The Chinese car maker has been in the process of launching a full range of electric and plug-in hybrid models in the UK, all of which are aggressively priced and generously equipped. And one more tool BYD is using to attract customers is a long warranty offer of six years or 150,000 kilometres (93,750 miles), which beats the equivalent warranties offered by its chief rival, Tesla, as well as the many legacy European manufacturers it’s going up against.
One word of warning, though: there’s no mention of a separate paintwork warranty, so you’ll want to read the terms and conditions — only available through a BYD dealer — to double check the level of cover on offer here.
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Genesis – 5 years/unlimited miles
Think of Genesis as Hyundai and Kia’s more premium arm — a little like Lexus is to Toyota. It only arrived in the UK a few years ago, so it hasn’t made a huge impact yet, but more and more customers are being wooed, thanks in part to a warranty offer that’s better than most other premium brands’.
In short, Genesis’s warranty matches that which is offered by Hyundai — so you get five years’ worth of cover with no mileage cap, which makes it ideal for drivers who do lots of long journeys. As with both Hyundai’s and Kia’s warranties, though, it’s worth noting that the cover tails off slightly in the final couple of years of the warranty, with brake and clutch cover only for the first two years, and suspension only for the first three. On the plus side, you get free servicing for the first five years, with collection, delivery and a courtesy car included, and you also get five years’ roadside assistance into the bargain.
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GWM ORA – 5 years/unlimited miles
Another Chinese brand that’s been trying to make inroads in the UK is Ora, which is part of the GWM (Great Wall Motors) conglomerate. Ora makes unusually styled EVs, which are intended to appeal to the fashion-conscious buyer while offering good value, and as part of that offering a five-year warranty with no mileage cap comes as standard. Interestingly, Ora also matches that to five years’ worth of free breakdown cover, offering buyers of its cars even greater peace of mind.
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Hyundai – 5 years/unlimited miles
Many drivers will be familiar with Hyundai’s five-year, unlimited-mileage warranty policy. It’s a key selling point for a lot of owners and adds to Hyundai’s reputation as a good value brand. In fact, if you’re a driver that routinely bangs in interstellar annual mileages, Hyundai’s cover is pretty much the best in the business. As part of this cover, Hyundai’s cars also come with two years of warranty for the brakes and clutch, and three years for suspension wear and tear.
As part of Hyundai’s push to be a superb car warranty provider, it also throws in roadside assistance as part of the deal. You get five annual vehicle health checks, too, while the company’s plug-in electric vehicles come with a warranty of eight-years and up to 125,000 miles for the battery. However, read the terms and conditions closely as any car used for commercial purposes will have a limit that could leave you liable for the cost of repairs and labour rate charges.
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Isuzu – 5 years/125,000 miles
Given how hard its D-Max pickup truck is likely to be used by many owners as a workhorse, it’s a real show of confidence that Isuzu offers five years’ warranty (or up to 125,000 miles). It takes a lot of the hassle out of owning a vehicle when you know all of the major parts are covered for this length of time, and it include items such as the engine, gearbox, axles, power steering, and air conditioning pump.
The first three years or 60,000 miles of the warranty are underwritten by Isuzu as a manufacturer, while the remainder is covered by the UK importer. As with all warranties, it doesn’t include MoT tests and won’t pay out if you don’t keep the vehicle properly serviced at an approved dealer. However, the warranty will be handed on to a new owner who buys the vehicle secondhand, so they are protected from possibly expensive repairs, and maintaining the service history will help protect the vehicle’s aftermarket value. You also get five years of free UK and Europe breakdown cover thrown in.
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SsangYong/KGM – 5 years/100,000 miles
Until January 1st 2023, Ssangyong’s warranty was second only to Toyota’s at seven years and 150,000 miles, giving it the highest fixed mileage limit term of any manufacturer out there. On that date, however, the Korean manufacturer pared its cover right back to five years or 100,000 miles, slicing two years and 50,000 miles off the arrangement, and that’s seen it plummet right down this list.
Although not as good as before, though, that’s still pretty superb protection from unexpected labour costs and repair costs. And happily, when Ssangyong was bought out and rebranded as KGM later in 2023, the warranty package was maintained. The package also includes some wear and tear components for the first year or 12,000 miles of the car’s life, such as the clutch and brakes, which not all warranties include. Another benefit of SsangYong’s cover is it includes items like wheel bearings and many suspension components. For higher mileage drivers, this is a great way to reduce ownership costs. In partnership with the RAC, SsangYong also provides 12 months of roadside assistance in the UK and Europe with its new cars, saving you the cost of breakdown insurance for a year.
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Citroen – 5 years/100,000 miles
Buy your new Citroen through a dealership, and you’ll end up with a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty, which is pretty much the bare minimum that’s expected on any new car these days. However, if you opt instead to order your car through Citroen’s online store, you’ll get an additional two years’ (and 40,000 miles’) worth of cover, bringing the total amount you get to a fairly reasonable five years and 100,000 miles.
The downside, of course, is that if you order online, you’ve got no option but to pay full price — so there’s no chance to try and haggle a discount, such as you would get if you were buying through a dealership. In effect, then, you’re paying the difference between any prospective discount and the list price in order to get that extra bit of warranty on your car.
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Cupra – 5 years/90,000 miles
Remember when Seat would sell you a quick Ibiza with a Cupra badge on the back of it? Well, these days Cupra has become a brand all of its own, selling a range of mildly to moderately breathed-upon hatchbacks, estates and SUVs. Wild styling and a strong emphasis on copper-coloured accents set it apart from its fellow Volkswagen Group brands — as well as one rather worthwhile addition, which is a five-year, 90,000-mile warranty.
Granted, it’s not as generous as any of the other options on this list — but there’s more here than you’ll get with any other Volkswagen Group brand. So if you’re thinking about buying a VW, Skoda or Seat, but the lack of warranty is putting you off, a Cupra might well be the answer.
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