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# Subaru Certified Pre-Owned: When the 7 Years Actually Start

> Subaru certified pre-owned from Subaru's own papers: the 7-year/100,000-mile plan runs from the original start date, the 152-point checklist, and the gaps.

*Used Car Buying · 21 min read · 4,734 words*

## The short version

- Subaru Certified Pre-Owned is one program with one tier. Subaru says every certified car gets a 152-point inspection, a factory-backed 7-year/100,000-mile powertrain vehicle service agreement with a $0 deductible, 24/7 roadside assistance and a CARFAX report.
- The 7 years and 100,000 miles are counted from the car’s original warranty start date, not from the day you buy it. Subaru says so in a footnote on its certified page. A certified Subaru bought at 5 years old has at most 2 years of that cover left. That subtraction is our arithmetic.
- The certified cover is not a warranty in Subaru’s own words. It is a service agreement Subaru calls the Powertrain Coverage Plan, and its brochure lists the scope as engine, transaxle and differential components.
- Subaru’s checklist says a car does not qualify if it has warranty coverage exclusions, a title that is not clean, a retail disclosure, or any performance modification.
- Subaru prints no age or mileage limit for certification, no transfer rule for the plan and no price on any page we read. Ask the dealer to put the car’s original warranty start date in writing.
- The plan can be upgraded to Added Security Gold Plus for up to 10 years from the original warranty start date. The upgrade is sold, not included.

Subaru certified pre-owned means a used Subaru that a Subaru retailer has inspected against Subaru’s 152-point checklist and sold with Subaru’s Powertrain Coverage Plan: 7 years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first, counted from the date the car’s original factory warranty started. There is one certified level, not tiers. The detail that decides what you actually get is that start date. An older certified car keeps less of the 7 years, and a higher-mileage one less of the 100,000 miles. This page reads Subaru’s certified page, both editions of its inspection checklist and its Added Security brochure, all on 30 September 2026.

**Figure: The older the certified Subaru, the less of the 7 years is left**

Horizontal bars of the most years of Subaru's certified powertrain plan left at purchase, by the car's age counted from its original warranty start date. The plan ends 7 years after that date or at 100,000 miles, whichever comes first.

Most years of Subaru's certified powertrain plan left at purchase, by age from the original warranty start date. The plan ends 7 years after that date or at 100,000 miles, whichever comes first, so mileage can end it sooner. Terms from subaru.com's Certified Pre-Owned page, read 30 September 2026; the subtraction is our arithmetic.

## One program, no tiers: what Subaru certifies

Subaru’s [certified pre-owned page](https://www.subaru.com/vehicle-info/certified-pre-owned.html) is headed “Built to Last: Subaru Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles”. It doesn’t split certified cars into levels with different coverage. Every certified Subaru is sold under the same terms. The page lists five “Key Highlights”:

- 152-point safety inspection
- Factory-backed powertrain vehicle service agreement
- 24/7 roadside assistance
- Vehicle history report included
- Optional extended coverage plan available

Subaru opens the page with a durability claim: “97% of Subaru vehicles sold in the last 10 years are still on the road today.” The page gives no source or method for that figure, so treat it as Subaru’s marketing, not as a measured survival rate. It says its retailers have certified stock “including our popular Outback, Forester, Crosstrek and Ascent models”. It doesn’t say any model is excluded.

Certification is done and sold by Subaru retailers, which are independent businesses. Subaru of America sets the checklist and backs the powertrain plan. The retailer does the inspection, the reconditioning and the pricing. Subaru’s site-wide legal note says retailers “are independent businesses and are free to set their own retail prices”, and nothing on the certified page names a price or a certification fee.

## Which Subarus qualify, and what Subaru doesn’t say

Here is the first gap. Subaru doesn’t print an age limit or a mileage limit for certification on any page we read: not the certified page, not either edition of the inspection checklist, not the Added Security page or brochure, and not the special-offers page. The checklist has boxes for the model year, the mileage and the original warranty start date, but states no ceiling for any of them.

Dealer websites and third-party guides quote age and mileage limits for Subaru certification. They aren’t Subaru documents and we haven’t used them. If a limit matters to your decision, ask the retailer where it comes from.

