A credit closes a file when replacement is not sensible, but it is the wrong remedy for a part that must work. When credit suits, when it does not, and how dealer credits are applied.
Many claims end as a fitment finding rather than a fault. Where geometry goes wrong, why titanium shows it sooner, how to measure the car, and what happens to the claim afterwards.
Photograph before cleaning, shoot the stamp, keep the packaging and write a short fitting record. A complete claim file is settled on evidence rather than opinion and takes an hour to build.
Modification, the wrong heat, use outside the design and a mismatched order record can end a claim without anyone refusing it. What to declare, and why silence is the expensive part.
Why a claim window exists, when it opens, what delay costs, and how owners of long builds or parts held back for a season can keep a claim assessable without arguing about dates.
Repair keeps the fitment knowledge and often beats replacement. Which joints can be re made honestly, which cannot, who should do the work, and when a new part is the only answer.
A fault that appears only at working temperature is an expansion problem until proven otherwise. How to catch it warm, record the conditions, and what a cold bench inspection can still show.
Freight liability follows the inspection finding. What applies when the fault is manufacturing, when it is not, and how a return before replacement is normally arranged.
