Microsoft extends Xbox 360 warranty to 3 years
Jul 6, 2007 at 2:20 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 22

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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/petermooreletter.htm

Open Letter From Peter Moore

To our Xbox Community:

You've spoken, and we’ve heard you. Good service and a good customer experience are areas of the business that we care deeply about. And frankly, we've not been doing a good enough job.

Some of you have expressed frustration with the customer experiences you have had with Xbox 360; frustration with having to return your console for service after receiving the general hardware error message on the console.

The majority of customers who own Xbox 360 consoles have had a terrific experience from their first day, and continue to, day in and day out. But when anyone questions the reliability of our product, or our commitment to our customers, it's something I take very seriously.

We have been following this issue closely, and with on-going testing have identified several factors that can cause a general hardware failure indicated by three flashing red lights on the console. To address this issue, and as part of our ongoing work, we have already made certain improvements to the console.

We are also implementing some important policy changes intended to keep you in the game, worry-free.

As of today, all Xbox 360 consoles are covered by an enhanced warranty program to address specifically the general hardware failures indicated by the three flashing red lights on the console. This applies to new and previously-sold consoles. While we will still have a general one year console warranty (two years in some countries), we are announcing today a three-year warranty that covers any console that displays a three flashing red lights error message. If a customer has an issue indicated by the three flashing red lights, Microsoft will repair the console free of charge—including shipping—for three years from the console’s purchase date. We will also retroactively reimburse any of you who paid for repairs related to problems indicated by this error message in the past. In doing so, Microsoft stands behind its products and takes responsibility to ensure that every Xbox 360 console owner continues to have a fantastic gaming experience.

If we have let any of you down in the experience you have had with your Xbox 360, we sincerely apologize. We are taking responsibility and are making these changes to ensure that every Xbox 360 owner continues to have a great experience.

This will take a few days to roll out globally, and I appreciate your continued patience as we launch this program. I've posted an FAQ that should address some additional questions, and we'll update it over the next few days.

I want to thank you, on behalf of all us at Microsoft, for your loyalty.
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 3:22 AM Post #6 of 22
Nice job on MS's part in damage control, though they've known about the problems for a while and have time and again refused to give any details on actual failure rate numbers.

Still, it's nice to see a behemoth company own up to their mistakes and do what's right.
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 3:25 AM Post #7 of 22
hmm .. might be a good time to pick one up .. best place online to buy recommendations?
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 9:13 AM Post #9 of 22
^ Sony is really sucking now, they are at an all time low with sales because of the PS3. I doubt that a price drop will increase sales, will still be too expensive.
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 11:04 AM Post #10 of 22
My bro has an xbox 360 and got the general hardware failure. He sent it back to Microsoft and they sent him back a new console.

The new console, however, seems to be scratching discs: the games he's been most recently playing (Forza Motorsport 2 and COD3) jitter and skip when loading up, before finally freezing. You can hear the drive doing things it shouldn't be doing. Other games seem to work but he's worried the 360 will start scratching these games too. He takes immaculate care of his stuff and these scratches are not something he could have done.

He was on the phone with Microsoft for a good 45 minutes last week. Now he is sending in the replacement console for replacement. He was pushing for re-imbursement on the 2 games as well but Microsoft claimed he needed to test the games in a different system first. It's been a nightmare for him.
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 11:07 AM Post #11 of 22
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Originally Posted by okay_player /img/forum/go_quote.gif
My bro has an xbox 360 and got the general hardware failure. He sent it back to Microsoft and they sent him back a new console.

The new console, however, seems to be scratching discs: the games he's been most recently playing (Forza Motorsport 2 and COD3) jitter and skip when loading up, before finally freezing. You can hear the drive doing things it shouldn't be doing. Other games seem to work but he's worried the 360 will start scratching these games too. He takes immaculate care of his stuff and these scratches are not something he could have done.

He was on the phone with Microsoft for a good 45 minutes last week. Now he is sending in the replacement console for replacement. He was pushing for re-imbursement on the 2 games as well but Microsoft claimed he needed to test the games in a different system first. It's been a nightmare for him.



Yea, alot of my friends have had really bad experiences with the 360, ie disk scratches, harddrives resetting, power problems, etc. Thats why I'm waiting for a little while till Halo 3 comes out. For now I'm happy with my 4 original XBox's.
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 2:23 PM Post #12 of 22
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Originally Posted by wafflesomd /img/forum/go_quote.gif
30% fail rate.

That's all that needs to be said.



Microsoft at its best!
At least they admit the high failure rate and extend the warranty to compensate.
 
Jul 6, 2007 at 4:51 PM Post #14 of 22
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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qbt3mDugGQ


Awesome!
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