Simple question. When does the warranty actually begin on ones car. Invoice date? deliverydate? Production date?

 

it has to be the delivery date. Not to you, but the date it was received at the dealer which is the ( In-service ) date.
For example, my car has a service date of Feb 2006 I picked it up in July with 21 miles on it. I'm sure it had to be manufactured a few months earlier so it can't be the production date. That's my guess. IF you have the OWS of your car, that date is stamped on there..But all dealers have this imformation in their computers and they can tell you by looking up your VIN.

 

thats what I was thinking thanks boss

 

Just checked and my papper work actually says warranty start date 6/3/03. So with only 26K on it I am sure I am good for at least another 7 months.

 

With this case, your ISD is the same as the purchase date. Your manufacturer's warranty began the day the vehicle rolled off the dealership lot.

 

yep, I agree.

it can't be the date that the dealer received it, because what if the car sat on the lot for over a year? Does that mean that you get a car with only 3 years of warranty left? That's a lawsuit waiting to happen

 

the new car warranty always starts on the day you roll that car off the lot as long as the car has not been registered.... for example when i bought my 2005 Tahoe last year it had 580 miles on it so my paperwork says my warranty expires at 36580 miles on it.....

 

With MB it is the inservice date. I went through quite a bit of this...

 

Thanks for the clarification. I realized later that it is actually the date you take the car away from the dealer and a title is applied for. My car warranty started Aug 15th 2006 so I am good till Aug 2010 or 50K. I'm okay with that...

This is one of the reasons I opted for an 06 instead of getting an early 2007.it has the same warranty time frame, and I can drive the crap out of my car till the end of the year and it will still have low miles for an 06 come Jan.

If I had purchased an 07, Jan rolls around and I am in a high mile risk already with only 7 or 8K miles on it..... I just wasn't comfortable with that idea. You never know when the next nicer car will come along....LoL

 

what do you mean by inservice date?

 

In service date is the date the car officially belongs to it's first owner.Therefore, In-service. This is the date the warranty begins.