Cars of Florida Limited Warranty Terms

Warranty provided by Cars of Florida Inc., 1136 E Fletcher Ave A, Tampa, FL 33612.

Term: 6 calendar months or 6,000 additional miles, whichever comes first, starting the day the vehicle is handed over to the purchaser and ending at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (Florida) on the 6-month anniversary of the handover date, or when the odometer reaches the reading recorded at handover plus 6,000 miles.

• Deductible: $100 per approved repair visit.
• Aggregate covered repair benefit: $5,000 in total.
• Qualifying emergency repairs: up to $500 per incident.
• Towing: up to $150 per covered incident.

Electric and hybrid vehicles: A qualifying internal failure of the high-voltage battery that prevents normal operation may be covered; normal ageing and gradual loss of battery capacity are not. Coverage is subject to the written warranty terms.

Warranty service: Contact Alan T. at (813) 955-8865 or support@carsofl.com.

Terms version WT-1.0.

The FTC Buyers Guide for each vehicle states this warranty as a limited warranty. The dealer pays 100% of the labor and 100% of the parts for the covered systems that fail during the warranty period.

• Engine: internal lubricated parts 6 months or 6,000 miles from handover, whichever first
• Transmission and transfer case: internal parts 6 months or 6,000 miles from handover, whichever first
• Drive axles, differentials, drive shafts, CV/U-joints 6 months or 6,000 miles from handover, whichever first
• Electric drive: traction motors, inverter, reduction gears 6 months or 6,000 miles from handover, whichever first
• High-voltage battery: internal failure (not capacity loss) 6 months or 6,000 miles from handover, whichever first

This is the LIMITED WARRANTY of Cars of Florida Inc., 1136 E Fletcher Ave A, Tampa, FL 33612 ("we", "us"), the licensed motor vehicle dealer that sold you the vehicle below (Florida dealer license the dealer licence). It is included in the price of the vehicle: it has no separate price, and it is not sold separately or optional. It is a "limited" warranty under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. This document, together with your warranty statement and warranty certificate, states all of its terms.

TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS WRITTEN WARRANTY (SECTION 5). Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you.

This warranty is given to the purchaser ("you"), the purchaser named on your warranty certificate, whether you bought the vehicle for personal or business use. It covers only you and does not transfer to anyone who later buys or receives the vehicle from you.

Vehicle: the vehicle’s model year the vehicle’s make the vehicle’s model, VIN the vehicle identification number. Purchase reference: the purchase reference. Warranty reference: the warranty reference.

You are entitled to this warranty because the vehicle was offered with it when its listing was published; that entitlement is fixed when your purchase opens. Being entitled is not the same as being covered: nothing is covered while the vehicle is listed, auctioned, sold, paid for, being prepared or in transit. Coverage starts on the date the vehicle is handed over to the purchaser, the day the vehicle is handed over to you, as verified by us: when you collect it from us, or when its delivery to you is completed. It does not start when the auction closes, when you pay, or when a carrier collects the vehicle. Coverage ends at whichever of these comes first: (a) 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (Florida) on the expiry date stated on the certificate, the 6-month anniversary of the handover date; or (b) when the odometer reaches the reading recorded at handover plus 6,000 miles. Both readings are printed on your warranty certificate. A failure is covered only if it occurs before coverage ends. Please report it to us within 30 days after you discover it, even if coverage has ended in the meantime. Reporting later does not defeat your claim: we may refuse only the part of the cost that the delay made worse.

We cover the failure of a covered part listed below during the coverage period, caused by a defect in materials or workmanship, so that the part no longer performs the function for which it was designed. Normal wear is not a failure. Covered systems and parts: (1) Engine: internal lubricated parts (pistons and rings, connecting rods, crankshaft and bearings, camshafts, lifters, rocker arms, valves and valve springs, timing chain, belt and gears, oil pump), and the cylinder block, cylinder heads and intake manifold if damaged by the failure of an internal lubricated part. (2) Transmission and transfer case: the internal parts of the automatic or manual transmission, transaxle and transfer case, the torque converter, and the housing of any of them if damaged by the failure of an internal part. (3) Drive axles: differential and final-drive internal parts, axle shafts, constant-velocity joints, universal joints, drive shafts and their bearings. (4) Electric drive (electric and hybrid vehicles): electric traction motors, drive inverter and reduction gear set, and their internal parts. (5) High-voltage battery (electric and hybrid vehicles): as described in section 11. Seals and gaskets are covered only when their replacement is required as part of a covered repair. No other part or system is covered.

