The Auto care and tire
Confidence Warranty
Traveling or After Hours: If you need warranty service while traveling or when our shop is closed, call the phone number listed on your warranty brochure before authorizing any repairs. Your warranty provider will guide you through the next steps.
Authorized Repairs: Your warranty provider will help coordinate with an authorized repair facility to ensure your vehicle is serviced properly.
Why Choose the Clutch Confidence Warranty?
Get more peace of mind with 3 years or 36,000 miles of nationwide protection. Auto care and tire stands behind its workmanship and qualifying parts, giving customers confidence that their repair is backed long after they leave the shop.
With a Standard Shop
Your warranty often expires before you even finish your first year of driving.
With Clutch Automotive
You are protected for the entire lifespan of the part’s expected peak performance. If a defect appears in year two or three, you don't pay a cent.
How the Warranty Works
We’ve made the claims process as simple as possible so you can get back on the road.
If You Are Near An Auto Care And Tire Location:
Return to Us: Bring your vehicle back to any Auto Care And Tire Location shop.
Documentation: Please present your original repair order. If you can’t find it, don’t worry—our internal digital records will be used to verify your eligibility.
Our Promise: We will remedy the issue by repairing the failed component, replacing it, or refunding the balance of the original repair cost.
If You Are Traveling (Nationwide Coverage):
Call First: If you are far from auto care and tire location and need warranty service, you must call 713-219-9472 to secure authorization before any repairs begin.
Authorized Repairs: Our warranty administrator or we will coordinate with an authorized repair facility to ensure your vehicle is serviced properly.
What is Covered?
Our warranty covers defects in qualifying components purchased from and installed by Auto Care And Tire. This includes the majority of mechanical and electrical components. See below for limitations and exclusions. Warranty applies to the original purchaser only.
What is Not Covered (Exclusions)
To ensure we can provide the best possible service to all customers, certain items and situations are excluded from our 3-year/36k-mile warranty:
Customer-Supplied Parts: Any parts not purchased directly through Auto Care And Tire.
Maintenance & Wear Items: Fluids, filters, wiper blades, and other hardware designed to be replaced based on condition or specified interval.
Non-Mechanical: Bodywork, paint, and molding repairs. See location for specific paint or body coverage.
Specialty Parts: Used, salvaged, recycled, or rebuilt components as well as components designated as performance or racing.
Usage & Condition Exclusions
Commercial/Civil Vehicles: Includes (but is not limited to) police vehicles, postal vehicles, ambulances, taxis, limousines, and tow trucks.
Off-Road/Recreational: Any vehicle identified for off-road or recreational use.
Tampering: Components that have been altered, removed, or re-installed without authorization by Auto Care And Tire. Vehicles with missing, removed, or tampered odometers.
External Damage: Damage or failures arising from neglect, abuse, unauthorized alterations, “Acts of God”, or other external factors are strictly excluded. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: fire, lightning, flood, hail, ice, excessive moisture, electrical faults, overheating, theft, racing, improper maintenance or operation, collisions, and animal activity.