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Is it legal for auto brands to make you service your car at their dealers to keep your warranty?

Is it legal for auto brands to make you service your car at their dealers to keep your warranty?

The Advertiser15-07-2025
More auto brands in Australia are offering extended new-vehicle warranties on the condition that owners have their cars serviced only by official dealership workshops.
MG is the latest brand to force customers to service their vehicle within its own dealer network to receive the Chinese brand's full 10-year/200,000km warranty, which was implemented in August 2024 without such a condition.
For vehicles purchased from July 1, 2025, if customers don't service their vehicle at an MG dealership, they only receive the brand's standard seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
MG recently also announced a reduced seven-year/200,000km warranty for private buyers of its commercial vehicles including the upcoming MG U9 dual-cab ute – due on sale in Australia later this year – and only a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty for customers who choose to service their vehicle elsewhere.
This drops further to five years or 160,000km (once again whichever comes first) if the U9 is being pressed into commercial use.
Similarly, Nissan and Mitsubishi also offer 10-year extended warranties for their new vehicles on the condition that buyers service the vehicle at their respective brands' dealerships (limited to 300,000km by Nissan and 200,000km by Mitsubishi).
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Owners who service elsewhere are only offered a five-year warranty, with Mitsubishi's standard warranty also limited to 100,000km but Nissan's stipulating no mileage limit.
However, the practice is perfectly legal, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
"Manufacturer warranties can come with conditions, such as conditions on servicing or repairs," an ACCC spokesperson told CarExpert.
"Manufacturers may offer such warranties as a selling point to differentiate the products they are selling."
Such conditions can only be deemed illegal if they are anti-competitive – something Mitsubishi ensured would not be the case when it introduced its 10-year 'Diamond Advantage' warranty in 2020.
The automaker applied for an exemption from the ACCC, which evaluated Mitsubishi's warranty conditions, definition of servicing centres and whether the conditions were anti-competitive.
The ACCC deemed Mitsubishi's extended warranty is not anti-competitive, enabling Mitsubishi to offer it to consumers and remain protected from legal action by the ACCC's 'exemption'.
It gives the manufacturer the right to not offer a longer warranty unless its chosen conditions – in this case servicing – are met.
"Warranties are extra promises that a business can choose to make on top of the consumer guarantees," said an ACCC spokesperson.
However, both standard warranties and extended warranties – whether customers pay extra for them or they're attached to servicing conditions – are separate from the 'automatic guarantees' that protect buyers under Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
This means auto brands can include the condition of servicing with their extended and even standard warranties, without any impact on consumer rights even if the vehicle is serviced by an independent workshop.
"Under the Australian Consumer Law, when consumers buy products and services they come with automatic guarantees. These include that products are fit for purpose and are of acceptable quality," said the ACCC.
The key point here is that 'consumer guarantees', as the ACCC describes them, are not the same as standard or extended warranties.
"Consumer guarantees are automatic and can't be taken away," says the ACCC. If they are, penalties can be enforced – including hefty fines.
Mazda Australia was fined $11.5 million in January 2024 after a Federal Court appeal was dismissed, because it was deemed to have failed to "apply the consumer guarantee provisions of the Australian Consumer Law".
In 2018, Ford Australia was made to pay $10 million – the maximum fine possible at the time – for 'unconscionable' conduct towards customers who encountered faulty Powershift dual-clutch automatic transmissions in Focus, Fiesta and Mondeo vehicles.
The ACCC told CarExpert: "The consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law may continue to apply after a manufacturer warranty period has expired, and regardless of whether an independent operator has serviced or repaired the product."
MORE: Which brands offer the nest new car warranties in Australia?
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
More auto brands in Australia are offering extended new-vehicle warranties on the condition that owners have their cars serviced only by official dealership workshops.
MG is the latest brand to force customers to service their vehicle within its own dealer network to receive the Chinese brand's full 10-year/200,000km warranty, which was implemented in August 2024 without such a condition.
For vehicles purchased from July 1, 2025, if customers don't service their vehicle at an MG dealership, they only receive the brand's standard seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
MG recently also announced a reduced seven-year/200,000km warranty for private buyers of its commercial vehicles including the upcoming MG U9 dual-cab ute – due on sale in Australia later this year – and only a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty for customers who choose to service their vehicle elsewhere.
This drops further to five years or 160,000km (once again whichever comes first) if the U9 is being pressed into commercial use.
