When does the warranty start??

[76L82]

I was wondering how Ford establishes the date from which their base 3 years/36,000 thousand mile warranty begins? Is it from the date the vehicle was manufactured (which I can determine quite easily I believe from all the manufacturers stickers on the vehicle) or is it from when it is first purchased?? (which in my case would be nearly impossible to determine...bought it as a fleet vehicle purchased form Canada)

Any help on this would be great.

 

[MONMIX]

I am 97% sure it is the date of first purchace.
Call your local dealer and give them the vin code and they will tell you the expireation date

 

[davidmmm69]

the one new vehicle I had bought was years ago it was a 1995 Mustang gt and it went by the date the car was manufactured.. at least that was in florida back in 95..

 

[Deldawit]

the dealerships look for the manufacture date stamp on the vehicle to determine the warranty start date.. unless your state has made an exception ...

 

[unclemeat]

Warrenty begins on sales date mileage too, at least in Virginia for the originial owner.

 

[stubborn1]

I've always been told the time portion of the warranty (36 mo) starts on the "in service date" - the date when you purchase the vehicle. This is assuming the vehicle has never been titled before. The mileage is what it is - if you buy new and the vehicle has 200 miles on it, the warranty is still 36,000 miles - not 36,200 miles.

 

[Jason94sport]

Warranty starts when a title is issued for that car, Doesn't matter who the title belongs to(bank, dealer, person ect) Demo cars are not titled so thats why you can buy a new car with 1K miles & have a full warranty.

 

[Xzibit A]

if you give me the vin i can run it and find out, it goes by the date of in-service like these guys said, luckily i have a tool availble that i can find that out

 

[Eneurb]

The warranty goes into effect the date that the vehicle goes into service. A car can sit on the lot for 2 years before it is sold, and the warranty will start on that date.

 

[TSTONE]

Vehicle warranty start date and mileage is based on the dealer reporting the vehicle as " In Service" - they can be titled or not (dealer reported demo units can be sold & titled as new upto 6000miles for financing purposes - but warranty start date/mileage is when the dealer reported the vehicle as going into demo service). Some fudging can be done at the dealer level as far as the mileage goes (ie: actual delivery mileage 22miles, we put down 36281, its not uncommon for me to pad a customers lease a few hundred miles to help out on the back end - but it has to be within reason).

EDIT: Finally found it in my "Policy and Procedures Guide",
"The maximum pre-service mileage of any new passenger vehicle is 1000 miles"