What Subaru does print are the things that disqualify a car. Each of these is written on the current checklist as a stop:

**What rules a Subaru out of certification, per Subaru’s checklist (form MSA6P1304 06/25, read 30 September 2026)**

| Check | What the checklist says |
| --- | --- |
| Warranty coverage inquiry | “if there are warranty coverage exclusions, vehicle is not qualified as a Subaru Certified Pre-Owned.” |
| Title and history | A Carfax report must be attached and show a clean title (“no total loss, Lemon Law, etc.”). “if not a clean title, or if being sold with a retail disclosure, it does not qualify”. |
| Performance modifications | “ANY PERFOMANCE MODIFICATIONS DISQUALIFIES THE VEHICLE FROM CPO” (Subaru’s spelling). |
| Other non-factory parts | The car must be returned to stock. “Any modifications that cannot be returned to stock disqualify the vehicle.” |
| California turbo models | Calibration numbers from Subaru’s Techline must match. “If ‘no’ stop here. Vehicle cannot be certified.” |

The warranty coverage inquiry is the check buyers rarely hear about. Subaru’s form doesn’t say what puts an exclusion on a car’s record, only that such a car can’t be certified. The retailer runs the inquiry. You can’t, so ask whether it was run and what it returned.

A clean title rule also means certification is one of the simpler filters against branded-title cars. A salvage, rebuilt or lemon-law buyback history should keep a Subaru out of the program. If you are looking at uncertified cars as well, our guide to [what a salvage title means](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/what-is-a-salvage-title/) covers what those brands tell you.

## When the 7 years and 100,000 miles start, and when they end

This is the part of Subaru’s program most worth reading slowly. The certified page says “Factory-backed 7-year/100,000-mile powertrain vehicle service agreement”, and a footnote attached to that line reads: “Extended powertrain coverage from original warranty start date.” The Added Security brochure says the same about the Gold Plus upgrade: “From vehicle’s original warranty start date.”

The original warranty start date is not the day the car was built or its model year. Subaru’s 2024 warranty booklet says factory coverage “begins on the date the vehicle is delivered to the first retail purchaser”, or, for a demonstrator or company car, the date it was first placed in that service. The certified plan runs from the same date. So the clock started when the first owner took delivery, and the time the car has already spent on the road comes off your 7 years.

Read that way, the plan ends 7 years after the original warranty start date or when the odometer reaches 100,000 miles, whichever comes first. Subaru says its Added Security plan terms are “calculated from the start of the factory warranty and at 0 miles”, which is why we read the 100,000 miles as a total odometer reading and not as 100,000 more miles from your purchase. The certified page itself doesn’t spell out the mileage side, so confirm it on the application for coverage the retailer gives you.

**Most of the 7 years a certified Subaru can have left, by its age at purchase (our arithmetic from Subaru’s terms)**

| Age at purchase, counted from original warranty start | Plan ends by time | Years left at most |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 year | 7 years after start | 6 |
| 2 years | 7 years after start | 5 |
| 3 years | 7 years after start | 4 |
| 4 years | 7 years after start | 3 |
| 5 years | 7 years after start | 2 |
| 6 years | 7 years after start | 1 |

The same logic applies to miles. On our reading, a car bought with 20,000 miles on it can have at most 80,000 miles of the plan left. At 40,000 miles, at most 60,000. At 60,000 miles, at most 40,000. At 75,000 miles, at most 25,000. Those are subtractions from Subaru’s 100,000-mile end point, so they are our arithmetic, and each is a ceiling: the 7-year date ends the plan first if it comes sooner.

Put the two together and you can see why two certified Subarus on the same lot can carry very different amounts of cover. A two-year-old car with 20,000 miles has up to 5 years or up to 80,000 miles left, whichever runs out first. A five-year-old car with 75,000 miles has up to 2 years or up to 25,000 miles left. Both are sold as “7-year/100,000-mile” certified cars.

**Ask for the original warranty start date before you negotiate.** Subaru’s checklist has a box for it, so the retailer has it. Without it you can’t work out when the certified plan ends, and a model year only tells you roughly. A car sold late in its model year, or kept as a demonstrator, can have a start date well away from what the badge suggests.

## What the factory warranty still adds

A certified Subaru may still be inside its original factory warranty, and that cover runs alongside the certified plan. Subaru’s 2024 Warranty & Maintenance Booklet, the newest it publishes on subaru.com, lists these terms. We read them for our [Subaru extended warranty guide](https://baronauto1.com/financing/subaru-extended-warranty/) and reuse them here.

