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Rhyder · 05-24-2012, 02:45 PM

So I have a buddy who got his car tuned, it is a GM vehicle. Well his light came on, and this was an issue that had been "repaired" twice by the dealer before the tune. It was an Evap code. They replaced the celinoid and the connector.

Well the dealer now states that there is "foreign" software on the car, and due to them having no idea what that "foreign" software could do since its effecting the monitoring, that it voids the warranty on everything that is monitored.

So not to get into them refusing to fix something that's been ongoing since the first day, it was on when he picked the car up, due to something added after the problem started, I just wanted to point out that they seem to have expanded what the tune voids beyond the engine, claiming the "foreign" software could be doing something they have no way of knowing what to the various monitoring systems.

Oh it also is apparently throwing a code for the airbag, they also claim that the tune is messing with that as well, so basically it seems anything that is monitored by the computer, if it fails, they are trying to claim its because the "foreign" software interfered with the proper monitoring of the equipment. Really? your trying to stretch a tune to get out of fixing an airbag system?

I have never had these problems with Ford....they may go this route at some point, but so far they seem to have stayed at the if you mod the engine it voids the engine, not that Ford is all fluffyness and angels, but they haven't started this legalize screw our customers penny ante crap...I will classify GM with dodge in the future, meaning do not buy from unless forced to.

just thought i would post this as the search on here didn't point out this angle of the screwing we are receiving...least not that I saw.

(he does have a call into MTI, he left a vm and is waiting a call back, to see if maybe there's something wrong with the tune causing out of the ordinary errors, but even so the fact is the dealer is saying they cant work anything, stuff not even related to the engine, because the car was tuned)

05-24-2012, 02:45 PM	#6
Rhyder Drives: 2012 45 Anniversary Vert Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: atlanta Posts: 2,511	So I have a buddy who got his car tuned, it is a GM vehicle. Well his light came on, and this was an issue that had been "repaired" twice by the dealer before the tune. It was an Evap code. They replaced the celinoid and the connector. Well the dealer now states that there is "foreign" software on the car, and due to them having no idea what that "foreign" software could do since its effecting the monitoring, that it voids the warranty on everything that is monitored. So not to get into them refusing to fix something that's been ongoing since the first day, it was on when he picked the car up, due to something added after the problem started, I just wanted to point out that they seem to have expanded what the tune voids beyond the engine, claiming the "foreign" software could be doing something they have no way of knowing what to the various monitoring systems. Oh it also is apparently throwing a code for the airbag, they also claim that the tune is messing with that as well, so basically it seems anything that is monitored by the computer, if it fails, they are trying to claim its because the "foreign" software interfered with the proper monitoring of the equipment. Really? your trying to stretch a tune to get out of fixing an airbag system? I have never had these problems with Ford....they may go this route at some point, but so far they seem to have stayed at the if you mod the engine it voids the engine, not that Ford is all fluffyness and angels, but they haven't started this legalize screw our customers penny ante crap...I will classify GM with dodge in the future, meaning do not buy from unless forced to. just thought i would post this as the search on here didn't point out this angle of the screwing we are receiving...least not that I saw. (he does have a call into MTI, he left a vm and is waiting a call back, to see if maybe there's something wrong with the tune causing out of the ordinary errors, but even so the fact is the dealer is saying they cant work anything, stuff not even related to the engine, because the car was tuned)