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Fraudulent and Abusive Warranty Claims from Dealers and End Customers
5–15% of warranty spend may be attributable to fraud or abuse in some manufacturing environments, amounting to hundreds of thousands to several million dollars annually for climate-tech OEMs.[2][3][4][8]Manufacturers face repeated attempts to claim warranty coverage for out-of-warranty products, misuse, or intentional damage, including serial-number swapping, false failure modes, and repeated returns for the same asset. Without strong validation, these claims are regularly approved.
Paying Invalid or Non-Covered Warranty/RMA Claims Due to Poor Validation
$2–5 million per year for a mid‑size industrial/climate OEM with 1–3% of revenue in warranty costs and 10–20% of claims later found to be invalid or abusive in benchmark studies for industrial manufacturers.Manufacturers routinely honor warranty and RMA claims that are out of policy (out of term, wrong failure mode, abuse, no proof of purchase) because validation is manual, incomplete, or based on a ‘partial view’ of the asset and usage. This leads to free replacements, repairs, and logistics on units that should have been billed as paid service or denied.
Warranty Operations Becoming a Bottleneck and Limiting Service Capacity
$200k–800k per year in lost service capacity for mid-size manufacturers, reflecting billable hours diverted from paid work to warranty admin and increased idle time while waiting for approvals.[2][3][4][8]Cumbersome claim documentation and manual approvals tie up technicians and back-office staff, preventing them from addressing new service jobs or proactive maintenance. This reduces the effective capacity of service operations and can delay revenue-generating services.
Slow Processing of Warranty Credits and Supplier Recoveries
Financing cost equivalent to tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in working-capital drag for mid-size manufacturers, as warranty claims and recoveries stay open longer and increase days sales outstanding (DSO) on warranty-related AR positions.[2][3][4]Manual claim handling and poor data integration slow down issuing credits to customers/dealers and collecting reimbursements from suppliers. This lengthens the time between cash outflow (service event) and cash inflow (credit note or supplier recovery).