TB
55-1520-238-23-1
The contractor's responsibility for coverage of Resultant
c.
Failure/Damage shall be limited to repair of the failed warranted
"Primary and/or Secondary Components".
The contractor shall not be
liable for damage done through misuse or abuse by the government or
for
damage to or induced in other non-warranted parts.
5.
GOVERNMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES.
The contractor must be notified by AVSCOM in writing of any
a.
failure of any warranted component within ninety (90) days after
discovery of a failure.
in order to receive warranty coverage, the
government must deliver the reported warranty item(s) to the authorized
repair site within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the
discovery of the failure.
AVUM or AVIM maintenance will be performed by government
b.
personnel IAW published maintenance procedures (TMs, TBs, etc.,).
Such
maintenance does not void any coverage under warranty and is at
government expense, including parts and labor.
Alterations and\or modifications shall not be made unless
c.
expressly authorized or directed by the U.S. Army Aviation Systems
C o m m a n d (USAAVSCOM).
For all components covered under warranty, the government
d.
shall bear all transportation costs and liability for shipments to the
designated repair facility.
NULLIFICATION.
6.
The provisions
of the warranties, covered by this
publication, shall not apply to any
warranted item if failure has been
caused by:
a.
Improper
installation
or
maintenance.
b.
Operation contrary
to the TMs (or other written instructions
provided to and approved by
the government) in such a way as to induce
a failure.
Repair or
alteration
by
the
government
in
such
a
way
as
to
c.
induce a failure.
Misuse,
neglect,
or
accident.
d.
e.
Combat damage.
Foreign
object
damage.
f.
Test
program
damage.
g.
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