**Where each Subaru coverage ends, all counted from the original warranty start date**

| Coverage | Ends at, whichever comes first | What it covers, per Subaru | Worked example: start in 2021 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New Vehicle Limited Warranty (factory) | 3 years or 36,000 miles | Basic cover; subject to its exclusions, the entire vehicle | Ended by 2024 at the latest |
| Powertrain Limited Warranty (factory) | 5 years or 60,000 miles | The major powertrain components the booklet lists | Ends by 2026 at the latest |
| Certified Powertrain Coverage Plan | 7 years or 100,000 miles | Engine, transaxle and differential components (brochure) | Ends by 2028 at the latest |
| Gold Plus upgrade (optional, sold) | Up to 10 years | Everything but a short list of maintenance items and body parts | Could run to 2031 at the latest |

The example column is our arithmetic for a car whose original warranty started in 2021: 3, 5, 7 and 10 years on. Mileage can end each one sooner. The Gold Plus line gives the brochure’s “up to 10 years” only; the certified pages we read don’t print the upgrade’s mileage limit.

Compared by end points, the certified plan moves the powertrain end date from 5 years to 7 years after the start, and the odometer end point from 60,000 to 100,000 miles. That is 2 years and 40,000 miles later, by our arithmetic. It isn’t 2 years and 40,000 miles of extra cover for every car. A car bought at 5 years old with 20,000 miles has at most 2 years left, and would need to cover up to 80,000 miles in that time to reach the odometer end, so the date ends it. A car bought at 3 years old with 75,000 miles has at most 25,000 miles left; if it covers those in under 4 years, the odometer ends it first.

The factory basic warranty matters more than the plan in the first 3 years or 36,000 miles, whichever ends first. Inside that window, a certified Subaru is covered bumper to bumper by the factory, with the booklet’s exclusions. Outside it, the certified plan covers the powertrain only.

The factory booklet also says who gets the factory warranty: “Every owner of the vehicle during the warranty period shall be entitled to the benefits of these warranties.” It asks a new owner to tell Subaru of America about the change in writing. That is worth doing when you buy any used Subaru.

## The 152-point inspection, as the checklist prints it

Subaru says “Every Subaru Certified Pre-Owned vehicle undergoes a 152-point safety inspection, with any item repaired or replaced if it doesn’t meet Subaru standards.” The certified page links the checklist as “Download 152-Point Checklist”. The file served is named “Updated April 2026” and printed as form MSA6P1304, dated 06/25, © 2025 Subaru of America.

We read both editions Subaru still serves. The 2014 form numbers its items, and the last number is 152. The current form keeps the 152-point name but doesn’t number anything. As served, it carries 169 check-box lines by our count, which is 17 more than 152. One line, the tread-depth check, is printed twice. 19 lines are marked “(WA)”, where applicable, and 6 more are three-box lines for electric, hybrid and charging-port items. That leaves 144 lines that apply to every car, by our count. Some lines hold more than one check, so no line count maps neatly to 152 points.

The form walks through the car in this order: paperwork and recalls, keys and booklets, history and title, modifications and maintenance, hybrid-only items, tires, exterior, interior, the engine bay with the engine cold, the underside on a lift, a road test and a post-road-test check, and then detailing. The items with numbers attached are the ones you can check yourself:

- **Tires.** “Tires have at least 5/32″ tread left”, and “same size, tread, manufacturer on all four”, meeting the original speed and load rating.
- **Brake pads.** “Brake pads (50% or more left on pad)”, with rotors and calipers checked against specification.
- **Paint.** “No chips larger than 1/4″, no more than two chips (any size) per panel”. Scratches through to primer must be repaired, and the form checks for scratches exceeding 1″.
- **Dents.** “Ding/dent free (none greater than 1/2″ per body panel)”.
- **Glass.** Windshield with no chips or cracks, and side and rear glass crack and chip free.
- **Wipers.** “Replace all wiper blades when odometer is > 10,000 miles”.
- **Puncture kit.** Where fitted, it “must be less than 3 years old”.
- **Keys.** Two sets of keys or remotes, the owner’s kit and the Warranty and Maintenance Booklet in the glove box. Missing items are ordered and dated on the form.
- **Battery.** A Midtronics battery test. For electric models, “Test charging capability of EV battery, minimum requirement is 70%”.

