Every part the Essential warranty protects.

Engine

• Starter ring gear, flywheel, oil pump
• Crankshaft, bearings & big end caps
• Timing gears and chains
• Camshafts, cam followers, bearings & journals
• Rocker assembly, buckets, shims, collets, tappet gear
• Inlet and exhaust valves, springs and guides
• Pistons, rings, cylinder bores, con rods
• Cylinder head and cylinder head gasket
• Gudgeon pins and bearings, inlet manifold
• Core plugs, rear main oil seal & timing cover oil seal
• Exhaust brake — all parts

Excludes cracked/porous cylinder heads and bores, carbon deposits, skimming or pressure testing, timing belt tensioners, burnt-out valves.

Automatic Gearbox

• All internal mechanical parts
• Internal gears, gear levers
• Sun and planet gears and carriers
• Brake bands, valve block, pressure valves
• Clutch steel discs and clutch drums (excluding friction linings)
• Internal main shafts and pressure seals

Excludes external selector mechanisms, all electrical parts and oil leaks.

Manual Gearbox

• All internal mechanical parts
• Internal gears, synchromesh and hubs
• Selector forks and shafts
• Speedo drive
• Bearings: input, output, layshafts and bushes

Excludes external selector mechanisms, all electrical parts and oil leaks.

Clutch

• All internal mechanical parts
• Clutch master cylinder (excluding frictional material)

Drive Shafts (FWD, RWD & 4WD)

• Drive shafts including constant velocity joints
• Housings, couplings & universal joints
• Inner race cage and bearings
• Half shaft bearings & shaft (RWD)
• Outer driveshaft housing

Gaiters excluded.

Braking System

• Brake master cylinder
• Wheel cylinders, restrictor valve
• Brake calipers, servo
• Regenerative braking systems (excluding frictional material)

ABS

• ABS control unit
• Pump
• Wheel sensors

Electrical System

• Starter motor & solenoid (including pre-engagement & bendix drive)
• Alternator / dynamo
• Coil regulator
• Window and sunroof motors
• Centralised locking
• Heater fan motor
• Indicator flasher relay, distributor
• Front & rear wiper and washer motors
• Electronic ignition amplifier, horn
• Immobiliser / alarm, clock
• Listed switches (windows, sunroof, stalk, heated screens, etc.)

Engine Management

• Engine electronic control unit (ECU)

Turbocharger

• Turbo unit

Fuel System

• Mechanical or electrical fuel pumps (incl. fuel injection pump)
• Tank sender unit, throttle body, airflow meter
• Idle control valve, throttle potentiometer
• Pressure regulator, MAP sensor
• Pedal and throttle body potentiometer
• Pressure sensor (incl. fuel rail if not available separately)

Excludes injectors, glow plugs and fuel contamination.

Suspension

• Coil springs
• Upper and lower wishbones
• Ball and swivel joints
• Suspension arms, tie rod ends
• Anti-roll bar links
• Track rod ends (excluding bushes)

Steering

• Power Assisted Steering
• Rack and pinion, steering box
• Power steering rack and pump
• Steering lock (excluding gaiters)

Cooling System

• Radiator, oil cooler, water pump
• Thermostat and thermostat housing
• Thermostatically controlled radiator fan
• Heater matrix

Differential

• All internal mechanical parts
• Crown wheel and pinion
• Planet gears and pins, main input
• Bearings and input seal
• Output bearings (excluding output seals)

Air Conditioning

• Air conditioning compressor
• Re-gassing up to £60 (incl. VAT)

Other

• Wheel bearings — front and rear
• Propshaft including universal joints and couplings
• Casings — covered when damaged by a failed included component
• Working materials — oils, oil filter and anti-freeze when essential to the repair