forget about vioding the warranty...regular maintainence is what will keep your running, and running well....if you don't intend to it, or just weren't prepared for the idea that you would have to spend money to maintain the vehicle, then maybe you should think about riding the bus...

Sorry if I come off mean, but even before I owned a car I knew that there was regular maintainence to be done on them...

As for your question, it depends...if you never change the oil and the engine ceases after 15000 miles, then ya, your warranty is probably void...

However, in the first car I owned, I took it in for a check up just after buying it, and although it had 23000 kms, and the previous owner had changed the spark plugs, for some reason he left the stock wires on it...needless to say I changed the plugs again, the wires, the distributer cap and rotor, and after that 20 min and minimal dollars, it ran sooooo much better....

 

why do u think ur car has the quality of a kia or hyundai~??
would you plz explain~?

 

of course i'm going to maintain the car and change the oil and all that fun stuff, i was just wondering if the things it says to get checked out at certain mileage like brakes and such is a guideline to follow or a set of rules that must be followed to keep your warranty

 

It's a guideline...no one can force you to check your pads for wear... but at the same time you can generally tell if there's a loss of brakeing power and such, and well, it's always a good idea to have thingsd like that checked at standard times, as things due wear out...the manual is just letting you know when to check so as to help you maximize the life of the car...and well, they of course are more then happy to take your money in order to conduct these servicings...

 

Do you know if this warranty also applies in Canada?

 

I don't see why it wouldn't apply. Check with your local dealer!

 

I think the reason why it feels sorta like lesser quality is because... well, the cars might not last that long.
In order to make sure they get return customers, they'll extend the warranty to make it so that you'll be a customer for atleast 100,000km.

Honda and Toyota and Nissan don't "need" this larger warranties because their cars seem to last a lot longer (on average).

To prove my point, Subaru recently released a TSB on their EJ25 Imprezas (1999-2002) that put a conditioner in the coolant and extended the warranty to 100,000km and 8 years. It's to keep the customers, not necessarily to show that the car is gonna last longer... cuz if it did, they wouldn't need the warranty.

 

^^^That is the worst logic ever. If they knew the car would break down there is no way they would warranty it. You could use the same logic for honda, yeah their cars may last a long time, but they are not willing to back it up. If I sold something to someone that I thought was going to break down there is no way I would tell them it would work in any way for any amount of time. Logically it would seem that mitsu warranties their cars for 100k because they believe it will run for 100k with minimal or no cost out of their pocket.

 

It could work both ways.
I'm just seeing a general trend. It's companies that have not-so-trouble-free cars that are giving larger and extended warranties.

Brands like Honda and Toyota are not.
I do see the logic, though. And thanks for bringing it up However, it seems the trend is going the other way. And I really think it's to provide customer confidence in the product where none originally exists.

Hondas and Toyotas are "known" for reliability. Hence they don't need to provide that extra incentive and may overcharge according to their wishes :P hehehe

 

Mitsubishi is in REAL financial trouble right now, I really, HIGHLY, doubt they would increase the responsibility they have for warranties if they wanted the TCO to include money out of their pocket. Then again, maybe they're just trying to get them out the door and know they might not make it as a company for the next 10 years.

 

I don't think Mitsu will go down the drain just yet.
They've got some good products, so I'm sure someone else will pick Mitsubishi up atleast. Hopefully.

 

Don't own a Lancer yet, but looking to get one, and what happens to the warranties if Mitsu does fold?? Will I just be **** out of luck? I'm wanting to buy a new one to get the 7/100k because I don't plan on modding it anytime soon..or will I really be better off buying a used one at 75% of the cost since mitsu might now be around to cover the extra 40k miles or whatever it is.

 

Mitsu is not going to fold. Granted they are not as big as honda/toyota etc but they have platforms that customers would not want to see disappear, and for that reason somebody will buy them if current management decides to jump ship.

 

*cough* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3660461.stm

 

im just asking what happens to the warranties IF they have to fold? Because surely somebody will buy them out but if it doesn't happen, thats what I want to know. I am wanting to buy a new car for the warranty. I don't want to buy it and still owe on it in 2 years and still have a lot of milage left and then not have a warranty....