Moving to the non-luxury segment, the standard basic warranty typically runs for three years or 36,000 miles, underlining how good the warranties of Kia and Hyundai models are. Brands offering three-year/36,000-mile warranties in the USA are:

• Chevrolet
• Dodge
• Ford
• GMC
• Honda
• Jeep
• Mazda
• Nissan
• Ram
• Subaru
• Toyota

Volkswagen is the outlier in this category, offering a four-year/50,000-mile warranty as of the 2020 model year. This was a notable drop from the previous six-year/72,000-mile warranty, but to soften the blow, VW added two years/20,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, matching Toyota. Ford, which has suffered more recalls than any other automaker in recent years, offers no complimentary maintenance.

Among these brands, there are many different powertrain warranties. Not all Chevy Silverados have the same powertrain warranty, for instance, as the diesel engines are covered for 100,000 miles instead of the gas models’ 60,000 miles.