Similarly, Nissan and Mitsubishi also offer 10-year extended warranties for their new vehicles on the condition that buyers service the vehicle at their respective brands' dealerships (limited to 300,000km by Nissan and 200,000km by Mitsubishi).
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Owners who service elsewhere are only offered a five-year warranty, with Mitsubishi's standard warranty also limited to 100,000km but Nissan's stipulating no mileage limit.
However, the practice is perfectly legal, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
"Manufacturer warranties can come with conditions, such as conditions on servicing or repairs," an ACCC spokesperson told CarExpert.
"Manufacturers may offer such warranties as a selling point to differentiate the products they are selling."
Such conditions can only be deemed illegal if they are anti-competitive – something Mitsubishi ensured would not be the case when it introduced its 10-year 'Diamond Advantage' warranty in 2020.
The automaker applied for an exemption from the ACCC, which evaluated Mitsubishi's warranty conditions, definition of servicing centres and whether the conditions were anti-competitive.
The ACCC deemed Mitsubishi's extended warranty is not anti-competitive, enabling Mitsubishi to offer it to consumers and remain protected from legal action by the ACCC's 'exemption'.
It gives the manufacturer the right to not offer a longer warranty unless its chosen conditions – in this case servicing – are met.
"Warranties are extra promises that a business can choose to make on top of the consumer guarantees," said an ACCC spokesperson.
However, both standard warranties and extended warranties – whether customers pay extra for them or they're attached to servicing conditions – are separate from the 'automatic guarantees' that protect buyers under Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
This means auto brands can include the condition of servicing with their extended and even standard warranties, without any impact on consumer rights even if the vehicle is serviced by an independent workshop.
"Under the Australian Consumer Law, when consumers buy products and services they come with automatic guarantees. These include that products are fit for purpose and are of acceptable quality," said the ACCC.
The key point here is that 'consumer guarantees', as the ACCC describes them, are not the same as standard or extended warranties.
"Consumer guarantees are automatic and can't be taken away," says the ACCC. If they are, penalties can be enforced – including hefty fines.
Mazda Australia was fined $11.5 million in January 2024 after a Federal Court appeal was dismissed, because it was deemed to have failed to "apply the consumer guarantee provisions of the Australian Consumer Law".
In 2018, Ford Australia was made to pay $10 million – the maximum fine possible at the time – for 'unconscionable' conduct towards customers who encountered faulty Powershift dual-clutch automatic transmissions in Focus, Fiesta and Mondeo vehicles.
The ACCC told CarExpert: "The consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law may continue to apply after a manufacturer warranty period has expired, and regardless of whether an independent operator has serviced or repaired the product."
MORE: Which brands offer the nest new car warranties in Australia?
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
More auto brands in Australia are offering extended new-vehicle warranties on the condition that owners have their cars serviced only by official dealership workshops.
MG is the latest brand to force customers to service their vehicle within its own dealer network to receive the Chinese brand's full 10-year/200,000km warranty, which was implemented in August 2024 without such a condition.
For vehicles purchased from July 1, 2025, if customers don't service their vehicle at an MG dealership, they only receive the brand's standard seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
MG recently also announced a reduced seven-year/200,000km warranty for private buyers of its commercial vehicles including the upcoming MG U9 dual-cab ute – due on sale in Australia later this year – and only a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty for customers who choose to service their vehicle elsewhere.
This drops further to five years or 160,000km (once again whichever comes first) if the U9 is being pressed into commercial use.
Similarly, Nissan and Mitsubishi also offer 10-year extended warranties for their new vehicles on the condition that buyers service the vehicle at their respective brands' dealerships (limited to 300,000km by Nissan and 200,000km by Mitsubishi).
Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
Owners who service elsewhere are only offered a five-year warranty, with Mitsubishi's standard warranty also limited to 100,000km but Nissan's stipulating no mileage limit.
However, the practice is perfectly legal, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
"Manufacturer warranties can come with conditions, such as conditions on servicing or repairs," an ACCC spokesperson told CarExpert.
"Manufacturers may offer such warranties as a selling point to differentiate the products they are selling."
Such conditions can only be deemed illegal if they are anti-competitive – something Mitsubishi ensured would not be the case when it introduced its 10-year 'Diamond Advantage' warranty in 2020.
The automaker applied for an exemption from the ACCC, which evaluated Mitsubishi's warranty conditions, definition of servicing centres and whether the conditions were anti-competitive.
