Uhh, Magnusson Moss?
Respectfully, your answer is technically accurate but lacks practical relevance as it overlooks the burdens that result when the consumer has to prove a violation. When a car is under warranty, the most practical course, if you want to avoid aggravation and there is a serious and costly warranty claim, is to have it dealer serviced. Or have it serviced at a shop and keep the service invoices. I know this is not a popular answer on a forum that is populated with hands on types, and I acknowledge there is no substantive reason why it should matter, but in practicality it does.
Which does require proof that the service was done - so, leaving the maintenance/oil life monitor alone, no reset, makes the case that the “service was done” very difficult to prove.
How many times has the dealer not reset the service minder?
This. According to the truck boards (at times) GM will ask for an oil analysis if they need to replace a motor. It's rare (for GM) to take a close look at the oil-but it happens.
Right...the requirement is to do the maintenance on time, not reset the maintenance reminder on the vehicle.
Right again, it's far easier to sit in the car and reset the service minder than it is to actually change the oil. Of course in an ideal situation, both are done.How many times has the dealer not reset the service minder?
Actually the law reads that the requirement is on the one offering the warranty to prove that lack of maintenance caused the issue. If you were asked to refute this presumably a court or arbiter would accept paper records.
Also, just because the service minder was reset proves nothing. Everyone should just reset it and skip the service altogether.
Of course no one works harder than Ford to lock everyone out of right to repair and deny warranty claims.
I get around this by literally video recording my oil change. it's a little extreme but I put my phone on short tripod and move it around for each operation.
Here is a example.
While I had my OBDELEVEN hook up to my Audi to monitor DSG fluid temperature while changing the fluid i dug around in some of the information in the engine information and saw how many WOT I had done (6), the current octane of the gasoline in the tank, the lifetime average octane since new and so much more. I bet if it had ventilated seats it would’ve tracks how many time I farted in the seat lol
Its pretty cool and extremely scary at the same time. We had a customer bring in his F-150 claiming the BCM bricked itself. We were able to see where he or someone had gone in a few days prior and tried to force a bunch of updates with we think ForScan and ended up nuking the BCM in the process. He was very upset when we showed him our findings and that no it would not be covered under warranty.
