Originally Posted by
davidad
I have a friend who bought a 5200 back in '92 and has had two new ones under the warantee. On the last one we stripped off the components and the bike shop sent it off for the exchange. It does take a while, but it is a new frame and fork.
A bike shop doesn't need to take it apart for you.
For some reason, Trek won't replace, just repair and repaint, at least so far. Gregg's at Greenlake in Seattle told me they had to R&R the components. Only replacement now would be a Madone.