Average life of a treadmill – 3 to 4 years.
Insurance/service plans for treadmills – worthless, as they don’t answer the phone.
Time to buy a new one. Kind of sad how quickly it goes from ‘that’s a funny noise’ to ‘oh damn, i hope it lasts until the new one comes’.
Ownership costs work out to roughly $2 per day for the expected lifespan of the unit, which is not completely terrible.