RE: Time to make the Wife happy...
Interesting tidbit. Seems ThunderbirdJunkie is wrong about the 3/36 being federally mandated seeing as how he cannot find a law to back that up. Whoops.
In that case, any manufacturer can and should deny any warranty claim that is on a component that has not been maintained per their maintenance schedule and it's up to their discretion and theirs alone.
Cool.