The ACCC deemed Mitsubishi's extended warranty is not anti-competitive, enabling Mitsubishi to offer it to consumers and remain protected from legal action by the ACCC's 'exemption'.
It gives the manufacturer the right to not offer a longer warranty unless its chosen conditions – in this case servicing – are met.
"Warranties are extra promises that a business can choose to make on top of the consumer guarantees," said an ACCC spokesperson.
However, both standard warranties and extended warranties – whether customers pay extra for them or they're attached to servicing conditions – are separate from the 'automatic guarantees' that protect buyers under Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
This means auto brands can include the condition of servicing with their extended and even standard warranties, without any impact on consumer rights even if the vehicle is serviced by an independent workshop.
"Under the Australian Consumer Law, when consumers buy products and services they come with automatic guarantees. These include that products are fit for purpose and are of acceptable quality," said the ACCC.
The key point here is that 'consumer guarantees', as the ACCC describes them, are not the same as standard or extended warranties.
"Consumer guarantees are automatic and can't be taken away," says the ACCC. If they are, penalties can be enforced – including hefty fines.
Mazda Australia was fined $11.5 million in January 2024 after a Federal Court appeal was dismissed, because it was deemed to have failed to "apply the consumer guarantee provisions of the Australian Consumer Law".
In 2018, Ford Australia was made to pay $10 million – the maximum fine possible at the time – for 'unconscionable' conduct towards customers who encountered faulty Powershift dual-clutch automatic transmissions in Focus, Fiesta and Mondeo vehicles.
The ACCC told CarExpert: "The consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law may continue to apply after a manufacturer warranty period has expired, and regardless of whether an independent operator has serviced or repaired the product."
MORE: Which brands offer the nest new car warranties in Australia?
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
More auto brands in Australia are offering extended new-vehicle warranties on the condition that owners have their cars serviced only by official dealership workshops.
MG is the latest brand to force customers to service their vehicle within its own dealer network to receive the Chinese brand's full 10-year/200,000km warranty, which was implemented in August 2024 without such a condition.
For vehicles purchased from July 1, 2025, if customers don't service their vehicle at an MG dealership, they only receive the brand's standard seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
MG recently also announced a reduced seven-year/200,000km warranty for private buyers of its commercial vehicles including the upcoming MG U9 dual-cab ute – due on sale in Australia later this year – and only a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty for customers who choose to service their vehicle elsewhere.
This drops further to five years or 160,000km (once again whichever comes first) if the U9 is being pressed into commercial use.
Similarly, Nissan and Mitsubishi also offer 10-year extended warranties for their new vehicles on the condition that buyers service the vehicle at their respective brands' dealerships (limited to 300,000km by Nissan and 200,000km by Mitsubishi).
Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
Owners who service elsewhere are only offered a five-year warranty, with Mitsubishi's standard warranty also limited to 100,000km but Nissan's stipulating no mileage limit.
However, the practice is perfectly legal, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
"Manufacturer warranties can come with conditions, such as conditions on servicing or repairs," an ACCC spokesperson told CarExpert.
"Manufacturers may offer such warranties as a selling point to differentiate the products they are selling."
Such conditions can only be deemed illegal if they are anti-competitive – something Mitsubishi ensured would not be the case when it introduced its 10-year 'Diamond Advantage' warranty in 2020.
The automaker applied for an exemption from the ACCC, which evaluated Mitsubishi's warranty conditions, definition of servicing centres and whether the conditions were anti-competitive.
The ACCC deemed Mitsubishi's extended warranty is not anti-competitive, enabling Mitsubishi to offer it to consumers and remain protected from legal action by the ACCC's 'exemption'.
It gives the manufacturer the right to not offer a longer warranty unless its chosen conditions – in this case servicing – are met.
"Warranties are extra promises that a business can choose to make on top of the consumer guarantees," said an ACCC spokesperson.
However, both standard warranties and extended warranties – whether customers pay extra for them or they're attached to servicing conditions – are separate from the 'automatic guarantees' that protect buyers under Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
This means auto brands can include the condition of servicing with their extended and even standard warranties, without any impact on consumer rights even if the vehicle is serviced by an independent workshop.
"Under the Australian Consumer Law, when consumers buy products and services they come with automatic guarantees. These include that products are fit for purpose and are of acceptable quality," said the ACCC.
The key point here is that 'consumer guarantees', as the ACCC describes them, are not the same as standard or extended warranties.
