Disclaimer

CALIFORNIA AND EPA (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY)

EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL WARRANTY STATEMENT

YOUR WARRANTY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

The CARB (California Air Resources Board), the EPA, and Ariens Company are pleased to explain the evaporative emission control system's warranty on your 2012 model year small off-road equipment. In California, new equipment that uses small off-road engines must be designed, built, and equipped to meet the State's stringent anti-smog standards. Ariens Company must warrant the evaporative emission control system on your small off-road equipment for the period listed below provided there has been no abuse, neglect or improper maintenance of your equipment.

Your evaporative emission control system may include parts such as: fuel tanks, fuel lines, fuel caps, valves, canisters, filters, vapor hoses, clamps, connectors, and other associated components.

MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY COVERAGE:

This evaporative emission control system is warranted for two years. If any evaporative emission-related part on your equipment is defective, the part will be repaired or replaced by Ariens Company.

OWNER'S WARRANTY RESPONSIBILITIES:

As the small off-road equipment owner, you are responsible for the performance of the required maintenance listed in your Owner's Manual. Ariens Company recommends that you retain all receipts covering maintenance on your small off-road equipment, but Ariens Company cannot deny warranty solely for the lack of receipts.

As the small off-road equipment owner, you should however be aware that the Ariens Company may deny you warranty coverage if your evaporative emission control system part has failed due to abuse, neglect, or improper maintenance or unapproved modifications.

You are responsible for presenting your small off-road equipment to an authorized Ariens, Gravely, or Parker service representative as soon as the problem exists. The warranty repairs should be completed in a reasonable amount of time, not to exceed 30 days. If you have a question regarding your warranty coverage, you should contact Ariens Company Technical Service Center at 1-920-756-4688.

DEFECTS WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS:

(a.)The warranty period begins on the date the small off-road equipment is delivered to an ultimate purchaser.

(b.)General Evaporative Emissions Warranty Coverage. Ariens Company warrants to the ultimate purchaser and any subsequent owner that the evaporative emission control system when installed was:

(1.) Designed, built, and equipped so as to conform with all applicable EPA and CARB regulations; and

(2.) Free from defects in materials and workmanship that causes the failure of a warranted part for a period of two years.

(c.) The warranty on evaporative emissions-related parts will be interpreted as follows:

(1.) Any warranted part that is not scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in the written instructions must be warranted for the warranty period defined in subsection (b)(2). If any such part fails during the period of warranty coverage, it must be repaired or replaced by the Ariens Company. Any such part repaired or replaced under the warranty must be warranted for a time not less than the remaining warranty period.

(2.) Any warranted part that is scheduled only for regular inspection in the written instructions must be warranted for the warranty period defined in subsection (b)(2). A statement in such written instructions to the effect of "repair or replace as necessary" will not reduce the period of warranty coverage. Any such part repaired or replaced under warranty must be warranted for a time not less than the remaining warranty period.

(3.) Any warranted part that is scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in the written instructions must be warranted for the period of time prior to the first scheduled replacement point for that part. If the part fails prior to the first scheduled replacement, the part must be repaired or replaced by the Ariens Company. Any such part repaired or replaced under warranty must be warranted for a time not less than the remainder of the period prior to the first scheduled replacement point for the part.

(4.) Repair or replacement of any warranted part under the warranty provisions of this article must be performed at no charge to the owner at an authorized Ariens, Gravely, or Parker service representative.

(5.) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4) above, warranty services or repairs must be provided at authorized Ariens, Gravely, or Parker service representatives that are franchised to service the subject small off-road equipment.

(6.) The owner must not be charged for diagnostic labor that leads to the determination that a warranted part is in fact defective, provided that such diagnostic work is performed at an authorized Ariens, Gravely, or Parker service representative.

(7.) Throughout the evaporative emission control system's warranty period set out in subsection (b)(2), the Ariens Company must maintain a supply of warranted parts sufficient to meet the expected demand for such parts.

(8.) Manufacturer-approved replacement parts must be used in the performance of any warranty maintenance or repairs and must be provided without charge to the owner. Such use will not reduce the warranty obligations of the manufacturer issuing the warranty.

(9.) The use of any add-on or modified parts will be grounds for disallowing a warranty claim made in accordance with this article. The manufacturer issuing the warranty will not be liable under this Article to warrant failures of warranted parts caused by the use of an add-on or modified part.

EVAPORATIVE EMISSION WARRANTY PARTS LIST

The following parts are considered emission-related components for evaporative emissions:

Fuel Tank, Fuel Cap and Tether

Fuel Line, Fuel Line Fittings, Clamps*

Pressure Relief Valves, Control Valves*

Control Solenoids*, Electronic Controls*

Vacuum Control Diaphragms*

Control Cables*, Control Linkages*

Purge Valves

Vapor Hoses, Liquid/Vapor Separator

Carbon Canister, Canister Mounting Brackets

Carburetor Purge Port Connector

* As related to the evaporative emission control system

New equipment sold in the state of California that uses small off-road engines must be exclusively certified and appropriately labeled for sale in California. Some equipment covered by this Owner's Manual my not be certified for sale in California and the presence of the preceding CARB and EPA Warranty Statement does not by its existence indicate which, if any, of the equipment covered by this Owner's Manual may be sold in California.

Some equipment covered by this Owner's Manual may have been manufactured prior to certain affectivity dates requiring the inclusion of evaporative emission control systems. Therefore some equipment covered by this Owner's Manual may not include the evaporative emission control systems referred to in the preceding CARB and EPA Warranty Statement.

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