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TRW COMMERCIAL STEERING SYSTEMS
<br />800 HEATH STREET
<br />LAFAYETTE, INDIANA 47904
<br />PRODUCT WARRANTY
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<br />WARRANTY: The Commercial Steering Systems group of TRW, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "CSS", warrants that each new
<br />product supplied by CSS to its customer, when properly installed, used and maintained, shall be free from defect in material and
<br />workmanship for the period specified below:
<br />(A) CSS Product installed in New On -highway Motor Vehicle:
<br />Within twelve (12) months after date of delivery of such vehicle to the original retail purchaser, or before such vehicle has been
<br />driven one hundred thousand (100,000) miles, whichever event shall first occur.
<br />(B) CSS Product installed in New Agricultural, Turf, Industrial, or Construction Vehicles and Related Equipment:
<br />Within twelve (12) months after date of delivery of such vehicle/equipment to the original retail purchaser or before such
<br />vehicle/equipment has been operated for two thousand (2000) hours or fifty thousand (50,000) miles, whichever occurs first.
<br />(C) CSS Product installed in New End Product, Not Specifically Mentioned in Classifications (A) or (B) Above and All
<br />Other Off-Highway/Severe Applications:
<br />Within six (6) months after date of delivery of the original equipment manufacturer's end product to the original retail purchaser.
<br />II. REMEDY: Customer's sole remedy under the foregoing warranty is limited to correction by means of repair, replacement or issuance
<br />of credit, at the option of CSS, of any product which is:
<br />(A) Returned to CSS within the specified warranty time period, with prior notice to, and the written consent of, CSS, with
<br />transportation and handling charges prepaid, together with a statement describing the alleged defect, the part number, model
<br />number and application, and mileage or hours of use of such product; and
<br />(B) Upon examination, determined by CSS not to conform to the warranty.
<br />III. Any product which is repaired or replaced under this warranty will be returned to customer prepaid. Disposition of any product
<br />determined not to be covered by this warranty will be at the customer's expense.
<br />IV. CSS will not be liable for any repairs, replacements, or adjustments to any product or any cost of labor performed by or at the request
<br />of customer without the express prior written consent of CSS.
<br />V. EXCEPTIONS: The provision of this warranty shall not apply to any CSS product which is used for a purpose for which it is not
<br />designed, or which shall have been repaired or altered in any way, or which has been subject to misuse, negligence or accident,
<br />neglect of normal maintenance services, so as, in the judgement of CSS to adversely affect its performance and reliability. In no case
<br />will the CSS warranty exceed the standard published warranty of its customer in terms of time and/or distance. In all events, the CSS
<br />warranty will expire thirty (30) months after the date of manufacture as stamped on the Product. In the case of hydraulic equipment,
<br />operation with unapproved fluid or temperatures voids this warranty.
<br />VI. EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Customer's sole and exclusive remedy under the
<br />foregoing warranty shall be for the repair, replacement or issuance of credit with respect to a defective product, as set forth and
<br />described above. Other provisions hereof notwithstanding, CSS shall not be liable to Customer, or any successor in interest,
<br />beneficiary or assignee of Customer, based upon any claim against CSS, whether in contract, warranty, negligence, strict liability,
<br />indemnity or otherwise, for any special, consequential, incidental or other damages relating in any way to the design, manufacture,
<br />sale, installation or other use of any product purchased from CSS.
<br />VII. EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES: THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS THE EXCLUSIVE WARRANTY BY CSS AND IS
<br />IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER ORAL, WRITTEN, EX-
<br />PRESSED, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR
<br />FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
<br />TRW COMMERCIAL STEERING SYSTEMS Revised November2001
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