FYI, mine is an after market extened warrant which I bought from exotic used car dealer who I purchased a used ML320 b4. I did the same way with my X5 & ML . Both bought semi used/ new, still within factory warranty though. Believe me, I got my money worth for the ML (Instrument cluster replaced due to clock rest knob broken, windows switch inop - too many times to remember plus others...). 5 yrs owning the ML, still have 20k+ warranty.