<VV> Viton at GM

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 GM DID have long powertrain warranties in the 60s. Then, when the full force of the crapola they were making came to bear, it was 1 year/12K. 


 


John Roberts

 


 

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From: John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net>
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One
flaw in that. The 5-year/50,000-mile warranty didn't exist before '67, so you
had less than 49,000 cars with that longer warranty. The '66-earlier
cars only had 3-year/36,000-mile warranties (or maybe less), if you go
back to '60. I can't vouch for the warranties back that far, as I was just a
kid and didn't get interested in cars until '63. My bet is that most
standard seals probably lasted for the length of the 3-year warranty. Just
enough time to clear it off GM's books, hence standard seal material was a
respectable risk.









 



 



Actually….most auto warranties in those days were 90 days/3000
miles!  The 3-year warranty was a product of the 1970’s and the
Japanese Invasion!



 



John