Exclusions – Used Guaranteed Maintenance
Any item not listed on the SMR report is NOT covered by your Autoserve Used Guaranteed Maintenance contract. A copy of your vehicle’s SMR report can be requested by emailing info@autoserve.co.uk
The driver of the vehicle is responsible for covering the costs and making the arrangements of anything not listed on the SMR report. It is the drivers responsibility to ensure the vehicle is road legal at all times.
Items, services and consumables not listed on the SMR report, and are the drivers responsibility, include the likes of:
- Any form of damage to the vehicle or any of its components.
- Tracking / Wheel Alignment is not covered. This is classed as damage and usually down to driver error e.g. kerbing the vehicle or hitting a pot hole.
- Purchase, storage and / or fitting of winter or summer tyres. Autoserve fit, repair and replace all-season tyres only.
- Replacement of tyres, brake pads, discs, windscreen wipers, bulbs, and puncture repairs are only carried out at our approved tyre suppliers, not at main dealer.
- Any cracks or damage to the vehicles windscreen, regardless of cause.
- One 12v battery per contract if required, can only be replaced at an approved garage, not through a main dealer.
- We do not replace any EV or Hybrid batteries. These are not covered within your agreement.
- Any costs in relation to insurance costs or fuel for hire vehicles / courtesy vehicles.
- Any damage caused to a hire or courtesy vehicle or to your vehicle when driven by the garage or on garage premises.
- If the garage cannot provide you with a courtesy car, Autoserve will not be able to arrange one for you. It is the garage who provide this service.
- Any form of travel costs, including any costs which may be incurred because a courtesy car or collection and delivery of your vehicle is unavailable.
- Misfuelling, along with any damage, repairs or costs
- involved.
- The contract does not cover the cost of fuelling the vehicle or the charging of EVs.
- Any form of damage caused by driving error or accident, regardless of fault.
- Topping up of vehicle fluids such as oils and AdBlue are only included at the point of service, if the vehicle indicates it needs topping up sooner this is the drivers responsibility.
- The contract does not replace or include vehicle insurance or vehicle road tax, the driver will need to arrange vehicle insurance and tax in order for the vehicle to be road legal.
- If the vehicle has a manufacturer recall or requires warranty work. Autoserve will happily make this appointment, upon the drivers request, either by phone call or by completing the online form, but we will not advise the driver of any recalls.
- Any issues in relation to oil dilution and diesel particulate filters (DPFs) or AdBlue System.
- Any issues related to the vehicles air conditioning system, including air con recharges.
- Autoserve will not be liable for any telephone call charges that the customers phone carrier may charge to call Autoserve or any of our partners.
This is a summary for reference only and applies to the large majority of our Used Guaranteed Maintenance contracts, for full details on a particular contract, please refer to the contracts specific T&Cs and the vehicle’s SMR report.
If you no longer have a copy of the T&Cs or would like to request the SMR report, please send a request via email to info@autoserve.co.uk, along with the vehicle registration and Autoserve will send a copy via email.

