Warranty period for news - how to get it correctly

Russian cars are trying to be in no way inferior to foreign ones. Lada is no exception. The manufacturer offers owners warranty service for all of their cars.

At the time of warranty, any malfunctions that have arisen on the Lada Vesta can be repaired at the official Lada service center. A specialist will look at the car at the service center. The defect analysis service will issue a conclusion on the Lada Vesta malfunctions and damage to parts of components and the need for repair work.

The Lada Vesta warranty is provided if the vehicle operation criteria are met. Improper operation will lead to breakdowns; they cannot be repaired under warranty; they arose due to the fault of the owner.

The terms of the warranty are such that owners must provide the service center with a complete set of documents to inspect the car. The use of high-quality components, fluids and fuel is considered mandatory. Owners of Lada Vesta are required to undergo a diagnostic examination on time.

How to use the guarantee

To take advantage of the Lada Vesta warranty, you need to bring your car to the service center of an official dealer with a set of papers.

Required papers:

— service ticket;

- service book;

— registration document;

- driver's license.

The owner provides transport for the necessary diagnostic work. All work is carried out by an engineer on site. If the car is not in working condition, it must be returned to the center. Employees will provide a tow truck or try to eliminate the cause on the spot.

If problems that arose during operation are confirmed, repair work is done at the expense of the organization.

If it is confirmed that the breakdown occurred as a result of the installation of low-quality spare parts, liquids or fuel, due to the fault of the owner, the center does not carry out work at its own expense.

Four types of technologies

A little about why zinc (Zn) protects steel - it is a non-ferrous metal, has a more negative potential and corrodes first (that is, when it collapses, it protects the coating underneath), and the protection works even when it is damaged or partially destroyed.

It becomes clear that the larger and thicker the zinc layer, the longer the car body is preserved and no corrosion occurs.

To apply particles of protective metal to the body, there are only four main technologies, I will list them from best to worst.

Hot method. When the fully assembled body is dipped into a bath filled with zinc. Moreover, the temperature stays around 460 – 500 degrees Celsius. The method is very expensive and costly. Used by expensive brands on luxury cars - PORSHE, VOLVO, now on some premium HYUNDAI, etc.

Galvanic method. The method consists in the process of deposition on the cathode (in our case, part of the body), positively charged particles (ions) of zinc from aqueous solutions (electrolytes). This technology works by passing a direct electric current through it. This is a less expensive and simpler technology, used by Mercedes, BMW, TOYOTA, Honda, Mitsubishi, KIA, etc.
Zinc metal. It is used mainly by KIA, on cars from the “C” class. This is a kind of plastic coating that consists of two layers.
Cold method. In essence, this is a kind of painting. A powder is applied to the body parts, which contains small particles of zinc powder. Used by many brands (Chevrolet, KIA, HYUNDAI, TOYOTA) including AVTOVAZ.

As you understand, VESTA is processed using the third technology; you choose where and in what volume to apply this layer.

This is where the disadvantages appear, namely the uniformity and thickness of the coating. It is also worth remembering that this layer is not 100% corrosion protection; it needs to be further strengthened.

See what kind of guarantee your competitors have

Warranty is the trump card of car manufacturers. Lada Vesta does not lag behind others in this regard and tries to get ahead of its rivals. Manufacturers say they want to extend this period to up to five years.

Among its rivals, the Kia Rio sedan stands out, which provides warranty service for five years, or 150,000 kilometers. Thanks to this, sales do not fall.

It boldly competes with the Vesta Hyundai Solaris with a warranty service of five years or 150,000 kilometers. The leaders are considered to be Volkswagen Polo and Renault Logan. They offer a two-year warranty service regardless of mileage. According to experts, these models are selling well.

Why do you need a service book?

A service book is a way to record all your actions; it is a kind of logbook. And this makes sense:

Reference material - technical inspection coupons in the title indicate the approximate mileage of the car at which you should contact a mechanic. Remember, these are not simple numbers, and every part in the car has a resource. The numbers written in the book are not a “joke”, but a recommendation from AvtoVAZ designers and manufacturers. Safety net - any failure of warranty repairs may initiate legal proceedings on your part. If you are sure that a production error occurred, you should give the matter resonance - somewhere the same people as you are using cars from this batch. Your Selling Advantage - When the time comes to sell your car, potential buyers will have a lot of doubts and questions about the car. When you give the buyer a service book to read, with all the marks, it will be a signal to him that the seller took good care of the car and was not lazy to contact those regarding warranty issues. When you think about a guarantee, open the first pages of this book - you should rely on this information.

Refusal of warranty repair

There are non-warranty situations when troubleshooting a car is impossible at the center’s expense.

The service does not repair damage resulting from:

improper care;
emergency situations;
intentional actions of a damaging nature;
unsuccessful attempts to repair and replace elements;
damage associated with the transportation of goods whose weight and dimensions exceeded the maximum permissible norm;
use of low-quality components, fuel, liquids;
Vesta underwent maintenance in other unlicensed services;
Damage due to natural phenomena: roses, hurricanes, floods.

If the Lada Vesta malfunctions are caused by any of the factors described, the owner is denied warranty repairs.

conclusions

The warranty period for the Lada Vesta car is only 3 years or 100 thousand kilometers. Compared to Korean and European competitors, this is very little, since most of them offer a warranty of 5 years or 150 thousand km. A 6-year warranty is provided only for body parts that must not have undergone through corrosion during this period.

