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Only authorized service dealers may perform warranty repairs. Most
warranty repairs are handled routinely, but sometimes requests for warranty
service may not be appropriate. For example, warranty service would not
apply if equipment damage occurred because of misuse, lack of routine
maintenance, and shipping, handling, warehousing or improper installation.
Similarly, warranty coverage will not be provided if the manufacturing date
or serial number(s) on the equipment has been removed or the equipment
has been altered or modified. During the warranty period, the authorized
service dealer, at its option, will repair or replace any part that, upon
examination, is found to be defective under normal use and service. This
warranty will not cover the following repairs due to:
1. Normal Wear and Maintenance: Outdoor Power Equipment and
engines, like all mechanical devices, need periodic parts and service
to perform well. This warranty does not cover repair when normal
use has exhausted the life of a part or the equipment. Typical wear
items include engine oil, oil gauges, o-rings, filters, fuses, spark
plugs, anti-freeze, starting batteries, etc. Normal maintenance
such as: adjustments, loose or leaking clamps or connections,
installation or start-up operations, fuel system cleaning and
obstruction due to contamination.
2. Installation, Operation, Maintenance and Storage: This warranty
does not apply to equipment or parts that have been subjected to
improper or unauthorized installation or alteration and modification,
abuse, misuse, negligence, accident, overloading, overspeeding,
improper maintenance, repair or storage so as to adversely affect
its performance and reliability.
3. Enclosure is not warranted for surface rust or corrosion or
complete rust-through that may result due to improper installation,
damage to painted surfaces that compromise the paint’s corrosion
prevention properties, or if the unit is installed in environments that
expose the generator to high levels of corrosive agents.
This warranty will not cover equipment used in:
1. Equipment used for prime power. For purposes of this warranty,
Prime Power is defined as an application in which the generator is a
source of power where no electrical power service is available from
the UTILITY POWER GRID. If no UTILITY power is available, the
generator is considered the prime power source.
2. Used, reconditioned, and demonstration equipment, or rental
equipment. Rental use means any use of this product in a
temporary or semi-permanently installed rental application.
Once equipment has experienced rental use, it shall thereafter be
considered rental equipment for purposes of this warranty.
3. Equipment used in life support applications.
4. Failures caused by any force majeure event or external force beyond
the manufacturer’s control or Act of God such as, but not limited
to freezing, theft, fire, collision, wars or riots, hail, water or flood
damage, tornados, hurricanes, or terrorist acts.
5. Use of non-original parts and non-authorized installation or
warranty service by unauthorized dealers.
6. Rodent and/or insect infestations.
This warranty also does not include:
1. Any and all expenses incurred investigating performance complaints
unless defective Briggs & Stratton materials and/or workmanship
were the direct cause of the problem.
2. The cost of rental equipment used while warranty repairs are being
performed (i.e., generators, pumps, etc.)
Warranty terms effective May 1, 2014.
ABOUT YOUR WARRANTY
80010905, Rev. A, 1 May 2014
