STIHL Limited Warranty Time Periods

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Current Models	Personal, Family or Household Use	Professional Use
Chain Saws	1 year	90 days
Electric Chain Saws	1 year	90 days
Cut-Off Machines*	—	90 days
Boring Gears: BT 121, BT 45	2 years	2 years
Trimmers and Brushcutters, Clearing Saws, Edgers, Blowers and Sprayers, Hedge Trimmers, Pole Pruners, KM Series, Wet/Dry Vacuums and MM Series	2 years	2 years
Gearhead and interchangeable attachments	2 years	2 years

Limited Lifetime Clutch Warranty Coverage

All STIHL trimmer, brushcutter, clearing saw, HT tree pruner, KW powered sweeper, edger, KM and MM multi-tool machines, hedge trimmer, BT 45, BT 120, and BT 121 boring gears models purchased after January 1, 2000 come with centrifugal clutch shoes that are warranted for the life of the product while owned by the original retail purchaser. For any of these products sold to retail customers after January 1, 2000 STIHL will replace the defective centrifugal clutch shoe for as long as the original purchaser owns the product. This warranty covers the cost of parts and labor to replace the clutch shoes. This warranty is limited to all uses except rental use. The lifetime warranty applies to the centrifugal clutch shoes only or the clutch assembly if the clutch shoes are an integral part of the assembly. Clutch drums, clutch springs, mounting hubs, bearings, fasteners and clutch housing are not covered under the lifetime clutch warranty policy. Lifetime warranty coverage for the centrifugal clutch is to the original owner only and is non-transferable.

Limited Lifetime Drive Shaft Warranty Coverage

STIHL extends a limited lifetime warranty for all drive shafts used in STIHL trimmers, brushcutters, clearing saws, edgers, HT 100, HT 130, and HT 250 tree pruners (HT 73, HT 75, HT 101, HT 131 tree pruners are excluded) KW model powered sweepers, extended length HL model hedge trimmers, KM and FS split shaft STIHL KombiSystem multi0tool machines (including KM and FS attachments), and MM multi-tool machines. For any of these products sold to retail customers after July 1, 1995 STIHL will replace any defective drive shaft for as long as the original retail purchaser owns the product. This warranty covers the cost of parts and labor to replace the drive shaft. This warranty is limited to all uses except rental use. Only the machine’s drive shaft carries a limited lifetime warranty. Drive shaft housing, tubes, liners, supports, couplers, bearings and bushings are subject to the normal warranty time periods of the machine. Lifetime warranty coverage for the drive shaft is to the original owner only and is non-transferable. All STIHL products are warranted for 60 days when product is used for rental purposes. All STIHL model PA axes, PH hedge shears. PL loppers, PP pruners and PS pruning saws are warranted against defective material or workmanship for the life of the product while owned by the original purchaser (other than for purposes of resale) when used for all applications.

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All STIHL products are warranted for 60 days when product is used for rental purposes.

All STIHL model PA axes, PH hedge shears, PL loppers, PP pruners and PS pruning saws are warranted against defective material or workmanship for the life of the product while owned by the original purchaser (other than for purposes of resale) when used for all applications.

STIHL products sold through U.S. Dealers are for distribution in the United States only.