Montana · Resource details
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State requirements vary. Use the details below as a guide and consult the linked official sources for your situation.
Montana warranty reimbursement requirements
Parts and labor eligibility
- Labor reimbursement: Retail compensation.
- Parts reimbursement: Retail compensation.
- Labor-time provision: Dealer may choose the manufacturer’s guide or the guide used for nonwarranty work.
- Coverage: Recreational vehicles have separate compensation rules.
State requirements
- Maximum RO age: Repairs within 180 days before submission.
- Qualifying RO sample: All consecutive ROs containing 100 qualifying ROs.
- Alternative sample period: All ROs closed over 90 consecutive days.
- Sample selection rule: Whichever produces fewer ROs.
- Manufacturer response: 30 days for an evidence-backed objection to material errors.
- Rate effective date: 30 days after notice unless timely evidence-backed objection applies.
- Request frequency: Each rate once per 12 months.
Statutory exclusions
- Routine maintenance, except work performed in the course of and related to an otherwise qualified repair.
- Tire/wheel work.
- Specified third-party volume discounts.
- Manufacturer/distributor promotions and discounted campaigns.
- Dealer- or employee-owned vehicles.
- Accessory installations.
- Body repairs for collision, road-hazard, weather, vandalism, theft or other specified damage.
- Legally required safety or emissions inspections.
- Vehicle reconditioning.
- Wholesale parts.
- Aftermarket-part repairs.
- Manufacturer-approved goodwill or policy repairs.
Official sources
For informational purposes only; not legal advice. Requirements and manufacturer procedures may change.