TB 9-2300-295-15 17
and all other requirements of this Contract for a period of 15 months from date of acceptance, as shown on the Material
lnspection and Receiving Report (DD Form 250), or 12,000 miles road travel, whichever occurs first. provided however,
that on vehicles delivered by driveaway method, the 12.000-mile warranty will be in addition to the mileage accumulated
by driveway method. Additionally, to the extent AM General's suppliers provide to customers a greater warranty for the
supplies furnished herein, AM General hereby likewise provides such greater warranty to the Government.
3. ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WARRANTY
The engine is warranted for 100 percent parts and labor for vehicles located within the United States and
a.
Canada for a period of 24 months or 100,000 miles. whichever occurs first. The engine is warranted for 100 percent parts
and labor for vehicles located outside the United States and Canada for a period of 15 months or 100,000 miles, which-
ever occurs first.
b.
The transmission is warranted for 100 percent parts and labor for a period or 24 months or 50,000 miles.
whichever occurs first, and 100 percent parts and 50 percent labor for failures which occur between 50,000 and 100,000
miles during the 24-month period.
4. SAFETY RECALL. If a Safety Recall defect occurs during vehicle warranty period, AM General agrees to extend the
term of the warranty by a period of time equal to the time period required to make necessary safety defect correction
5. DEPOT STORAGE. If the Government. prior to placing vehicles in service, elects to place quantities of such newly
delivered vehicles in Government depot storage, AM General agrees that the time period of the warranty will not begin to
run for such stored vehicles until each vehicles is withdrawn from Government storage or until six months from date of
acceptance, whichever occurs first. The Government, prior to placing each new vehicle in storage and again at time of its
withdrawal, shall notify AM General thereof and identify each vehicle and its time in and out of storage. Vehicles desig-
nated as Production Samples shall be treated as vehicles placed in storage for warranty purposes.
Section III. SERVICE/WARRANTY PROCEDURES - M915 SERIES TRUCKS
1. AM General Corporation's warranty procedures are outlined herein as follows: If a warranty problem occurs, the Direct
Support/General Support Unit will determine how repairs may best be accomplished by use of one of the following procedures.
Warranty repairs shall be performed at AM General/Crane Carrier Corporation distributors and/or dealers. The
a.
Direct Support/General Support Unit may, at its discretion and in the interest of returning a vehicle to service immediately.
elect to perform warranty-eligilble repairs in its own repair facility and submit a clam for warranty reimbursement by com-
pleting the forms described in Section VII.
b.
In areas where AM General/Crane Carrier Corporation does not have drstributor/dealer representation, availability
or the capacity to perform warranty-eligilbe repairs within a 50.mile radius of the customer's location, AM General will
establish firm contract arrangements with a local heavy truck service facility to accomplish repairs under warranty as may be
required. The servicing facility will prepare and submit all required documentation to AM General for warranty reimbursement.
Where vehicles are located within a reasonable distance of distributors and/or dealers servicing major component
c.
product lines, use of these distributor/dealer service outlets will augment service facilities. AM General Corporation has
service agreements with the major vehicle component suppliers and by means of service bulletins, these respective suppliers'
distributor/dealer networks will be alerted to the existence of the AM General M915 Series trucks in the heavy truck population.
d.
Charges for labor performed by the Government will be borne by AM General, based on the prevailing hourly
rate for such services and the number of hours appearing in AM General's flat rate schedule or the Government's actual cost,
whichever is less. Reimbursement will be in the form of a check payable to the Treasurer of the United States, issued to the
reporting agency.
With respect to defective supplies, the warranty shall Include replacement of the failed part in kind by AM Gen-
e.
eral without cost to the Government.
2
