[Mr. Stacy]

Originally Posted by gzobian

"The Chevrolet LIMITED Warranty and Owner Assistance" booklet that came with the purchase of my 2013 Camaro, "limited" being the key word here. Under the "Origial Equipment Alterations" subheading it states that any cutting, disconnecting or welding of ANY original equipment parts and components after final assembly at General Motors will void your warranty. On your V6, you CUT your tube to splice in your lines to your catch can. On my V8, I have to DISCONNECT and discard the pigtail hose that the car left the GM factory with to attach my catch can. That's enough for their shark eating lawyers, that's all.

To be clear, my comment was in no way directed at you. It was in a semi jokingly way directed at the silly and baseless comments of others. I thank you for taking charge and standing up for the OP as well as every one of us that MAY run into this issue one day. Both you and I and anyone with a half a brain can prove that the oil catch can did not cause this issue. However, because the OP pulled the pigtail on his v8 only to keep his intake clean, it's altered, and therefore will require lots of time and money to fight and prove his case.

You can buy any make or model you want. They all have attorneys that word their warranty contracts. As I said in another post, the brunt of the blame here goes on his dealer. We don't use the "your dealer is an idiot" emoji enough here.

I see what you are saying, I posted this in another thread... This is the actual text from the handbook.

This does not say "will void your entire warranty" anywhere and actually states the only thing it doesn't cover is things broken BECAUSE of the mod. Seems like that would be hard to prove in this case.

Originally Posted by GM 2015 Warranty

Aftermarket Engine Performance Enhancement Products and Modifications

Some aftermarket engine performance products and modifications promise a way to increase the horsepower and torque levels of your vehicle’s powertrain. You should be aware that these products may have detrimental effects on the performance and life of the engine, exhaust emission system, transmission, and drivetrain.

The Duramax Diesel Engine, Allison Automatic Transmission®, and drivetrain have been designed and built to offer industry leading durability and performance in the most demanding applications. Engine power enhancement products may enable the engine to operate at horsepower and torque levels that could damage, create failure, or reduce the life of the engine, engine emission system, transmission, and drivetrain.

Damage, failure, or reduced life of the engine, transmission, emission system, drivetrain or other vehicle components caused by aftermarket engine performance enhancement products or modifications may not be covered under your vehicle warranty.

Originally Posted by 2015 GM Warranty

Original Equipment Alterations

This warranty does not cover any damage or failure resulting from modification or alteration to the vehicle's original equipment as manufactured or assembled by General Motors. Examples of the types of alterations that would not be covered include cutting, welding, or disconnecting of the vehicle's original equipment parts and components.

Additionally, General Motors does not warranty non-GM parts, calibrations, and/or software modifications. The use of parts, control module calibrations, software modifications, and/or any other alterations not issued through General Motors will void the warranty coverage for those components that are damaged or otherwise affected by the installation of the non-GM part, control module calibration, software modification, and/or other alteration.

The only exception is that non-GM parts labeled “Certified to EPA Standards” are covered by the Federal Emissions Performance Warranty.