dannieboiz

I'm looking at an 08 from an indie, the warranty expires sept. this year. If I purchased it from him, can I bring it in and have them go over the whole car b4 warranty expires or do I have to wait for something to break?

lboudreau

In order for a dealer to go make a warranty claim there needs to be something wrong with the car that you know about. I have never seen a dealer look for issues then make a warranty claim. I think what you should do is take the car out for an extended test drive (as long as the indie will let you) and go over the car with a fine-toothed comb. Obviously transmission issues and anything else which can't be seen, will be difficult to detect, but at least you can get some things that you find fixed before the warranty expires.

phatisfy

You can bring it in and have them check the car for you. I did that when my warranty was about to expire.

lboudreau

If the OP is referring to a dealer inspection to find issues then yes, but I think it will cost money to have the inspection done. The inspection won't be covered under warranty; anything they find will obviously.

Although this is my experience in Canada. Could be different for MBUSA

phatisfy

My dealer called it "Courtesy inspection" it was free of charge for me.

NorseWagon

I had a PRE-warranty inspection done and yes, it cost $150.00, and yes, they did find a bunch of stuff wrong and it all had to be fixed before they would write the warranty contract.

They threw in an oil and filter change since the car was up.

2 months before the warranty runs out next year, I will take it in again and tell them to use the same microscope to find stuff, but this time the repairs will not be on my nickel..