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California Emission Control
System Limited Warranty*
This warranty applies to California SULEV
(PZEV) certified vehicles distributed by BMW
of North America (BMW NA) or sold through
the BMW NA European Delivery Program,
registered and operated primarily in California,
Maine, Massachusetts, New York or Vermont.
BMW NA warrants to the original purchaser
and each subsequent owner that the vehicle
is:
(a)designed, built and equipped so as to
conform with the applicable California Air
Resources Board emission standards.
(b)free from defects in materials and workman-
ship which cause any part that can affect
emissions to fail to conform with applicable
requirements or to fail a California Smog
Check test or EPA approved short test for a
period of 15 years or 150,000 miles,
whichever occurs first.
(c) free from defects in materials and workman-
ship in emission related parts, for a period
of 15 years or 150,000 miles, whichever
occurs first.
This warranty begins on the date of first retail
sale, or the date the vehicle is first placed in
service as a demonstrator or company vehicle,
whichever is earlier.
To obtain service under this warranty, the
vehicle must be brought, upon failure of a
Smog Check test or upon discovery of the
defect, to the workshop of any authorized
BMW center, during normal business hours.
The BMW center will honor or deny your claim
within 30 days. If the claim is denied, the BMW
center will notify you in writing of the reason(s).
The BMW center is required by law to honor
the claim if notice is not given to the owner
within 30 days.
The BMW center will, without charge for parts
or labor (including diagnosis), either adjust,
repair or replace the defective part and other
parts affected by the failure of the warranted
part, if any. If your vehicle failed the California
Smog Check test or an EPA approved short
test, then BMW NA will repair your vehicle so
that it will pass this test. Items that require
scheduled replacement are warranted up to
the replacement interval specified in the
Service section of this Statement. BMW NA
may repair a part in lieu of replacing it when
performing warranty repairs. Parts for which
replacements are made become the property
of BMW NA.
A repair performed as the result of a smog
check test failure due to a defect in a part,
which is warranted for 15 years/150,000 miles,
is covered.
In all cases, a reasonable time, not to exceed
30 days, must be allowed for a warranty repair
to be completed, after the car is received by
the BMW center.
It is the owner’s responsibility to have all
required maintenance services performed (at
the owner’s expense), as prescribed in the
maintenance schedule for the BMW Emission
Control System. Service intervals are com-
puted by the service interval indicator and
displayed on the instrument panel.
However, BMW NA will not deny your warranty
repair claims solely because you do not have
maintenance records or you did not perform
the required maintenance unless BMW NA
demonstrates that such lack of required
maintenance is a direct cause of the emission
control system failure. The instructions for
required maintenance and use can be found
in the Owner’s Manual and in the Service
section of this Statement.
*This California Emissions Control System
Limited Warranty applies to all 2004 U.S.
specification BMW SULEV (PZEV) vehicles
sold, leased, and/or registered in California,
Maine, Massachusetts, New York or Vermont.
