The importance of the end of warranty inspection

Every new vehicle comes with a warranty that protects the major mechanical components from early wear and tear. Most new vehicles have a base 3 year/60,000 kilometer warranty that protects most mechanical components (except normal wear on your brakes or your wipers, for example), and a longer 5 year/100,000 kilometers which protects other elements. Some warranties cover everything (with a few exceptions of course) for 4 years or 80,000 kilometers.

What is covered by your warranty can be found in your owner’s manual. The point of this article is to highlight the importance of getting your vehicle serviced before the end of the warranty in order to pick up major repairs that may only become necessary once the warranty is over and you have to pay out of pocket.

When having your vehicle inspected before the end of the warranty, make sure the suspension, steering, transmission, engine, exhaust system, and body are checked for wear and tear. Obviously, if there is no obvious sign of a problem, the part will not be able to be replaced, but sometimes you can detect an upcoming problem before you have to pay for it out of pocket.

Therefore, always remember to have your vehicle inspected before the end of the warranty.

Thank you to Bruce GM Digby for their help with this article!