In most cases, the manufacturer carries out service repairs without any problems and makes the necessary replacement of spare parts. The car owner is only required to undergo scheduled maintenance on time and use oils and other technical fluids recommended by AvtoVAZ. Many of the shortcomings that new Lada cars suffer from are corrected by official representatives free of charge.

Lada Vesta warranty period

The warranty period begins from the moment the vehicle is handed over to the owner. AvtoVAZ’s responsibilities include eliminating all vehicle problems that arise during use. It is the responsibility of the car owner to provide the car for inspection. The decision to troubleshoot problems is made after inspection of the vehicle by a specialist from the center. Repairs are carried out subject to the availability of the necessary documents.

Those who purchase a Lada Vesta car are provided with service for:
three years or one hundred thousand kilometers;

Shock absorption groups for trucks

Trucks, as well as cars, depending on their technical characteristics and type of purpose, belong to different depreciation groups, according to which their useful life is determined.

How does it depend on technical characteristics?

Depending on the type of truck and load capacity, freight vehicles are divided into the following depreciation groups:

trucks equipped with gasoline and diesel engines with a carrying capacity of up to 3.5 tons are included in the third depreciation group;
the fourth depreciation group includes general purpose trucks (dump trucks, tractors, vans, flatbed vehicles);
The fifth depreciation group includes cars with diesel and gasoline engines with a carrying capacity of 3.5 to 12 tons, cars with a carrying capacity of over 12 tons, as well as truck tractors and specialized vehicles (hydraulic lift trucks, garbage trucks).

The composition of depreciation groups was also slightly changed by the new government decree.

Deadlines by classification

According to the accepted Classification of fixed assets, the useful life of trucks is determined by their belonging to a certain depreciation group.

For the third depreciation group, the useful life is limited to 3-5 years.
For the fourth depreciation group, the useful life period is limited to 5-7 years from the moment the vehicle is put into operation.
Trucks belonging to the fifth group have a limited useful life of 7-10 years.

Knowledge of classes of cars and trucks, as well as new rules for accounting for the useful life of vehicles, will be useful not only in accounting, but also for private car owners.

For example, when determining the amount of taxation, insurance payments and determining the depreciation of a private car used in the work of organizations.

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Service for elements:

six years for all body parts against erosive damage;
three years and 50,000 kilometers for various spare parts;
24 months for components, in particular for batteries;
one year or 35,000 kilometers for system elements and gas supply processing, bearings.

A car from an official dealer receives reliability and quality. If all rules of use and care are followed, the service center will solve all problems that arise within three years.

First symptoms

At about the fifth thousand kilometers, the car periodically began to shift into first gear not very well. Everything worked as normal, but the switching was not smooth and was accompanied by vibration.

By the seventh thousand kilometers, the frequency of problems increased. The vibrations increased. Sometimes there was even a knocking sound under the bottom (as it turned out later, it was the muffler knocking). Most often, these problems arose in warm weather, after the car had completely warmed up.

The easiest way to make the car twitch was this:

Drive around town to let the car warm up
Stopped in traffic
Take your foot off the brake pedal (you can even press the gas a little)
A couple of seconds after starting to move, press the brake
Enjoying the indescribable sounds and twitching of the car

If you set off with a sharper press of the gas, then at first you managed to avoid this jerking. But by the eighth thousand kilometers, this stopped helping.

It was no longer possible to drive like this, so I turned to our dealer, the Forsazh car dealership (on Bukharestskaya).

About myths

Almost everything has been clarified, but again, many skeptics who are accustomed to saying that there is nothing good at AVTOVAZ can put forward some theses:

Foreign cars are made from fully galvanized sheets . Perhaps someone does this (in their barn in particular), but in most industries around the world such sheets are not used. They are soft (do not have the required strength), do not weld well (easily burn through), the cost of the body will go through the roof
The cold method is used only at AVTOVAZ . This is also not true, for example Chevrolet, KIA, HYUNDAI, TOYOTA, MITSUBISHI use it on many of their cars (even if they are of a budget class, but still). For example, CRUZE is covered worse than VESTA, it does not have sill treatment and some front power struts

The layer is so thick that it falls off . I really don’t understand who comes up with this idea. If you check with a micrometer, it turns out: the roof is about 105-125 microns, the doors are about 145 microns, the wings are 140 microns, the hood is 110 microns, the trunk lid is 120 microns. This is a complete “pie” that is applied to the steel. It is approximately the same as on many foreign cars of this class and nothing falls off on anyone.
Only VESTA is processed; other VAZs are not treated ! This is again a myth. Galvanization is applied to the following models: GRANTA (LIFTBACK) - fifth door, fenders (here is the bare minimum of galvanizing), KALINA2 - all external surfaces, except the hood, roof, front and rear side members (fender liners are needed here), PRIORA (since 2009) - everything except the roof, hood. X-RAY - everything outside, except the roof, VESTA - the entire external surface, with the bottom, sills and arches additionally treated with anti-gravel.

As you can see, a lot of things are far-fetched, now I’m providing you with a video version, let’s take a look.

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Purpose of the spare part

The part is an important component of the car exhaust system. It participates in the uniform distribution of exhaust gases removed. It reduces the load on the engine and reduces fuel consumption. Thanks to the operation of the corrugation, the service life of the engine and components of the waste product removal system increases. It has the ability to reduce the noise level when the car is moving and reduces vibration. Another important quality is the prevention of flange joint failure.

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