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- From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
- Subject: Re: Midas brake warranties
- References: <1992Jul31.133338.25685@mixcom.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.111830.27074@ms.uky.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:18:30 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com (kevin.jessup) writes:
-
- >Midas supposedly has a "lifetime" brake shoe warranty. It does not seem
- >very realistic. Can anybody tell me what the limitations are?
-
- >It seems to me that if the rotors or calipers go bad, they would void any
- >brake shoe warranty. So, if Midas replaces the rotors AND the calipers,
- >how long are the rotors and calipers "guaranteed" to last? Not for a
- >"lifetime" I'll bet! Therefore, the "Midas lifetime brake warranty" is a
- >flat-out lie! Or am I wrong here?
-
- Midas's warranty is on the brake shoes and *nothing*else*. It is
- lifetime in that you will get free brake shoes for the rest of the
- car's life, but you still have to pay for labor to install them, and
- for any additional parts. The brake shoes are of course a fairly
- small part of the bill for a brake job.
-
- If you elect not to pay any of these additional charges, Midas will
- give you a set of non-warrantied brake shoes, which terminates the
- lifetime warranty.
-
- Their muffler guarantee works the same way.
-
- Each Midas is individually owned so the service you get depends on the
- owner, but their lifetime guarantees are little more than a gimmick to
- build repeat business.
- --
- Kenneth Herron kherron@ms.uky.edu
- University of Kentucky +1 606 257 2975
- Department of Mathematics "Thanks to the magic of the slow-motion
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