"Consumer guarantees are automatic and can't be taken away," says the ACCC. If they are, penalties can be enforced – including hefty fines.
Mazda Australia was fined $11.5 million in January 2024 after a Federal Court appeal was dismissed, because it was deemed to have failed to "apply the consumer guarantee provisions of the Australian Consumer Law".
In 2018, Ford Australia was made to pay $10 million – the maximum fine possible at the time – for 'unconscionable' conduct towards customers who encountered faulty Powershift dual-clutch automatic transmissions in Focus, Fiesta and Mondeo vehicles.
The ACCC told CarExpert: "The consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law may continue to apply after a manufacturer warranty period has expired, and regardless of whether an independent operator has serviced or repaired the product."
MORE: Which brands offer the nest new car warranties in Australia?
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
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2025 MG 5 price and specs

The MG 5 has received a range of safety upgrades for model year 2025 (MY25), but the small sedan is now offered exclusively in top-spec Essence trim. Technically, MG is still advertising the MY24 MG 5 on its website, indicating there's still stock of the pre-update model. However, while the MY24 MG 5 lineup opened with a base Vibe powered by a naturally aspirated 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, the MY25 MG 5 is offered exclusively in Essence trim with a turbocharged 1.5-litre four. This wears a nationwide price tag of $32,990 drive-away, while MG is advertising MY24 MG 5 Essences at between $30,940 and $31,777 depending on the state/territory. The MY24 Vibe is priced between $26,900 and $27,609 drive-away. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new MG 5. Click here to get a great deal. Supplied Credit: CarExpert Safety upgrades made for MY25 include the fitment of front and rear outboard seatbelt pre-tensioners, seatbelt reminders for all seats, and whiplash-resistant front and rear seats. The autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system now includes pedestrian, cyclist and motorcycle detection, while adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist and emergency lane-keep assist are newly fitted. There's also MG's Intelligent Cruise Assist, which combines adaptive cruise and lane-keep functions. The safety upgrades were sufficient to net the updated MG 5 a three-star ANCAP rating, up from its previous zero-star result. Visually and mechanically, there are no changes to the MG 5 for MY25. A facelifted model has been launched in China, but has yet to be confirmed for Australia. The naturally aspirated 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine has been axed. Despite having significantly less power and torque (84kW and 150Nm), it had a higher claimed fuel consumption (6.6L/100km). Supplied Credit: CarExpert The MG 5 is offered in a single four-door sedan body style. It rides on MacPherson strut front suspension, with a torsion beam at the rear. Supplied Credit: CarExpert The MG 5 is backed by a seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty. If you service your vehicle within the MG network, this is extended to 10 years or 250,000km. Servicing is required every 12 months or 10,000km. After it received a zero-star safety rating from ANCAP in 2023, MG made safety upgrades to the MG 5. It was re-tested in 2025, and received a substantially better three-star rating. Supplied Credit: CarExpert Standard safety equipment includes: Adaptive cruise control (NEW) Autonomous emergency braking Intelligent cruise Assist (NEW) Lane-keep assist (NEW) Emergency lane-keep assist (NEW) Surround-view camera Rear parking sensors Tyre pressure monitoring Front, front-side and curtain airbags In terms of active safety systems, the MG 5 still lacks blind-spot monitoring and any kind of driver monitoring system. There's also no reverse AEB or rear cross-traffic alert/assist system. The MG 5 Essence comes standard with the following equipment: Supplied Credit: CarExpert 17-inch alloy wheels in 215/50 R17 tyres Space-saver spare Automatic LED headlights Proximity entry with push-button start Single-pane sunroof Heated, power-folding exterior mirrors Electric parking brake 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system Apple CarPlay and Android Auto 6-speaker sound system 6-way power driver's seat with manual lumbar 4-way manually adjustable passenger seat Leatherette upholstery Leatherette-wrapped steering wheel Tilt-adjustable steering wheel Folding rear bench (single-piece backrest) Air-conditioning with rear air vents Only a black interior is offered. Supplied Credit: CarExpert Supplied Credit: CarExpert Supplied Credit: CarExpert Supplied Credit: CarExpert Supplied Credit: CarExpert Dover White and Royal Yellow are the standard exterior paint finishes, with Black Pearl, Misty Grey and Diamond Red metallic finishes costing an extra $700. Brixton Blue premium paint has been discontinued. MORE: Explore the MG 5 showroom

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