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WARRANTy
EMIssION CONTROL sysTEM WARRANTy
The following are specific provisions relative to your Emission Control System Warranty Coverage.
Emission Control System Warranty (ECS Warranty) for 1997 and later model year engines):
1. APPLICABILITY: This warranty shall apply to 1997 and later model year engines) . The ECS Warranty Period shall
begin on the date the new engine or equipment is delivered to its original, end-use purchaser, and shall continue
for 24 consecutive months thereafter .
2. GENERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY COVERAGE
CPE warrants to the original, end-use purchaser of the new engine or equipment and to each subsequent
purchaser that each of its small off-road engines is:
a . Designed, built and equipped so as to conform at the time of sale with applicable regulations under section
213 of the Clean Air Ac, as amended, 42 U .S .C . 7401 et seq .
b . Free from defects in materials and workmanship that cause the failure of a warranted part to be identical in all
material respects to the part as described in the engine manufacturer's application for certification for a period
of two years .
3. THE WARRANTY ON EMISSION-RELATED PARTS WILL BE INTERPRETED AS FOLLOWS:
a . Any warranted part that is not scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in the Owners Manual shall
be warranted for the ECS Warranty Period . If any such part fails during the ECS Warranty Period, it shall be
repaired or replaced by CPE according to Subsection "d" below . Any such part repaired or replaced under the
ECS Warranty shall be warranted for any remainder of the ECS Warranty Period .
b . Any warranted, emissions-related part which is scheduled only for regular inspection as specified in the Owners
Manual shall be warranted for the ECS Warranty Period . A statement in such written instructions to the effect
of "repair or replace as necessary", shall not reduce the ECS Warranty Period . Any such part repaired or
replaced under the ECS Warranty shall be warranted for the remainder of the ECS Warranty Period .
c . Any warranted, emissions-related part which is scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in the
Owner's Manual shall be warranted for the period of time prior to the first scheduled replacement point for
that part . If the part fails prior to the first scheduled replacement, the part shall be repaired or replaced
by CPE according to Subsection "d" below . Any such emissions-related part repaired or replaced under the
ECS Warranty, shall be warranted for the remainder of the ECS Warranty Period prior to the first scheduled
replacement point for such emissions-related part .
d . Repair or replacement of any warranted, emissions-related part under this ECS Warranty shall be performed at
no charge to the owner at a CPE Authorized Service Outlet .
e . The owner shall not be charged for diagnostic labor which leads to the determination that a part covered by the
ECS Warranty is in fact defective, provided that such diagnostic work is performed at a CPE Authorized Service
Outlet .
f . CPE shall be liable for damages to other original engine components or approved modifications proximately
caused by a failure under warranty of an emission-related part covered by the ECS Warranty .
g . Throughout the ECS Warranty Period, CPE shall maintain a supply of warranted emission-related parts
sufficient to meet the expected demand for such emission-related parts .
h . Any CPE Authorized and approved emission-related replacement part may be used in the performance of any
ECS Warranty maintenance or repair and will be provided without charge to the owner . Such use shall not
reduce CPE's warranty obligation .
i . Unapproved add-on or modified parts may not be used to modify or repair a CPE engine . Such use voids this
ECS Warranty and shall be sufficient grounds for disallowing an ECS Warranty claim . CPE shall not be liable
hereunder for failures of any warranted parts of a CPE engine caused by the use of such an unapproved add-on
or modified part .
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