Comments on: Does car maintenance affect your warranty?

By: MINH H

MINH H — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:29:36 +0000

Some warranty from car manufactures specifically by their Certified technicians only. But most of domestic cars do not required that specifics. Foreign car owners needs to follow their manufacturer requirements for routine maintenance, most brand name cars has their own guidelines, however, most certified mechanic could performed routine maintenance as long as no major works was performed, it will void factory warranty. Just to be sure: contact the dealer’s service department.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:32:20 +0000

It usually doesn’t affect the warranty
The problem with using someone other than the dealer is that you have to keep all the receipts to prove that you did the maintenance.
At the dealer it’s already in their system

By: max

max — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:41:23 +0000

not at all
you are going to lose money in this case

By: Artisan Rebel

Artisan Rebel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:29:11 +0000

As long as a certified mechanic does the service and you get a receipt on the service performed, mileage and date, that will be good enough documentation. I had a extended 50,000 mile warranty a needed a new motor at 48,000 miles and they gave me some guff and I showed the all my receipts and most of my oil changes and service had not been done a dealership.But since the oil changes and schedule maintenance had been done they replaced the engine under the warranty. If your unsure just make a call to your dealership or even better is the 1-800 number in your owners manual.

By: strunbike

strunbike — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:53:29 +0000

If you don’t have your regular maintenance done, then there may be warrantied items that will not be covered in the future, do to your negligence. For instance, if a mechanic goes to check out a problem you’re having, and notices that there were contributing factors to its failure. And if the contributing factors would have been taken care of with regularly scheduled maintenance, then I would say the dealer may not honor your warranty for reason of negligence.

By: Wanger

Wanger — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:48:23 +0000

You might want to check with the dealer first. If he conducts the service work, it shouldn’t make any difference in the warranty unless it is something specific that only the dealer is suppose to do. Call the dealership first.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:45:58 +0000

The simple answer is no. As long as you are not making modifications to the vehicle that would void the warranty. ie. installing a turbo or some other engine mod.