Gary
I know that current cars have a 3 yr warrantee and I've just been to check in the May 2002 issue of What Car? and guess what? At that stage they had 3 years cover then as well. What a result ! ! !
I seem to remember reading that most car manufacturer's will now accept service that has been done outside the dealer network and not invalidate the warrantee cover. Even if this is the case I still wouldn't volunteer this information to their service department and just book the car in for warrantee work at the supplying dealer. So, you should be home and dry (is this good news, or what?).
As an aside, I often feel that this is a bit unfair on the manufacturer as they are able to control the standard of work in their dealers and ensure they have trained service staff with full technical back up and all the right tools. An independant dealer is a totally unkown quantity to the manufacturer. They may either be good ( or even better than the franchised dealer! ) or they may be complete rubbish. Either way the manufacturer still has to warrantee the car.
Anyway, good luck and hopefully you can get it fixed for free. Let us know how you get on...
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