1. Who this covers, and when it starts
It covers the person who paid for the job, on the vehicle the job was done on. It starts the day the work is finished and the written record is handed over, and it runs for 90 days or 5,000 km, whichever comes first.
It applies to work quoted on or after 8 October 2026, the date this version was published. If you had work done before that and something's wrong with it, text me anyway. I've always come back for my own work and I'm not going to start hiding behind a publication date.
2. What's covered
- My labour. If the repair I quoted and installed didn't fix the complaint it was meant to fix, or something I installed comes loose, leaks, or fails, I come back and diagnose it at no charge to you.
- Redoing the work. If it's my workmanship, I redo it. You don't pay labour twice.
- Parts I supplied and installed. Those carry their manufacturer's warranty. Within 90 days or 5,000 km of the original work, whichever comes first, I handle the replacement part and I fit it without charging you labour again.
- Coming back to you. No travel or call-out charge to return to the same address inside my service area. Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke. You never had to drive anywhere to get the work done, so you don't have to drive anywhere to get it looked at.
- A straight answer either way. If I look at it and it turns out not to be my work, you get told what it actually is. No diagnostic charge for finding that out.
3. What isn't covered
Read this now rather than argue about it later. These limits are what make the rest of the page believable, a warranty with no exclusions is a warranty nobody intends to honour.
- A part you supplied. I'll happily install your own part and you pay a labour-only flat price for it. But I can't warranty a component I didn't buy and can't vouch for. If your part fails or turns out to be wrong for the car, that's the part, not my labour. I'll tell you if I think it's wrong before it goes on.
- Faults I didn't touch. A brake job doesn't cover an alternator. The warranty follows the work that was done, not the whole vehicle.
- Normal wear consumed in service. Pads, fluids, filters and belts do their job by wearing out. Wearing out on schedule isn't a failure.
- Work I recommended in writing and you declined. Your car, your call, completely fine. But if the thing I flagged is what later gives out, that isn't a claim.
- Driving on after I told you to stop. If I tell you a car isn't safe to drive, it goes in the written record. Damage caused by driving it anyway is outside this warranty.
- Later work affecting this repair. Work by another mechanic is excluded only where it caused or materially affected the fault being claimed. Unrelated maintenance does not, by itself, exclude the repair I did.
- Damage caused by racing, track use, off-road use, or a later modification affecting the repair. A later modification unrelated to the claimed fault does not, by itself, exclude my repair.
- Consequential costs. This warranty covers the repair, my labour and the part. It doesn't extend to towing arranged by someone else, rentals, lost wages, or a shop bill you incurred elsewhere without telling me first. Text me before you spend money on my mistake and I'll deal with it.
4. How to claim it
Call or text me with the date of the job and what the car is doing. There is no claim form, no service advisor, no ticket number, and no window between 9 and 5 that you have to arrange your life around.
Call or text 647-450-0406Include the vehicle, the date of the original job, and what it's doing now. I come back to the car at the same address, look at it, and tell you straight whether it's mine. If it is, I fix it. If it isn't, I tell you what it is.
Planning a claim
Call or text with the job date, vehicle, current location, symptoms and odometer. There is no published guaranteed response or return-visit time. If you have not had a reply, try calling; do not assume an appointment has been arranged.
The free return travel described above applies to the original address in the five core cities. If the car is outside that area or has moved, ask for the proposed location, travel arrangements and any charge in writing before agreeing to a return visit. A return fee outside those stated conditions has not been promised or fixed by this page.
If the car is unsafe or stranded, stop driving and arrange the immediate help needed to stay safe. Do not wait for a reply where that would put you at risk. Keep photos, messages, receipts and any independent diagnosis. Contact me as soon as practical; outside bills and reimbursement remain subject to the stated consequential-cost limits and your existing rights.
Before approving supplied parts, ask for the selected manufacturer's warranty duration, supplier claim instructions and any replacement-labour costs after the workmanship term. Manufacturer coverage varies by part; this page does not set a longer manufacturer term.
If someone else pays, tell me who owns the vehicle and who will handle any claim before approving the quote. The existing coverage follows the original paid job; this page does not promise transfer to a new owner.
5. Your written record is the proof
At the end of every job you get a written record: what was replaced, the exact parts that went on, and the flat price you paid. Keep it, that's the document this warranty runs from, and it's also how you check my parts policy held.
You can inspect the removed parts before payment. Tell me before the job if you want to keep them: batteries, fluids and supplier core returns may require recycling or return. Any such exception and its effect on the quote must be discussed before the work is approved.
Read the parts identification and customer-supplied parts policy →
6. The honest boundary
A warranty is only worth what the person behind it can actually deliver. So the other half of this is the list of jobs I refuse to take in a driveway at all, timing chains, clutches, head gaskets, internal engine work, transmission removal. No lift, no press, no machine shop, so no promises.
Turning those jobs away is what lets me stand behind everything I do take. Read what I don't do in a driveway →
7. Housekeeping
Cars With Fares is a sole proprietorship operated by Fares, serving Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke at the customer's own location. There's no shop to visit. I come to you.
I'm not HST-registered at my current volume, so quotes, invoices and this warranty carry no tax line. The flat price is the price.
This warranty is offered in addition to whatever rights you already have under Ontario consumer protection law, it doesn't replace or reduce them.
Version 1.1, published 8 October 2026. If I ever change these terms, the version and date at the top of this page change with them, and the new terms apply only to work quoted after that date. Terms you agreed to don't get edited underneath you. Read the previous warranty version, published 17 August 2026.
Ready when you are.
Tell me what the car's doing and you get a price range on the spot, plus real time slots you can book yourself.