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I think something similar applies in many parts of the world, _but_ I also think that the response from the OEMs is basically "fight the warranty claims hard when there is third party service involved, and just honor the warranty with a smile otherwise". Basically malicious compliance is what they have to resort to. And as a car owner I'm lazy and afraid of conflict. So I happily pay X% more for the service to get th…
the couple times I ran into this, I basically just threatened them with legal action & they relented
I’d happily pay $500/yr more for service to not even have to consider that