Question about CPO warranty...

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MbMav

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I just recently bought a CPO Ram 1500. My question is am I able to change my own oil and maintain my powertrain warranty? I have always done my own maintenance on vehicles in the past but this is the first vehicle I have owned with a warranty like this. Thanks for the help.
 

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As long as you have receipts for product purchased you should be good to go.

Just like if you had bought the truck brand new.
 

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Usually its only the really crappy $tealerships that beat you up on warranty claims for not having oil changes done through them. Receipts, unfortunately, don't mean anything. All it means is you bought the oil/filter, its not proof that you actually used it on your vehicle. Many dealerships will tell you that.

Honestly, one look inside the engine and they can tell whether you've changed your oil regularly or not. Usually its just a way for the bad ones to weasel out of performing warranty work.

Believe it or not, legally speaking, I am pretty sure its up to them to prove that your "lack of maintenance" damaged the vehicle and voided the warranty. Some will try to do it backwards, and act like its your responsibility to prove to the dealership you maintained it, but not legally so (by an act of congress, no less).

I have always done my own maintenance; oil, filters, greasing zerks back in the day, etc. I've never had major internal engine work done under warranty, but I have had a water pump replaced on the wife's Grand Cherokee, and the manifolds replaced on my truck. Never a word about proving maintenance.
 
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Yes you can do your own oil changes. Keep your receipts and make copies, receipts tend to fade. I have never heard that this isn't proof that you changed the oil.
 
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