For a covered failure we will, at our option, repair or replace the failed covered part, and pay 100% of the reasonable cost of the covered parts and labor for that repair, including the diagnosis of the covered failure, less the deductible in section 8 and within the limit in section 9. We may use new, remanufactured or used parts of like kind and quality. The repair is done by a qualified, licensed repair facility near you that we approve for the repair (sections 15 and 16); you will not be asked to bring the vehicle back to Florida for an ordinary warranty repair.

You pay a deductible of $100 for each approved repair visit, however many covered parts are repaired during that visit. No deductible applies to the emergency repair and towing benefits in sections 10 and 12.

The most we will pay for all covered repairs under this warranty, including parts, labor, diagnosis, taxes and shop charges, is $5,000 in total. Once that amount has been paid, we pay for no further covered repairs. The emergency repair and towing benefits in sections 10 and 12 are paid in addition to this amount.

If a covered failure leaves the vehicle unsafe or unable to be driven, and you cannot reasonably reach us or obtain our authorization in time (for example, outside our business hours), you may have the repair needed to make the vehicle safe and drivable done at the nearest licensed repair facility without our prior approval. Tell us within 2 business days after the repair. We reimburse the reasonable cost of that emergency repair of the covered failure, up to $500 per incident, on the itemized paid repair invoice. No deductible applies, and this benefit is paid in addition to the limit in section 9. Any further repair needs our approval under section 15.

A qualifying internal failure of the high-voltage (traction) battery is a covered failure: an internal failure of the battery pack, its modules, cells or battery management system, caused by a defect in materials or workmanship, that prevents the vehicle from operating normally, as shown by diagnosis using the vehicle manufacturer's diagnostic procedures. Normal ageing and gradual loss of battery capacity or driving range are not covered. Battery repairs are subject to the deductible in section 8 and the limit in section 9, which may be less than the cost of replacing a complete battery pack. We inspected the battery before sale; that inspection is a record of what was observed on that date and does not guarantee the battery's future condition.

If a covered failure makes the vehicle unable to be driven safely, we reimburse towing to the nearest repair facility we approve, up to $150 per covered incident, on the towing receipt. No deductible applies, and this benefit is paid in addition to the limit in section 9.

This warranty does not cover: (a) maintenance and maintenance items, including oil and filters, fluids, spark plugs, belts and hoses (except as part of a covered repair), wiper blades, brake pads, shoes, rotors and drums, clutch disc and pressure plate, tires and wheels, bulbs and fuses, the 12-volt battery, and wheel alignment and balancing; (b) wear and tear, gradual loss of performance, noise, vibration, and leaks that do not cause a covered part to fail; (c) cosmetic conditions, paint, trim, glass and upholstery; (d) damage caused by accident, collision, theft, vandalism, fire, flood, water, hail or other environmental events, road hazards, misuse, abuse, racing, overloading or towing beyond the manufacturer's ratings, or lack of the maintenance described in section 15; (e) failures caused by repairs, alterations or modifications we did not authorize, or by parts or fluids that do not meet the manufacturer's specifications; (f) a failure caused by racing, speed or endurance competition, or off-road use beyond what the manufacturer designed the vehicle for; (g) any part or system not listed in section 6; (h) loss of use, rental vehicles, lodging, meals, lost time, lost income and other incidental or consequential costs, except the benefits in sections 10 and 12; and (i) repairs paid for by a manufacturer's warranty or recall. Each exclusion applies only to the failure or damage it describes: an accident, a repair by someone else or any other excluded event never ends or reduces coverage of any other covered part.

A condition that was specifically identified to you in writing before your purchase (before you bid or bought), in the vehicle's inspection report or listing, as a defect or as a part needing repair is not covered for that identified condition. Any other defect, including one that existed at the time of sale but was not disclosed to you, is covered if it is otherwise a covered failure.

