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Originally Posted by bryanm
A word of caution to DIY oil changers:
If your car is still under warranty and you have a warranty claim, the claim may be disallowed because there is no proof that the maintenance (oil change) was performed as required under the warranty.
A receipt stating date & mileage that Bob from Joe's garage changed the oil is proof; a receipt for oil and a filter that you change yourself does not. The argument is that you may have purchased the oil on a certain date, but there is no evidence of when or if you changed it.
If the warranty claim is for an item disconnected from the parts affected by the oil change (e.g. radio); this of course would not apply.
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They can not deny a warranty claim if you do your own oil changes. That is against the law in most places in the USA. There is nothing in the owners manual or signed paperwork that states you can not do your own oil changes. My family owned a dealership for 75 years, over 35 of them as a franchised dealer. I used to do warranty work orders as well and oil changes. We never could deny a claim due to the fact that the car owner did his own oil changes or had them done at a quickie place. As a matter of fact it never came up from Daimler-Chrysler or Chrysler to deny any claim due to when and where oil changes were done. Now a dealer may state that to scare you, but unless there is significant evidence that the oil has not been changed at all then they will not deny.
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2003 Pewter C230K SC C1, C4, C5, C7, heated seats, CD Changer, and 6 Speed. ContiExtremes on the C7's.
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