05-27-2011, 09:49 PM | #1 |
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Warranty voided due to mods.
I spoke to a guy who works right across the lot from me today who i saw driving a brand new 5.0 today. He used to have a 2010 5th gen. I asked him what was up. He told me he took his car in last week for an oil leak. He stated the service manager at Gordon Chevrolet got him from the waiting room and explained to him that GM had denied the warranty claim and was officially voiding his power train warranty due to his mods.
I asked him what his mods were exactly. Kooks Long tubes, x pipe & magnaflow axle back. Custom tune CAI VMAX TB New bushings and sways. The service dept checked his ECM and sent it off to GM and warranty gone due to the tune. He didn't fight it. He paid to have the oil leak fixed , immediately drove to Brandon Ford and traded in his SS for a new 5.0 Mustang. I don't really know the guy but he was pretty annoyed that not only was his warranty officially voided but also that they wouldn't even cover the leaky gasket. I asked if he was a member here and he said nope. Even though i don't have headers or a tune. I do have plenty of other mods and know where i won't be going for any service. Why check the ECM and send off the info for a leaky gasket?? |
05-27-2011, 10:04 PM | #2 |
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I understand his frustration, but this topic has been beat to death. Get a Tune and that's it your Powertrain Warranty is finished, it doesn't matter what goes wrong or what caused it, a Tune VOIDS the warranty, plain and simple.
I hate to lose a Camaro owner, but He should have known what he was doing when he modded the car, and I'm sure Ford would do the same to him. |
05-27-2011, 10:07 PM | #3 |
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room mate lost his coverage on a Lightning for mods, so it isn't just GM. You better off buying an extra computer module and changing it out if you need to go to dealer.
Like the old sayin means: You play you pay! |
05-27-2011, 10:08 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, its the tune. Nothing else. It isnt even company related. =/
Losing 1 to ford is :( but owell. I cant feel bad... ok feel too bad. |
05-27-2011, 10:10 PM | #5 |
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I agree and even he did. He didn't fight it. He was furious though that they wouldn't even cover the faulty gasket. He didn't seem all too happy with the car overall anyhow.
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05-27-2011, 10:15 PM | #6 | |
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05-27-2011, 10:18 PM | #7 |
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Sounds like he wanted a mustang all along. :( :( :(
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05-27-2011, 10:19 PM | #8 | |
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05-27-2011, 10:25 PM | #10 |
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Haha wow, check before you do major mods to your car if your worried about your warrenty, i have done alot to my car mod wise, and ive went around everything that would effect my warrenty, worked on my exhaust but not close to void warrenty and no where near anything electrical or under the hood. CAI and stuff is fine, but a tune is a no no.
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05-27-2011, 11:01 PM | #11 |
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so the ford dealership let the guy trade in a tuned/ modded SS ?
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05-27-2011, 11:25 PM | #12 |
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They probably didn't even check. Personally, I put the stock tune back on the car when I go to the dealership. Just as a precaution, because you never know if they are going to check your ECM. This proves it too
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05-27-2011, 11:37 PM | #13 |
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well with some mods you cant just put stock tune back on. he could have put the tune back on, but once they seen those headers and the new cats they would know we must have had to mess with the tune. i know my dealership said the warranty is voided if you mod the car enough to get a check engine light on.
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05-27-2011, 11:37 PM | #14 |
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