KKK-B-1579B
of 12 months and 15 months for vehicles outside the contiguous (48) United States and District
of Columbia from date of acceptance*, or 12,000 miles of operation, exclusive of any authorized
accumulated driveaway mileage, whichever occurs first. Engine and power train components
(as covered by the vehicle manufacturer's standard warranty to the general public for the current
year of manufacture) shall be warranted at 50 percent of the normal charge for parts and labor
imposed by the dealer or other authorized facility from 12,001 to 50,000 miles, provided this
occurs within the United States, and the District of Columbia. However, if the contractor
receives from any supplier or subcontractor additional warranty on the whole or any component
of the vehicle, in the form of time and/or mileage, including any pro rata arrangements, or the
contractor generally extends to his commercial customers a greater or extended warranty
coverage, the Government shall receive corresponding warranty benefits.
*The warranty begins when the Government accepts the vehicle from the contractor FOB point
or origin/destination.
6.5.2 Domestic use. When vehicles are used within the fifty states of the United States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, the warranty shall include the
furnishing, without cost to the Government (FOB contractor's nearest dealer or branch to
vehicle's location or station), new parts and assemblies to replace any that failed or
malfunctioned within the warranty period. In addition, when the Government elects to have the
work performed at the contractor's plant, branch, dealer, or with the contractor's approval: (i) to
correct the supplies itself or (ii) to have them corrected by a commercial garage facility, the cost
of the labor involved in the replacement of the failed or malfunctioned parts or assemblies shall
be borne by the contractor.
6.5.3 Foreign use. When vehicles are used outside the fifty States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, the warranty shall include the
furnishing of new parts or assemblies to replace any returned to the contractor by the
Government which failed or malfunctioned within the warranty period. The replacement parts or
assemblies shall be delivered by the contractor to the port of embarkation in the United States
designated by the Government. The contractor shall not be required to bear the cost of the labor
involved in correcting defects in vehicles operated in foreign countries.
6.5.4 Warranty exceptions. Unless within the additional coverage under 6.5.1, the
following items are considered normal maintenance and repair for which the contractor need not
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