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Originally Posted by gtengr
I think proof of oil changes is all you'll need to win this case. The dealer pointing to it being a used car for the warranty denial is BS. That is immaterial unless they can point to hard evidence of a mod causing the damage, or you don't have evidence that the oil was changed at the minimum required intervals. Save the receipts from your 3rd party inspection and seek reimbursement.
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The problem is this: there is a quart of oil left in the engine.
If I went to a tire shop for new tires, ran the tires for 50,000 miles, had low tire pressure for 10k and ran it without checking the pressures periodically, and the tire sidewall blew out... do I just take my receipt of the tire change at the shop and seek reimbursement/legal relief just because I changed it at an authorized shop?
Maybe the tire shop screwed up installing the valve stem... that caused the low pressure. But it doesn't take away from the fact that to get to 1 quart in the engine, you need to 1) burn the oil away, or 2) have it physically leak (out) somewhere. Obviously we can rule out faulty oil changes since that's highly unlikely, but my point is that there's a dipstick in the engine bay for a reason, and to get to 1 quart tells me that dipstick was not used in the proper manner.
Now try that in a court of law, and it will shoot holes in the claim that is very hard to go around.