Have the vehicle maintained as the manufacturer recommends and keep the receipts. You may have maintenance done by any qualified person or facility using parts that meet the manufacturer's specifications; you do not have to use us or any particular brand of parts or service, and we will not refuse a claim because of who maintained the vehicle unless that work, or a lack of maintenance, caused the failure. To get warranty service: (1) Stop driving if continuing could cause further damage. Contact us as soon as you notice a problem (section 5 explains reporting time), using the warranty contact printed on your warranty certificate, or in writing to Cars of Florida Inc., 1136 E Fletcher Ave A, Tampa, FL 33612. Give your warranty reference, the current odometer reading and a description of the problem. (2) Do not have any repair started before we give you an authorization number, except an emergency repair under section 10. (3) We approve a qualified, licensed repair facility near you for the diagnosis and repair (you may suggest one). With your consent the facility diagnoses the problem. If the failure is covered, the diagnosis is part of the covered repair; if it is not covered, the diagnosis cost is yours, and the facility will tell you that cost before it starts. (4) Within 2 business days after we receive the facility's diagnosis and estimate, we tell you and the facility whether the repair is covered and give an authorization number for the covered repair. (5) We pay the facility directly for the authorized covered repair; you pay your deductible to the facility. If we agree in writing that you pay the facility, we reimburse you within 30 days after we receive the itemized paid invoice. (6) We may inspect the vehicle or the failed parts before we authorize a repair, and may ask the facility to keep replaced parts for us.

Wherever you are in the United States, we approve a qualified, licensed repair facility near you. We pay that facility's posted labor rate for the labor time a standard published labor-time guide allows for the covered repair, unless we agree a different amount when we authorize the repair.

If we decide that a repair is not covered, we tell you in writing why. You may ask, in writing within 30 days, for the decision to be reviewed by a manager who did not make it; we answer in writing within 10 business days. We do not use an informal dispute settlement mechanism under the Federal Trade Commission's rules, and this warranty does not require arbitration. You may pursue any remedy the law gives you, including under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.

EXCEPT FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR AND TOWING BENEFITS IN SECTIONS 10 AND 12, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SUCH AS LOSS OF USE, RENTAL VEHICLES, LODGING, MEALS, LOST TIME OR LOST INCOME. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

If any part of a manufacturer's warranty still applies to the vehicle, it applies first, and this warranty does not reduce it. We will help you use it.

This warranty ends before the end of the coverage period only if: (a) the sale is cancelled or rescinded, or the vehicle is returned to us; (b) the vehicle is destroyed or declared a total loss; or (c) the odometer is altered or disconnected, or is replaced without the mileage being disclosed as federal law requires, so that the vehicle's mileage cannot be determined. An odometer replaced and disclosed as the law requires does not end coverage. Because there is no charge for this warranty, nothing is refunded when it ends.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from State to State. Nothing in this warranty limits any right that the law does not allow to be limited. If the law of a state that applies to your purchase gives you more than this warranty, section 23 applies. This warranty is governed by the law of Florida, except where the law of the state where you live gives you rights that cannot be waived.

This document, your warranty statement and certificate, and the warranty information on the vehicle's Buyers Guide are the whole warranty. The Buyers Guide is part of your purchase contract and overrides any contrary provision in it. No one may change this warranty except in a writing signed by an authorized representative of Cars of Florida Inc..

Where the law of a state applies to your purchase and requires more than sections 1 to 22, you receive at least what that law requires, and, to the extent that law requires, its requirement replaces any term of this warranty that gives you less (including the deductible, the limit in section 9, the list of covered parts and the remedies). In particular, where it applies to your purchase: (a) Massachusetts (G.L. c. 90, § 7N¼): we pay the full cost of parts and labor to repair any defect that impairs the vehicle's use or safety, for at least the period that law sets; you pay no more than the amount that law permits ($100 in total) toward those repairs; and you have the repurchase and arbitration rights that law gives. (b) New York (Gen. Bus. Law § 198-b) and Rhode Island (Gen. Laws ch. 31-5.4): the parts that law lists are covered at no charge to you, for at least the period it sets, including a failure you report during that period and that is repaired after it; and you have the refund and other rights that law gives. (c) New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 56:8-67 et seq.): for the repairs that law requires, the deductible is no more than $50 per repair, and you have the rights that law gives. (d) Minnesota (Stat. § 325F.662): the parts that law lists are covered at no charge to you, for at least the period it sets, and you have the repair, replacement and refund rights it gives. (e) Hawaii (HRS ch. 481J), Connecticut (Gen. Stat. §§ 42-220 to 42-226) and Maine (10 M.R.S. §§ 1471 to 1477): you have the warranty and the rights that law gives, which this warranty does not reduce. Ask us, using the warranty contact on your certificate, whether one of these laws applies to your purchase; we answer in writing.

About the warranty