Thread: New Pajero not to be used off road

Not that I care but its a Pajero!!
Regards
Robbo

Dont they advertise them as capeable of winning Dakar, then driving to the shops?

Sounds look an arsehole dealer to me who wants to rob this bloke of his cash, i know a few jeep guys who have had warranty claims knocked back on their new JK thermo fans because they got wet.

Its a joke you buy an off roader surely its not unreasonable to think you can take it off road.

there are stories (urban myths?) around that say that Toyota applies similar rules to Pravdos, Klugers & RAVs...

ie. ..show any subfloor knocks or scrapes and there'll be no warranty ..

maybe this is just another urban myth?

I suspect that such issues are dealer specifi and that in general they are an urban myth happening very rarely.

Its amazing what happens when you don't have a factory team of mechanics following you around. Ah well, it is only a Mitsubishi.

AFAIK the dealer carries much of the cost of warranty and would want to reduce their expenses, so giving the impression that off-road activities are not included could be their strategy.

I would also assume that the dealer who made the statement was a metro dealer used to selling to school run mums. You could bet if a country dealer tried to make that claim to a farmer, the story would be around the district quicker that a rooster into the hen house and the dealers business would tank very quickly.

Yes, I would love to see someone (with more money than me) test that in court. I suspect, as mentioned above, that was a specific dealer. You would only have to present the Mitsubishi sales brochure as evidence.

I reckon one area they get you is wading depth for most 4x4 (including LR) - its usually only a piddly few hundred mm and they can sometimes prove that you took it deeper. I met a bloke who's A/C compressor failed and Nissan wouldn't fix under warranty because he had been deeper than the wading depth specified.

I had a LR dealer try and tell me my warranty was void because I had it serviced (as per the schedule) by a non-LR workshop. I asked him for the telephone number for Land Rover Aus......he then said he would fix the issue under warranty...never did get that number though.

The guy took it to consumer affairs under "the product not being fit for the designed purpose"