Service/Maintenance Intervals: Miles, or months and your extended warranty.

[Meisterbr?wn]

I'm trying to be a good boy and keep up with my scheduled maintenance (especially since I have an extended warranty) and I'm frustrated by the LR maintenance schedule.

Its pretty clear that every x months or x miles y service needs to be done. Problem is, I don't put too many miles on the rig and am about to start putting even less. I'm barely at 56k miles, but month-wise I'm actually overdue for my 60k. I won't be at 60k for 6 more months probably. I don't want to spend the extra money over-servicing the truck.

Has anyone else had experience with their maintenance schedule coming into play with an extended warranty claim? Most likely I'll do the 60k in the next few weeks, but I'm not gonna like it. It will be 2 months overdue, but still way under the mile limit. I've already had one warranty claim and they never asked for service records, but it was my steering box. Other claims could be different.

I think I'm only asking for trouble by trying to stretch it, but just wondering if anyone else feels the same way. With my wife's car, the schedule is based on mileage only...that's part of what frustrates me.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Disco Mike]

Call your extended warranty company and see what they recommend, then you're covered.
Mike J.

 

[Meisterbr?wn]

I've thought about that and probably will. However, I expect to get a canned response: "maintain your vehicle per the manufacturer's specifications"....which is exactly what I'd say if I were them. I think I've answered my own question really, but am still curious as to other peoples' experiences with maintenance histories and warranty claims.

 

[Steve83]

I've rarely heard service history being mentioned re:warranty claims, but you don't want to be the rare one.

The simple solution is: DRIVE IT MORE! You're paying a car note on it and not even getting the use out of it. If you're OK with that "waste" of money, what's a couple extra bucks for the scheduled service?