My 3 year warranty expired in Mar 04, and lo and behold...
problems start coming in.
I was one of loyalist who serviced my car without fail at the
agent, despite the relatively high price of their labour and
parts.
Today my aircon just died in the middle of a drive to pick up my
wife. And upon diagnosis (not at the agent though), the resistor
died. Talk about problems just after the warranty period. Cost me
$105. 
Anyone has minor problems like this straight after their warranty
expires? Almost like the parts are programmed to fail straight
after.