**Figure: Annotated photograph**

Two numbered callouts over the photograph mark the exhaust tailpipe and the painted bodywork, both outside the scope of Subaru's certified powertrain plan.

Subaru's certified cover is a powertrain service agreement. Its brochure says it includes engine, transaxle and differential components, so the exhaust (callout 1) and the body and paint (callout 2) fall outside it. For wider cover, Subaru sells an upgrade to Gold Plus.

Two lines deal with maintenance and privacy. The current form says the nearest scheduled service “must be performed if within 3 months of 2,500 miles of service interval or if no record of service exists.” The 2014 form reads “3 months or 2500 miles”, which is clearer. Either way, if the car was close to a service, or its history shows none, the retailer should have done it, and you can ask for the repair order. The post-road-test section also requires the retailer to “Reset infotainment/multimedia systems (remove digital keys, clear out previous customer settings, etc.)”.

The road test checks the transmission and its warning lights, steering, brakes, cruise control and, where fitted, the EyeSight system. The form ends with a rule for every failed item: “Any items with a checked red must be repaired/replaced prior to this vehicle being offered as a Subaru Certified Pre-Owned. Attach the related repair order documenting repairs(s)/replacement(s).” A Subaru-trained technician and the service manager both sign it.

The checklist is a retailer’s inspection, not an independent one. It doesn’t replace your own look at the car, and a certified car can still be worth a [pre-purchase inspection](https://baronauto1.com/buying-guides/used-car-pre-purchase-inspection/) by a mechanic who isn’t selling it, especially if the certified plan has little time left.

## What the certified powertrain plan covers

Subaru’s certified page calls the cover a “powertrain vehicle service agreement”. The Added Security brochure names it: “all Subaru Certified Pre-Owned vehicles come with our Powertrain Coverage Plan, which can be upgraded to the Gold Plus Plan for up to 10 years.” On its powertrain page the brochure says: “Powertrain coverage is offered on every Subaru CPO vehicle. This coverage includes engine, transaxle and differential components.” That page is marked “For illustration purposes only.”

The distinction between a warranty and a service agreement has practical weight. A limited warranty is part of what you buy with the car. A service agreement is a separate contract, and its terms are whatever that contract says. The FTC’s consumer guidance on auto warranties and service contracts draws the same line. Subaru doesn’t publish the Powertrain Coverage Plan contract, so the only full statement of your cover is the paperwork the retailer hands you, which the checklist calls “the application for coverage”.

What the brochure does say about Added Security plans in general, the Powertrain Coverage Plan included, is that “if a covered component breaks, our certified Subaru technicians will fix it using only new or remanufactured Genuine Subaru Parts.” The brochure also calls Added Security “the only mechanical breakdown coverage backed by Subaru of America, Inc.”

### Deductible, transfer and who stands behind it

**Deductible.** The certified page prints “$0 deductible” next to the powertrain plan, with a footnote: “No deductible applies to standard security plans only.” Subaru doesn’t define “standard security plans” on the page. The plain reading is that the included certified plan has no deductible, and that an optional plan you buy may have one. Our [Subaru extended warranty guide](https://baronauto1.com/financing/subaru-extended-warranty/) covers the deductible options Added Security offers.

**Transfer.** Subaru’s certified page and checklist don’t say whether the certified powertrain plan passes to a later owner, or at what cost. The Added Security page says remaining Added Security coverage can be transferred to another private owner within 30 days of purchase for a service fee it doesn’t state. Whether that rule covers the included certified plan isn’t printed, so if you might sell the car inside 7 years, ask the retailer to show you the transfer clause on your application.

**Who backs it.** Subaru calls the plan “factory-backed”, and says Added Security is backed by Subaru of America. The factory warranty booklet says the warranties apply only if the car was sold to its first retail buyer by an authorised Subaru retailer in the United States, and that repairs must be done by an authorised Subaru retailer in the United States. For a certified car, that means repairs go through Subaru retailers.

