CarMax denies warranty repair for transmission issue reported during coverage period
A customer reported a transmission failure to CarMax while still under warranty coverage, but the issue was not resolved before the warranty lapsed, and CarMax subsequently refused to honor the repair. This is an individual consumer warranty dispute with a specific retailer, not a scalable software opportunity.
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