Operating Guide

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COMBINED EXHAUST AND
EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS
CONTROLS WARRANTY
STATEMENT
Your Warranty Rights and
Obligations
The California Air Resources Board (CARB), the
United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), and Caterpillar Inc. are pleased to
explain the emission control system warranty on
your 2017 model year small off-road engine/
equipment. In the United States and California,
new small off-road engine/equipments must be
designed, built, and equipped to meet stringent
emissions standards. Caterpillar must warrant
the emission control system on your small off-
road engine/equipment for the periods of time
listed below provided there has been no abuse,
neglect, or improper maintenance of your small
off-road engine/equipment.
Your emissions control system may include
parts such as the carburetor or fuel injection
system, the ignition system, catalytic converter,
fuel tanks, fuel lines, fuel caps, valves, canisters,
filters, vapor hoses, clamps, connectors, belts,
and other associated components.
Where a warrantable condition exists, Caterpillar
will repair your small off-road engine/equipment
at no cost to you including diagnosis, parts, and
labor.
Manufacturer’s Warranty Coverage
This emissions control system is warranted for
three years. If any emission-related part on your
small off-road engine/equipment is defective, the
part will be repaired or replaced by Caterpillar.
Owner’s Warranty Responsibilities
As the small off-road engine/equipment owner,
you are responsible for the performance of the
required maintenance listed in your owner's
manual. Caterpillar recommends that you retain
all receipts covering maintenance on your small
off-road engine/equipment, but Caterpillar
cannot deny warranty solely for the lack of
receipts or for your failure to ensure the
performance of all scheduled maintenance.
As the small off-road engine/equipment owner,
you should however be aware that Caterpillar
may deny you warranty coverage if your small
off-road engine/equipment or a part has failed
due to abuse, neglect, improper maintenance or
unapproved modifications.
You are responsible for presenting your small
off-road engine/equipment to a Caterpillar
distribution center as soon as a problem exists.
The warranty repairs should be completed in a
reasonable amount of time, not to exceed 30
days.
If you have any questions regarding your
warranty rights and responsibilities, you should
contact Caterpillar at 1-844-797-6387 or E-mail:
[e-mail].
Defects Warranty Requirements:
(a) The warranty period begins on the date the
engine/equipment is delivered to an ultimate
purchaser.
(b) General Emissions Warranty Coverage.
Caterpillar warrants to the ultimate
purchaser and each subsequent owner that
the engine/equipment is:
(1) Designed, built, and equipped so as to
conform with all applicable regulations
adopted by the Air Resources Board
(2) Free from defects in materials and
workmanship that causes the failure of a
warranted part for a period of three
years.
(c) The warranty on emissions-related parts
will be interpreted as follows:
(1) Any warranted part that is not scheduled
for replacement as required
maintenance in the written instructions
required by subsection (d) must be
warranted for the warranty period
defined in subsection (b)(2).
(2) Any warranted part that is scheduled
only for regular inspection in the written
instructions required by subsection (d)
must be warranted for the warranty
period defined in subsection (b)(2). A
statement in such written instructions to
the effect of “repair or replace as
necessary” will not reduce the period of
warranty coverage. Any such part
repaired or replaced under warranty
must be warranted for the remaining
warranty period.
(3) Any warranted part that is scheduled for
replacement as required maintenance in
the written instructions required by