Limited Rebuilt Engine Warranty

NOTICE: This Limited Warranty outlines your warranty rights and responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities of Vertex Automotive.

REMANUFACTURED ENGINE LIMITED WARRANTY

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 

Short Block and Complete Engine ASSEMBLIES 

• 12 months and unlimited miles, for parts only
• See Warranty Provisions for limitations

 

OFF-ROAD or RACE APPLICATIONS

• Off-road or racing applications are excluded from any and all warranty coverage regardless of cause. Racing includes “Time Trials”, “Autocross”, “Drivers Education” or “DE” events, and any event held on a closed-circuit track.

 

WARRANTY PROVISIONS

(A) Warranty service is available by calling (305)442-2727 Monday through Friday during hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. No repair of the product will be covered by this warranty without the specific prior knowledge and consent of Vertex Automotive. Return of defect shall be made to Vertex automotive, within thirty (30) days of discovery and prior to the expiration of the warranty.

(B) Vertex Automotive will, at its option, repair, replace or refund, any Vertex Automotive remanufactured product which is determined to be defective in material or workmanship, upon receipt of product, via prepaid shipment to:

Vertex Automotive
3030 SW 38^th Ave,
Miami, Florida 33146

(C) Vertex Automotive”s liability under this limited warranty, is solely for a replacement engine, Vertex Automotive will not be liable for installation or re-installation expenses.   Vertex Automotive’s liability for parts replacement is limited to only jobber cost of parts (i.e. gasket kit, oil pump, etc.) CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLIES and CAMSHAFT KITS are parts replacement only (no labor allowance). Prior approval by Vertex Automotive is required.

 (D) This warranty is also expressly in lieu of all other obligation or liabilities, including liability for indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages or any other economic loss with respect to the sale or use of the items warranted. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or exclusions may not apply to you.

 (E) This warranty does not apply to normal maintenance or adjustments, normal wear due to working conditions, failure of associated parts, components and assemblies not included in the sale of the product, products which have been damaged by improper installation, accident, misuse, or neglect or which have been repaired or altered by someone other than Vertex Automotive or its authorized representative, or to products used outside specified application including racing, fuel conversions or accelerants or fuel system modifications, or to products which are not operated in accordance with the printed instructions of seller or which have been operated beyond the rated capacity of the product or to products damaged by overheating and/or improper lubrication.

 (F) This warranty is a fully integrated document consisting of the entire scope of the warranty to original purchaser and no agent, employee or representative of seller has any authority to bind seller to any affirmation, representation or warranty concerning the products unless said affirmation, representation or warranty is specifically included within this document. There shall be no oral modifications to this warranty and any modifications of said warranty must be in writing and signed by the parties. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights, which may vary from state to state.

 WHAT IS NOT COVERED:

(1) Towing charges, fluids, refrigerant, gas, filters, lay-up time, lodging, car or truck rental or any other substitute transportation, telephone or telegraph charges, travel, damage to personal property, commercial loss, normal diagnostic time, labor for installation or re-installation, loss of revenue, or other matters not specifically included.

 (2) Engines or internal parts that were improperly installed, damaged due to alterations, misuse, neglect, abuse, or accidents, damage from the environment, or damage caused by improper maintenance or improper break-in procedures.

 (3) Routine, regularly required maintenance such as lubrication, changing filters, engine tune-up, belts and hoses, any type of fluids or any other normal maintenance service that all vehicles require.

(4) Melted or broken pistons due to detonation or pre-ignition, cracked blocks or heads due to overheating, damage caused by foreign objects dropped or drawn into cylinders or crankcase.

(5) Any engine, which has been improperly installed or fails because of defects or inefficiency of parts or units not furnished with the engine (e.g., injectors, MAF sensor, air filter, fuel pump, and brake booster). Any engine operated under conditions causing greater than normal wear, or used for purposes for which it was not originally designed (see OFF ROAD or RACE APPLICATIONS above). Oil consumption due to fuel wash, also is not covered.

(6) Damage due to clogged oil coolers, radiators, overheating, and unwashed parts or defective components that are transferred from the old engine.

(7) Any engine that operates on propane or any fuel other than gasoline, or receives any supplemental fuel additive (examples of which include water spray, methanol, ethanol, alcohol, nitrous oxide, etc.) or is supercharged or turbocharged..

(8) Gaskets not installed by the factory are the responsibility of the installer and are not covered under this warranty.

(9) Engines shipped out of the continental United States.

ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS AND PURCHASER’S OBLIGATIONS:

(a) The Engine must be installed by an N.I.A.S.E. certified technician or equivalent.

(b) The oil and filter must be changed after the first 1 hour of service and at recommended intervals thereafter.

(c) Recommended installation procedures must be followed and recommended parts associated with the installation must be replaced to validate Warranty.

(d) THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS VOID ON ENGINE ASSEMBLIES IF THE WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARD IS NOT COMPLETED AND MAILED TO VERTEX AUTOMOTIVE WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF INSTALLATION.

 (e) The Warranty applies to the original purchaser only, and may not be transferred.

 

REMANUFACTURER’S RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY:

Subject to Warranty Provisions of Paragraphs (C) and (D) above, the remanufacturer, at its option, shall repair or replace the engine within the warranty term set out in Paragraph (B) of Warranty Provisions. 

The liability of remanufacturer under this Warranty is limited solely to the repair or replacement of defective parts or workmanship, except as otherwise may be provided by applicable state law, remanufacturer shall not be liable for any incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, or for any service not expressly provided for herein, relating to or arising from failure of the engine or its internal parts.

 

PURCHASER’S RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE EVENT OF ANY ENGINE PROBLEM WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD:

(a) WHO TO CONTACT: Contact Vertex Automotive from 8AM to 5PM EST Monday to Friday at

(305)442-2727  for instructions. Please have the following information ready: Engine Number, Serial Number, Installation Date, Mileage on engine in use and nature of problem.

(b) PRIOR APPROVAL: All warranty repairs, including any replacement parts , must have prior approval of Vertex Automotive.  It is the buyer’s responsibility to contact Vertex Automotive in the event of a warranty problem. Your failure to contact Vertex Automotive to obtain prior approval for any warranty repair will void the owner’s warranty.

(c) RETURN OF PARTS: Claims for repair work must be substantiated with defective parts and work order. Upon arrival at remanufacturer’s facility, all claimed defective merchandise is inspected. Credit will be allowed providing that the Engine or part is defective in material and/or workmanship - and is within the warranty period. All claims under warranty are to be returned to Vertex Automotive for evaluation at the purchaser’s expense.

(d) AUTHORIZED REPAIRS: Any repair that has been authorized by remanufacturer must be guaranteed by the dealer or garage making the repair. Repairs or replacement do not extend the warranty period beyond

the time/mileage period of the original installation.

 

STATE LAWS:

This Warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights, which vary from state to state.

**NO WARRANTY IF RUN DRY, FIRE, OR OVERHEATED**

**NO WARRANTY IF USED FOR COMPETITIVE RACING**

**WARRANTY IS FOR A REPLACEMENT ENGINE ONLY** 

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.