[invisiblewave]

Mmmm the extended warranty not worth the paper it’s written on almost everything that goes wrong isn’t covered
1. Battery’s
2 . Windscreen (almost all crack when launched hard )
3. Door hinges
It be cheaper to make sure your car is properly maintained and cross your fingers you don’t have an engine problem at almost £3000 you could easily cover any repairs and have money left over there again if the engine did blow they’ll say it’s not covered for some reason

This is nonsense. Mine has covered an oil seal, control arms, the door strut and three latch on the rear hatch. My car has also been launched hard and the windscreen is fine.

 

[invisiblewave]

I wonder if extra strain is put on the hinge when the strut goes weak.

 

[invisiblewave]

Just took a close look at mine on the driver's side and no cracks. It's also not painted which is a relief, having paint done would be a much bigger deal for me than a couple of grand on a door hinge.

 

[cyn]

Ok, so I'm clearly not alone! Thank you for all the info. I've asked the dealership to push back on the warranty company and to check with McLaren NA. I'll report back - hopefully the warranty company back down from their BS stance or McLaren NA step in.

FWIW here is a picture of the crack. It's quite hard to see as the crack is hard against the door and you have to sort of put your head between the door and body of the car and then look "up". But it's definitely there. As for how serious it is, I'm not sure but engineers don't put four bolts if they only need three.

There was a question of wear and tear from @ImHuntingWabbits . The crack on my car is on the passenger side which gets far less use than the driver. I have heard that the doors are very heavy (as they form a piece of the side impact safety system) and it takes two people to safely lower them down when undoing the bolts. So that hinge does have its work cut out. And, again, I definitely would not want the hinge to suddenly fail either while driving or getting in or out of the car (that could cause serious injury).

There was also a point about alignment @VGJ , well that passenger door was misaligned and it caused the door to rub against the jam which then wore through the wrap and paint down to the metal on both door and jam. That I see as annoying but cosmetic and have learned to live with.

And finally @Zarakoff, yes, the e
xtended warranty (which cost US$5200 for 12 months - I looked it up on the contract of sale) does seem to have questionable value. I won't be getting it again.

 

[invisiblewave]

What year is your car? I paid $9400 for two years.

 

[cyn]

I have a 2017 570GT. Had about 3,700 miles when I bought it and now has about 8,000.

The quoted UK price for the hinge replacement worries me. That's a lot just to havea working door. Though I wonder how much is labor versus the actual part.

 

[bhk1004]

I think I saw in the Thorney video that the alignment of the door is a pain in the ass.

 

[invisiblewave]

I have a 2017 570GT. Had about 3,700 miles when I bought it and now has about 8,000.

The quoted UK price for the hinge replacement worries me. That's a lot just to havea working door. Though I wonder how much is labor versus the actual part.

The part in the US will also be roughly double, and no doubt the dealer labor rates will be more than JT charges too.