How Many Miles Can You Put on a Lease?

You can buy, or you can lease. Those are essentially the only two routes to getting yourself a new or pre-owned car. At Zeigler Cadillac of Lincolnwood, we want you to know exactly what’s going on with your Cadillac lease.

You might be wondering how many miles you’re allowed to put on a leased vehicle. Let’s take a look.

What Happens When My Lease is Up?

When your Cadillac lease ends, you’ll have to return the car, extend the lease, or buy it outright.

The options for extending the lease or buying the car will depend on what kind of deal you have in place for the lease. If you have been making lease-to-buy payments, then buying the car will be possible.

Will I Have to Pay Anything?

Generally speaking, you’ll only have to pay something beyond the agreed-upon payments if there’s damage to the care or you haven’t been meeting the scheduled maintenance.

The other main factor here is the mileage.

What Kind of Mileage is Allowed?

Again, each lease agreement is different. Your agreement will likely have a limit for how many miles you can put on it within a certain amount of time.

The typical limit is around 12,000 miles within a year’s time. This can fluctuate, but it’s a rough example of the kind of mileage you’ll be able to approach. Unless you negotiate either an exception or mileage extension, you may have to pay a fee if you go over the limit.

Contact Zeigler Cadillac of Lincolnwood for more information on your lease’s mileage limit.