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Tips and Tricks
Make your car repairs easy
Read your warranty thoroughly and pay very close attention to its limits, including deductibles, length of coverage and any other limitations.
Review the scheduled maintenance section of your owner's manual and be sure to complete the recommended maintenace as outlined. If maintenance service is not performed, the warranty coverage can be denied. Maintain a detailed record of all service work performed on your vehicle. If you find minor problems with your new vehicle, keep a list and have them repaired when you visit your dealer for your next scheduled maintenance.
If a major problem occurs, take the vehicle to the service department immediately. You could experience a great deal of additional damage if a major problem is left uncorrected.
Pay close attention to the way your vehicle operates under different conditions, and make a note when anything abnormal occurs.
Manufacturers periodically issue "service bulletins" to their dealers for certain technical problems. A service bulletin can be an authorization to dealers to fix a particular problem on a vehicle at no charge, even if the warranty has already expired. Manufacturers do this when a large number of vehicles experience the same problem. Typically these bulletins are not publicized. Before you pay for any repairs, check with the service department to see if the repairs are covered by one of these bulletins. Not all service bulletins authorize free repair.
Source: CarSmart
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