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BRIGGS & STRATTON ENGINE WARRANTY POLICY

April 2012

 

 

LIMITED WARRANTY

Briggs & Stratton warrants that, during the warranty period specified below, it will repair or replace, free of charge, any part that is defective in material or workmanship or both. Transportation charges on product submitted for repair or replacement under this warranty must be borne by purchaser. This warranty is effective for and is subject to the time periods and conditions stated below. For warranty service, find the nearest Authorized Service Dealer in our dealer locator map at BRIGGSandSTRATTON.COM. The purchaser must contact the Authorized Service Dealer, and then make the product available to the Authorized Service Dealer for inspection and testing.

There is no other express warranty. Implied warranties, including those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are limited to one year from purchase, or to the extent permitted by law. All other implied warranties are excluded. Liability for incidental or consequential damages are excluded to the extent exclusion is permitted by law. Some states or countries do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, and some states or countries do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation and exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state and country to country **.

STANDARD WARRANTY TERMS * Y

Brand/Product Type

Vanguardt J

Commercial Turf Seriest

Extended Life Seriest; I/C®; Intekt I/C®; Intekt Pro; Professional Seriest with Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve;

850Seriest with Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve; Snow Series MAXt with Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve

All Other Briggs & Stratton Engines Featuring Dura-BoretCast Iron Sleeve

Consumer Use

Commercial Use

3 years

3 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

1 year

All Other Briggs & Stratton Engines

 

2 years

90 days

 

 

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These are our standard warranty terms, but occasionally there may be additional warranty coverage that was not determined at time of publication. For a listing of current

 

Reproduction

 

 

warranty terms for your engine, go to BRIGGSandSTRATTON.COM or contact your B iggs & Stratton Authorized Service Dealer.

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In Australia -- Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Aust alian Consumer Law. You are e

titled to a replacement or refund for a major

 

failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss

r damage. Y u a e also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of

 

acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. For warranty se vice, find the nearest Auth rized Service Dealer in our dealer locator map at

 

BRIGGSandSTRATTON.COM, or by calling 1300 274 447, or by emailing r writing to salesenquir es@br ggsandstratton.com.au, Briggs & Stratton Australia Pty Ltd, 1

 

Moorebank Avenue, Moorebank, NSW , Australia, 2170.

 

 

 

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Home Standby Generator applications: 2 years consumer warran y only. No commercial warran y. This warranty does not apply to engines on equipment used for prime

 

power in place of a utility. Engines used in competitive racing

n forc mmercial rental tra ks are not warranted.

 

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Vanguard installed on standby generators: 2 years consumer use, no warranty commercial se. Vanguard installed on utility vehicles: 2 years consumer use, 2 years

 

commercial use. Vanguard 3-cylinder liquid cooled: see Briggs & Stratt

n 3/LC Engine Warranty Policy.

 

The warranty period begins on the date of purchase by the first retail consumer or commercial end ser, and continues for the period of time stated in the table above. “Consumer use” means personal residential household use by a retail consumer. “Commercial use” means all other uses, including use for commercial, income producing or rental purposes. Once an engine has experienced commercial use, it shall thereafter be onsidered as a c mmercial use engine for purposes of this warranty.

No warranty registration is necessary to obtain warranty on Briggs & St atton p ducts. Save your proof of purchase receipt. If you do not provide proof of the initial

purchase date at the time warranty service is requested, the manufacturing date f the pr

duct will be used to determine the warranty period.

 

 

 

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Parts which are scored or broken because an engine was operated with insufficient

About Your Warranty

 

 

 

 

 

or contaminated lubricating oil, or an incorrect grade of lubricating oil (check and

Briggs & Stratton welcomes warranty repair and apologizes to you for b

ing

 

refill when necessary, and change at recommended intervals). OIL GARD may not

 

shut down running engine. Engine damage may occur if oil level is not properly

inconvenienced. Any Authorized Service Dealer may perform warranty r

pairs. Most

 

maintained.

warranty repairs are handled routinely, but sometimes requests for warranty s rvice may

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Repair or adjustment of associated parts or assemblies such as clutches,

not be appropriate. To avoid misunderstanding which might occur between the customer

 

transmissions, remote controls, etc., which are not manufactured by Briggs &

and the dealer, listed below are some of the causes of engine failure that the warranty

 

 

Stratton.

does not cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal wear: Engines, like all mechanical devices, need periodic parts service and

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Damage or wear to parts caused by dirt, which entered the engine because of

 

improper air cleaner maintenance, re-assembly, or use of a non-original air cleaner

replacement to perform well. Warranty will not cover repair when normal use has

 

element or cartridge. At recommended intervals, clean and/or replace the filter as

exhausted the life of a part or an engine. Warranty would not apply if engine damage

 

stated in the Operator’s Manual.

occurred because of misuse, lack of routine maintenance, shipping, handling,

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Parts damaged by over-speeding, or overheating caused by grass, debris, or dirt,

warehousing or improper installation. Similarly, warranty is void if the serial number of the

engine has been removed or the engine has been altered or modified.

 

 

 

which plugs or clogs the cooling fins, or flywheel area, or damage caused by

 

 

 

 

operating the engine in a confined area without sufficient ventilation. Clean engine

Improper maintenance: The life of an engine depends upon the conditions under which

 

debris at recommended intervals as stated in the Operator’s Manual.

it operates, and the care it receives. Some applications, such as tillers, pumps and rotary

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Engine or equipment parts broken by excessive vibration caused by a loose engine

mowers, are very often used in dusty or dirty conditions, which can cause what appears

 

mounting, loose cutter blades, unbalanced blades or loose or unbalanced impellers,

to be premature wear. Such wear, when caused by dirt, dust, spark plug cleaning grit, or

 

 

improper attachment of equipment to engine crankshaft, over-speeding or other

other abrasive material that has entered the engine because of improper maintenance, is

 

 

abuse in operation.

not covered by warranty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This warranty covers engine related defective material and/or workmanship only,

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A bent or broken crankshaft, caused by striking a solid object with the cutter blade of

 

a rotary lawn mower, or excessive v-belt tightness.

and not replacement or refund of the equipment to which the engine may be

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Routine tune-up or adjustment of the engine.

mounted. Nor does the warranty extend to repairs required because of:

1 Problems caused by parts that are not original Briggs & Stratton parts.

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Engine or engine component failure, i.e., combustion chamber, valves, valve seats,

 

valve guides, or burned starter motor windings, caused by the use of alternate fuels

 

 

 

 

2 Equipment controls or installations that prevent starting, cause unsatisfactory engine

such as, liquified petroleum, natural gas, gasoline formulated with ethanol greater

than 10%, etc.

performance, or shorten engine life. (Contact equipment manufacturer.)

 

3 Leaking carburetors, clogged fuel pipes, sticking valves, or other damage, caused by using contaminated or stale fuel.

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