Bought a Yamaha 7.2-channel home theater receiver from Crutchfield less than 3 years ago, and at the time of the purchase, I bought a 3-yr Allstate Protection Plan for $149. About two months ago, it started to simply shut-off on its own, as if an internal protection circuit was activating. If you turned it back on, it would shut-off again after one minute, 10 minutes, or possibly take up to 1/2 hr.
Filed an online claim with Allstate, and after I received approval with a Fedex shipping label, I sent the receiver to their repair depot. Last week I received an email stating the receiver could not be repaired, and they would send me a reimbursement check for the full purchase amount in 5-7 business days.
So apparently end-of-life for Yamaha receivers is less than three years. At least I had the foresight to buy a warranty, which I don't normally do, however, I knew I would using this receiver daily, and its original purchase price was just over $1k USD, so I justified the warranty purchase in this instance.