Yamaha Outboard Warranty - Will Doing My Own Maintenance Void It?

Will doing my own maintenance void my Yamaha outboard warranty? The short answer is, no. Your Yamaha warranty will not be voided if you perform your own maintenance. But, you do need to understand the difference between maintenance and warranty service work.

Your maintenance can be done by you or anyone you authorize to do it. Actually, if an issue arises from the lack of proper maintenance or service, your warranty will not support that issue.

We strongly advise that you review your owner’s manual maintenance chart or online maintenance schedules to plan the maintenance that needs to be done. However, some procedures should be done by your authorized Yamaha dealership, such as checking valve clearance and inspecting a timing belt.

If you perform your own maintenance, please remember to help protect the environment by properly disposing of oil and other engine fluids. Also, if you need help finding the right Yamaha outboard parts or Yamaha maintenance kit for your specific engine, check out our Yamaha Outboard Parts Library.

Yamaha Warranty Work Is Absolutely Another Story

While maintenance work can be performed by you or anyone you hire to do the job, only a Yamaha dealer can perform service work covered under your Yamaha limited or extended warranty.

All Yamaha 4-stroke Yamaha outboards for pleasure use come with a limited 3-year warranty. Additionally, Yamaha offers extended warranties through their Y.E.S. extended warranty plans. Like limited warranty work, extended warranty service work must be performed by a Yamaha dealer.

How Much Time Is Left on Your Yamaha Warranty?

When you purchased your new engine, the Yamaha Dealer filled out the warranty information and Yamaha should have sent you a Factory Warranty Card. Warranty coverage is found on the back of your dealer manual But, if at any time you want to know how much time you have left on your warranty, call the Yamaha Outboard Customer Support line at (866) 894-1626. They will need your Primary Identification Number (PID). If you don’t have your warranty card, you can find the PID number on the port side of your engine.

Additionally, your PID number is all you need if you have a problem covered by your warranty.

Proper Yamaha maintenance requires genuine Yamaha outboard parts and products – PartsVu is happy to help.

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Source: Yamaha FAQs