Do I have to service my vehicle with my selling dealer to maintain my manufacture's warranty?

Sept. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- If you have recently purchased a new vehicle, you may automatically assume you must service your vehicle, maintain a good relationship with the selling dealer in order to retain your original manufacture's warranty. This assumption is common but it is absolutely false! If you read your manufacture's warranty booklet carefully, you will notice there is no mention of you must bring your vehicle to the original selling dealer in order to maintain warranty. As matter of fact most of the vehicle manufactures today allow you to service your vehicle freely with any qualified mechanic. This means if you have purchased a brand new Honda, not only you can service your Civic anywhere in the city, but as long as you have receipt to proof you have maintained your vehicle. All original manufacture's warranty should still apply; all you need to do is to find a local Honda dealership that is willing to submit your claim to Honda's head office. Let's assume you have never brought your Civic into a Honda dealer for regular service, but you have kept a book of records from your personal mechanic regarding the oil changes. In case your engine requires repair, as long as you can submit the receipts to Honda head office to proof you have done your regular oil changes following the suggested maintenance schedule, your warranty should be valid.

This can be extremely useful to some one that is currently leasing a vehicle, since the vehicle's title still belongs to original manufacture. You can save 50% or more by using your private mechanic versus the dealership. If you read your maintenance schedule carefully, your vehicles require maintenance in the first four years will consist mostly of oil changes, tire balance, and the occasional brake service. In another word all these services can be performed by any mechanic, and the only difference is the dealership's ability to reset your oil change indicator with the original manufacture's computer. The biggest difference between your private mechanic and the dealership is hourly labor rate. A private shop may charge you $30-$40 per hour to service your vehicle, versus your dealership will charge you anywhere from $100 to $140 per hour doing the exact same job. Not to mention a typical dealership mechanic is usually less skilled compare to a private mechanic. Since they have limited exposure to other makes and models, they are not as well rounded and knowledgeable when it comes to bigger or more difficult repairs.

What I would like you to take away from this article is the concept of not relying on the original dealership for your vehicle service just to claim your warranty. Keep your receipt close by if a warranty related issue should ever come up. If you like to play it safe, you can certainly do all your regular oil changes with your local dealer, and have all the expensive work done elsewhere. Remember at the end of the day as long as you have the proof of maintenance your warranty will be valid until the end of the term.    

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