About Your Warranty - GE 040350 Operator's Manual

About your Warranty

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.
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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 October 1, 2013.
80006510, Rev. A, 1 October 2013