Kings Aire: Trane Announces Industry Leading Limited Manufacturer’s Warranties

Tyler, TX ??September 11, 2001?? Trane Unitary Products Group, a division of American Standard Companies (NYSE:ASD), announced at their 2001 distribution meeting that it will offer 10-year limited warranties for Climatuff® compressor, outdoor coil, and internal functional parts on all current XL products and the new XL_i cooling and heat pump model families beginning with installations after October 1, 2001. The new limited warranties are available only for residential installations on products manufactured January1, 2000 or thereafter.

In addition, Trane will also include the five-year internal functional parts limited warranties on all other cooling and heat pump model families and gas furnaces, air handlers, coils and package units. Compressor and outdoor coil warranties will be either 10 or five years depending on the model family. These longer parts limited warranties are available only for residential installations on products manufactured after January 1, 2000 and installed after October 1, 2001. Existing limited warranties on commercial products will remain unchanged.

Says Dale Green, vice president of residential sales and marketing for Trane Unitary Products, ??Trane has long been the industry leader in limited warranty coverage; introducing the first 10-year compressor warranty back in the mid-eighties. This new 10-year compressor, coil and parts limited warranty on our XL families shows our further commitment to our tagline, It’s Hard To Stop A Trane?� Green added, “This longer warranty exhibits our confidence in the reliability of Trane products; it covers the compressor, outdoor coil, and functional parts for 10-years on our XL families. Extensive research has confirmed that these longer warranties are what dealers and homeowners want with new comfort systems.?