## Roadside, history report, trials and the coupon

Subaru’s “Why Choose Subaru Certified Pre-Owned?” list names these extras. What each one prints about its terms is limited:

- **24/7 roadside assistance.** The page lists it. It doesn’t say for how long, or what services it includes.
- **CARFAX vehicle history report.** Included. The checklist requires it to be attached and to show a clean title.
- **SiriusXM 3-month trial subscription.** Subaru’s footnote says “Trial length and service availability may vary by model, model year or trim.” It also says the service “will automatically stop at the end of your trial unless you decide to subscribe.”
- **One-year trial subscription to MySubaru**, with the MySubaru Safety Package with Automatic Collision Notification. The footnote says it is “Standard on vehicles equipped with MySubaru Connected Services”, so a car without that equipment doesn’t get it.
- **$500 Owner Loyalty Coupon.** The only footnote is “See your Subaru retailer for complete details.” Subaru doesn’t print what the coupon can be used for or when it expires. Ask for it in writing.
- **Special finance rates.** Subaru’s certified and offers pages advertise certified financing offers for well-qualified buyers on select model years, each with a delivery deadline. These offers change often, so we don’t quote them. Check the current offer and its end date on subaru.com before you sign.

The page also offers a certified brochure, “available for current model and previous five models”. It is sent through a request form that asks for personal details, which we didn’t fill in, so its contents aren’t part of this page.

## What Subaru certification does not cover

The certified plan’s printed scope is the powertrain: engine, transaxle and differential components. Parts outside that list aren’t named, and the brochure itself separates them out. It describes the Classic plan as adding cooling and fuel, steering, suspension, brakes, electrical systems and air conditioning to the powertrain list, and Gold Plus as covering “virtually every other part” including EyeSight. Those are plans you buy. With only the certified plan, once the factory basic warranty has ended, expect to pay for:

- Steering, suspension, brakes, air conditioning and most electrical parts.
- Driver-assist and infotainment electronics, including EyeSight.
- Wear items. The factory wear-item cover for brake linings, clutch linings and wiper blades ends at 3 years or 36,000 miles.
- Anything the contract excludes. Subaru doesn’t publish the contract, so you can only read the exclusions on your own paperwork.

Certification also doesn’t cover the time the car has already used up. A certified Subaru bought at 6 years old has at most a year of the plan left, by our arithmetic, and if its original warranty started more than 7 years before you buy, there is nothing left on the calendar at all. Subaru doesn’t print an age limit that would stop that.

**Certification doesn’t fix the price.** Subaru prints no certification fee and no price for the Gold Plus upgrade. What a certified car costs over an uncertified one, and what the upgrade costs, is set by the retailer. Compare the certified price with uncertified Subarus of similar age and miles before you decide the plan is worth it.

## How to check a Subaru is really certified

Subaru has no public lookup that confirms a VIN is certified. The checklist tells you what paperwork you should leave with. Its customer signature line reads: “I acknowledge that I have received a copy of both pages of this 152-Point Inspection Check Sheet, the Carfax History Report, the application for coverage, and received and reviewed both pages of this form.”

- **The completed checklist, both pages.** The top section should show the VIN, mileage, model year and original warranty start date, and the technician and service manager signatures should be filled in.
- **The application for coverage.** This is your certified plan. Check that it names the Powertrain Coverage Plan and the same VIN, and read the end date and mileage on it.
- **The Carfax report.** It should show a clean title. The checklist says a car that doesn’t can’t be certified.
- **Repair orders.** Anything marked red on the checklist had to be repaired, with the repair order attached.
- **The VIN on the car.** The checklist requires all VIN plates, on the dashboard and B-pillar, to match. Check them against the paperwork. Our [Subaru VIN lookup guide](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/subaru-vin-lookup/) explains what the characters mean.
- **Open recalls.** The checklist says to complete any open recalls and campaigns. Check the VIN on NHTSA’s recall search before you buy.

If a seller calls a car “certified” and can’t produce the checklist and the application for coverage, treat it as a dealer’s own label rather than Subaru’s program until they can.

## Certified, ordinary used, or new

**Certified against an uncertified used Subaru of the same age.** Certification adds a documented retailer inspection against Subaru’s checklist, a clean-title and modification screen, a powertrain plan to 7 years or 100,000 miles from the original start, and the extras above. How much the plan adds depends on the start date and the odometer. For a car still inside its factory powertrain warranty, the plan moves the end point from 5 years or 60,000 miles to 7 years or 100,000 miles. The factory warranty already transfers to every owner inside its term, so an uncertified car of the same age keeps that part. A clean uncertified car with an independent inspection and a history report you have read gets you part of the way, without the plan.

