What voids a GM warranty?

Hi

More importantly....my Saturn SC2 is up for it's first oil change soo
and I would like to know if taking it to any place for an oil chang
would void my GM warranty??? What about other general maintanenc
(brake pads, rad fluid, purchasing new rims, etc

Any help would be appreciate
Thank you

Confused in Canad

Lordfalco wrote:

> More importantly....my Saturn SC2 is up for it's first oil change soon
> and I would like to know if taking it to any place for an oil change
> would void my GM warranty??? What about other general maintanence
> (brake pads, rad fluid, purchasing new rims, etc)

No, none of that will void your warranty. Just keep your
oil change reciepts.

Ian

Ian....what constitutes an 'oil change receipt' for those who do it
yourself. I like to buy 2-3 filters at a time and buy oil when its on sale,
a case or two. I don't have to go to the store everytime I need to change
oil etc. The receipt date has nothing to do with when I change the oil etc.
From your experience, how does GM handle situations like that.??

"shiden_kai" <v-l-m@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Lordfalco wrote:
>
>> More importantly....my Saturn SC2 is up for it's first oil change soon
>> and I would like to know if taking it to any place for an oil change
>> would void my GM warranty??? What about other general maintanence
>> (brake pads, rad fluid, purchasing new rims, etc)
>
> No, none of that will void your warranty. Just keep your
> oil change reciepts.
>
> Ian
>

MikeG wrote:

> Ian....what constitutes an 'oil change receipt' for those who do it
> yourself. I like to buy 2-3 filters at a time and buy oil when its
> on sale, a case or two. I don't have to go to the store everytime I
> need to change oil etc. The receipt date has nothing to do with when
> I change the oil etc. From your experience, how does GM handle
> situations like that.??

Keep a log book. If it doesn't look like you just slapped
it together last night when the engine blew up, they won't
have any problems with that sort of documentation. Anyway,
it's probably a good idea to keep a log book of your maintenance,
sure helps when you go to sell the vehicle.

Ian

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> "Lordfalco" wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >More importantly....my Saturn SC2 is up for it’s first oil
> >change soon
> >and I would like to know if taking it to any place for an oil change
> >would void my GM warranty??? What about other general maintanence
> >(brake pads, rad fluid, purchasing new rims, etc)
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Confused in Canada
>
> YOu just need to be able to kinda prove you serviced the car. Even if
> it mean keeping your WalMart receipts if you buy and change your own
> oil and filter.
>
>
My husband has always done oil changes and maintenance on my 01 Sunfire
and never needed any proof when getting warranty work done.
--

Cheers!

Jan

A neglected engine shows, packed full of dirt, gummy oil, a serviced
engine shows too = no dirt. I think the big issue is oil quality,
today's hot running engines need a good oil. When in doubt, ask dealer
what oils are, are not recommended, save label from quart, or case.

Steve wrote:

> Speaking from experience, you can do all the maintenance you like.
> Even if you dont do maintenance and blow up your engine, by law...the
> onus is on GM and the dealer to prove that the engine failed because
> of lack of maintenance...it is not on you to prove you followed the
> books.

So you've neglected maintenance on one of your engines, had it
blow up and then gotten warranty on it? There is no doubt that
GM will bend over backwards to warranty things, but I've seen
numerous occasions in our dealership where warranty has been
denied because of obvious lack of maintenance (factory original
filter still on the engine at 40k klms) and lack of any records.

It's a lot better to just keep a record of what you are doing, then
have to fight about it when the time comes.

Ian