Is a home inspection a guarantee or warranty that nothing is wrong?  

No, an inspection is just an inspection.  It is information about the condition of the house as discovered by the inspector at the time of the inspection.  Remember that the inspector will not open walls or dig up sewer lines. You can't expect the inspector to be responsible for replacing a furnace which malfunctions a month after you buy the house just because the inspector reported that it as functioning properly at the time of inspection. Inspectors report on current conditions and expected events or life cycles of equipment and components.  If, for some reason, the furnace does malfunction before the normal time period, the inspector is not liable.  Similarly, equipment sometimes lasts much longer than expected and reported by the inspector.

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