Endless problems with treadmill and right after guarantee expires the motor gives in

I bought a Reebok GT40Z treadmill from Takealot at the end of 2023 and have had endless problems with it. There was a 18 month warrantee which I was told is directly with Reebok and the problems up until the warrantee expired about a month ago were fixed free of charge. Now that the warrantee has expired the motor packed up and I have to replace it at half the price of a new treadmill. I investigated and found out that there is a 10 year warrantee on the motor but when I enquired about this I was told this is not applicable to South African customers only overseas. No reason was given and I'm not very happy.