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Auto Parts / MANUFACTURERS’ WARRANTIES

Consumer purchasers of automotive manufacturer may not require the use
filters are sometimes told by an of any brand of filter (or any other
automobile dealer’s service writer or article) unless the manufacturer
mechanic that a brand of provides the item free of charge
replacement filter cannot be used in under the terms of the warranty.
the consumer’s vehicle during the
warranty period. The claim is made So if the consumer is told that only
that use of the brand will “void the the original equipment filter will not
warranty,” with the statement or void the warranty, he should request
implication that only the original that the OE filter be supplied free of
equipment brand of filters may be charge. If he is charged for the filter,
used. This, of course, tends to cast the manufacturer will be violating the
doubt on the quality of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act or
replacement filter. other applicable laws.

That claim is simply not true. If the By providing this information to
consumer asks for the statement in consumers, the AFMC can help to
writing, he will not receive it. combat the erroneous claim that a
Nevertheless, the consumer may brand of replacement filter other
feel uneasy about using than original equipment will “void the
replacement filters that are not warranty.” It should be noted that the
original equipment. With the large Magnuson-Moss Act applies only to
number of do-it-yourselfers who consumer products, and not to
prefer to install their own filters, this businesses such as fleets or
misleading claim should be government agencies.
corrected.
Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty
Reprinted with permission from the Filter
Act and general principles of the Manufacturers Council, Research Triangle Park,
Federal Trade Commission Act, a North Carolina 27709-3966. www.filtercouncil.org.

Please refer to inside back cover for the Warranty to
Farmers Using Baldwin Filters on Farm Equipment.

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