**Certified against new.** A new Subaru starts every term at zero: 3 years or 36,000 miles of basic cover, 5 years or 60,000 miles of powertrain cover, from your own delivery date. A certified car starts partway through the same clock. Certified cover is narrower after the basic warranty ends, but the car costs less. Which matters more depends on how long you keep the car and how far you drive.

**The Gold Plus upgrade.** Subaru’s certified page pitches it directly: “If you want protection above and beyond your standard CPO Powertrain coverage, upgrade to Subaru Added Security.” It can run up to 10 years from the original start, which is 3 years past the certified plan’s end date, by our arithmetic. We cover its terms, benefits and printed exclusions in the [Subaru extended warranty guide](https://baronauto1.com/financing/subaru-extended-warranty/), and whether any plan like it tends to pay off in [is an extended warranty worth it](https://baronauto1.com/financing/is-an-extended-warranty-worth-it/) and [what an extended car warranty costs](https://baronauto1.com/financing/extended-car-warranty-cost/). For how Subaru’s program sits among other makers’, see our [certified pre-owned guide](https://baronauto1.com/buying-guides/certified-pre-owned/).

## Before you sign: a certified Subaru checklist

- **Get the original warranty start date.** Work out when the plan ends: 7 years after that date or 100,000 miles on the odometer, whichever comes first.
- **Read the application for coverage.** Confirm it names the Powertrain Coverage Plan, the VIN, the end date and the mileage limit.
- **Ask about the coverage inquiry.** Subaru’s form says a car with warranty coverage exclusions can’t be certified.
- **Take both pages of the checklist.** Check the signatures and look for items marked red and their repair orders.
- **Check the tires and pads yourself.** At least 5/32″ of tread on four matching tires, and pads with 50% or more left.
- **Look at the paint and panels.** No more than two chips per panel, none larger than 1/4″, and no dents larger than 1/2″.
- **Ask for the maintenance record.** If a service was near, the form says it should have been done.
- **Get the coupon terms and roadside terms in writing.** Subaru’s page prints neither.
- **Price the upgrade separately.** Gold Plus is optional and priced by the retailer. Decide on the car first.
- **Check the finance offer’s end date.** Subaru’s certified offers carry a delivery deadline.

## Common questions

### Is Subaru certified pre-owned worth it?

It depends on the car’s start date and odometer. The certified plan runs to 7 years or 100,000 miles from the original warranty start, so a young, low-mileage car keeps most of it, and a car bought at 5 or 6 years old keeps at most 2 years or 1 year. The inspection, clean-title screen and $0 deductible add value either way. Compare the certified price with similar uncertified cars and set it against the cover you would actually get.

### What does the Subaru CPO warranty cover?

Subaru calls it a powertrain vehicle service agreement, the Powertrain Coverage Plan. Its brochure says it covers engine, transaxle and differential components. Anything else is covered only by what is left of the factory warranty, or by an Added Security plan you buy.

### When does the Subaru certified warranty start?

From the car’s original warranty start date, according to Subaru’s footnote. That is normally the day the first owner took delivery. It doesn’t restart when you buy the car.

### How many points is the Subaru CPO inspection?

Subaru says 152. The 2014 checklist numbers 152 items. The current form isn’t numbered and carries 169 check-box lines by our count, including 19 marked where applicable and one printed twice.

### What are the Subaru certified pre-owned requirements?

Subaru doesn’t publish an age or mileage limit on the pages we read. Its checklist rules a car out for warranty coverage exclusions, a title that isn’t clean, a retail disclosure, performance modifications, or modifications that can’t be returned to stock, and requires the car to pass the inspection with failed items repaired.

### Does the Subaru CPO warranty have a deductible, and is it transferable?

Subaru’s page says $0 deductible, with a footnote limiting that to “standard security plans”. It doesn’t say whether the certified plan transfers. Added Security plans transfer to a private buyer within 30 days for a fee, according to the Added Security page; ask whether that applies to your certified plan.

## Sources and further reading

- [FTC: a businessperson’s guide to federal warranty law](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/businesspersons-guide-federal-warranty-law)
- [15 U.S.C. § 2301 (Magnuson-Moss definitions)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/2301)
- [FTC: auto service contracts and warranties](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/auto-warranties-and-auto-service-contracts)

Recall, complaint and safety-rating figures on this page were retrieved from the federal databases above on August 19, 2026. Federal data changes — re-check any VIN before you rely on it.

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