Hate to say it…..I’d miss it too but…. But I’m sure this was covered in the paper work you signed at purchase.

I understand your point but these cars are pretty reliable. To think shorting you 2 months would be an issue is highly unlikely.

We corvette owners don’t like anything but single digits on the odometer at delivery.

On the other hand this is a simple fix by a dealer IF they cared about customer service.

A friend just bought a demo genesis…..same deal but far less warranty left. He had to bitch to high heaven but wore the dealer down. I’d get to the top dog and ask him if this is really worth the negative customer experience.

 

I checked the 2020 and 2025 manuals for the start date, and both have the same language:

"The warranty period for all
coverages begins on the date the
vehicle is first delivered or put in
use and ends at the expiration of
the coverage period."

I tried to track down whether or not there is any legal distinction between "in-service" and "put in use", not using AI answers. Depending where you look, you can find any answer you want. And depending on how you phrase the question AI will answer either way. My take on is this: "in-service" is actually a legal term for purposes related to taxation from an IRS point of view. "put in use" is a vague term with no particular legal weight. Yes, you can find some definitions that say "in-service" is when the item is "put in use", and yes, common sense would seem to support that. I get it. But I have an idea the lawyers are involved in writing the terms found in the warranty manual, and the choice of "put in use" rather then "in-service" date was deliberate.

Here is an example from a non-AI source:
"According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Reg. Sec. 1.167(a)-(11)(e)(1), property is considered to be placed in service when it is "first placed in a condition or state of readiness and availability for a specifically assigned function." This may or may not coincide with the purchase date of a depreciable asset, depending on how a company interprets "state of readiness and availability." IRS's Reg. Sec. 1.46-3(d)(1)(ii) applies the same criterion as the above regulation for the purpose of an investment tax credit for the purchase of property."

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p...in-service.asp

 

I don't believe that using it as a "demo" requires that it be "put in service". Some thing else happened...most likely a sale that immediately went south in my opinion...

 

I am going to try the direct to GM approach next. although I have already posted a couple of pretty negative reviews of the dealership on Google and Yelp. TBH, I'm just pissed that I was deceived like this which has somewhat soured the experience for me, and I think that the dealer should acknowledge it. I do love the car though, and at the end of the day, those two months are not really going to matter that much as I would likely have either traded it or purchased an extended warranty by that time anyway.

 

My guess would be someone from the dealer “registered” it with the app/onstar and that kicked off the “inservice” date..

 

The problem is the Warranty Manual says nothing about "put in service". It says "The warranty period for all coverages begins on the date the vehicle is first delivered or put in use and ends at the expiration of the applicable coverage period." Why include the put-in-use language if the delivery is the same thing? And "put in use" is, in my opinion, ambiguous, perhaps deliberately. Does it include being a demo?

 

Either talk with your attorney or blow it off and go on.