Warranty
ABOUT YOUR WARRANTY
Only authorized service dealers may perform warranty repairs. Most warranty repairs are handled routinely, but sometimes
requests for warranty service may not be appropriate. For example, warranty service would not apply if equipment damage
occurred because of misuse, lack of routine maintenance, shipping, handling, warehousing, or improper installation.
Similarly, warranty coverage will not be provided if the manufacturing date or serial number(s) on the equipment has been
removed or the equipment has been altered or modified. During the warranty period, the authorized service dealership, at its
option, will repair or replace any part that, upon examination, is found to be defective under normal use and service.
This warranty does not cover repairs due to:
1. Normal wear and maintenance. Outdoor power equipment and engines, like all mechanical devices, need periodic parts
and service to perform well. This warranty does not cover repair when normal use has exhausted the life of a part or
the equipment. Typical wear items include engine oil, oil gauges, o-rings, filters, fuses, spark plugs, anti-freeze, starting
batteries, etc. Normal maintenance such as: adjustments, loose or leaking clamps or connections, installation or start-up
operations, fuel system cleaning and obstruction due to contamination.
2. Improper installation, operation, maintenance and storage. This warranty does not apply to equipment or parts that
have been subjected to improper or unauthorized installation, alteration and modification, abuse, misuse, negligence,
accident, overloading, overspeeding, improper maintenance, repair, or storage so as to adversely affect its performance
and reliability.
3. Surface rust or corrosion of the enclosure or complete rust-through that may result due to improper installation, damage
to painted surfaces that compromise the paint’s corrosion prevention properties, or installation in environments that
expose the generator to high levels of corrosive agents.
This warranty also does not cover:
1. Equipment used for prime power. For purposes of this warranty, prime power is defined as application of the generator
as a source of power where no electrical power service is available from a UTILITY POWER GRID. If no UTILITY power
is available, the generator is considered the prime power source.
2. Used, reconditioned, demonstration equipment, or rental equipment. Rental use means any use of this product in
a temporary or semi-permanently installed rental application. Once equipment has experienced rental use, it shall
thereafter be considered rental equipment for purposes of this warranty.
3. Equipment used in life support applications.
4. Failures due to acts of God and other force majeure events beyond the manufacturer’s control, such as, but not limited
to, freezing, theft, fire, collision, wars or riots, hail, water or flood damage, tornados, hurricanes, or terrorist acts.
5. Damage caused by the use of non-original parts, non-authorized installation, or service by unauthorized dealers.
6. Rodent and/or insect infestations.
7. Any and all expenses incurred to investigate performance complaints unless defective Briggs & Stratton materials and/
or workmanship were the direct cause.
8. The cost of rental equipment used while warranty repairs are being performed (such as generators, pumps, etc.)
80014952EN (Rev A)