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Originally Posted by justmeron
Yea it is called a v chip and it would violate the warranty so a dealer wont install it. It is deff an after market add on. For me would be an after warranty add on. LoL
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The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act protects you against that. They can deny a specific claim if they can reasonably blame it on your modification, but they can't void your whole warranty. Jerky dealers (which is most dealers) will abuse it and blame as much as possible on your modifications, while nice dealers will conveniently ignore your modifications.
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Originally Posted by ArcAngel
@fixxer56 o my truck the vchip was an actual replacement chip which changed the programming in the computer for a more aggressive gearing, etc etc
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I didn't know it was still possible to buy replacement chips. I thought everything was done by uploading flash firmware. A replacement chip would make it easy to keep your warranty intact; just put the original chip back in before you bring it in for service.
I know that some people who get their PCM flashed actually buy an extra PCM and have THAT flashed, and keep the original in case they ever need warranty service.
However, it's not really fair...you gotta pay to play. If you want to modify your vehicle to the point that you're stressing stuff beyond its original design spec (which is a large part of what most aftermarket tuning does -- removing Torque Management on GM full size trucks, for example), you should then take on responsibility for the results, rather than making the manufacturer pay for it by raising the prices that the rest of us pay for their cars. It's just if you're sure you would have had the failure even in stock configuration that you should be able to avoid warranty claim denial.