Each and every consumer product in US carries a warranty of replacement within a specified period of time from the date of the sale of the product. This warranty law is a compulsion in USA on all consumer products.  This warranty period guarantees replacement of spare part of the products incase of any failure. You can apply for a warranty on different categories of products, including cars and autos. The warranty that is issued to cars is called automobile warranty.

There are several factors that are considered while issuing the auto warranty coverage for your car. Auto Warranty is issued on the basis of time or distance covered by your vehicle for a specified period of time. To understand this in a simple way, auto warranties is issued for a period of two to three years from the date of sale. Similarly, warranties are also issued for as much as 30,000 miles covered by the vehicle. There is also a third option, whereby the auto warranty will be issued in a combination of time and distance. It means that the warranty will be in place till whichever the two expires.

There are basically two different types of auto warranty. There are new car warranties as well as used car warranties.  You can apply for a new car warranty for your brand new car. Similarly there are also used car warranties specially designed for all pre-owned cars.