There seems to be a great deal of confusion about voiding warranties if you have modified your car. For example, I have heard the following:

-Any detectable ECU modification that destroys some system on your car will void the warranty.

-Aftermarket exhausts are okay, from the cats back to the tailpipes, but pre-cat components such as headers will void the warranty in the case of damage.

One final note - I believe that my car will come with a 4 year, 50K mile warranty. However, if I bring it back the following day, my dealer said he will perform the 100 (or however many) steps for preowned, certification, and extend the warranty to 6 years, 100K miles. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is this question better asked on 6speedonline?

Thanks in advance - Gerry

 

Sorry but, this just made me chuckle.....what are we, chopped liver here? Mods & warranties are pretty generic question, & searching you'll find threads on any of the forums. It will boil out to being very subjective......the relationship you have with the dealer involved, the nature of the failure, the expence of the failure, etc, etc..
Not a lawyer here but it's often said that PCNA has to be able to site how your specifiic mod had relationship or contributed to the failure....(ie not just it's presence).......but have fun dealing with that .

Best advice is.....research your mods well....possiblly get warranty from mod scource....then decide how important it is to you to do the mod.

Personally I've never heard of a dealer offering an 'Extended' on a new car.....and definately not for free.....but I guess anything's possible.

Good luck.....enjoy the car.

 

Considering the (rapidy escalating) cost of dealer repairs, I'd make no assumptions that any mod might not impact warranty. If your dealer does the springs, or is willing to do an exhaust, then they will probably stand behind you. I am highly doubtful that any reprogram will allow warranty coverage, despite all the howls of customers to the contrary. Whatever anybody "tells" you, the critical question is "what will the service manager say 24 months into the future?".
That is my primary reason for deferring all mods, until my car comes off warranty. A simple trans repair could run 12K, so why give the dealer one more arguement against you?.AS

 

How would you react if you were a PNA district rep. and you were reviewing the case of a 997tt with a blown motor. Mechanic says the car has been flashed for more boost and more timing and you're looking at footing the bill for a $25K+ repair. Your job is to minimize risk and reduce claims for the company. I'm thinking in most cases you're screwed. There seem to be exceptions, but ask yourself if you're willing to gamble with stakes that big. If so, go for it.

My personal opinion is that the moment you start significantly altering the performance of any vehicle, if it breaks, you fix it. There's too many people out there that feel that they're entitled to redesign complicated mechanical systems then when their experiments go awry, the mfg gets to foot the bill. Just my $.02
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Point well taken, but.........there are also people out there who know exactly what they are doing.....some may have no problem even putting it in writing.
Proceed with due-diligence, good research, and appropriate caution.
Course.....after doing some of that myself......I usually have a pile part mods waiting for the new car......and a tenative appointment at the tuner

 

Just out of curiosity, what would PCNA say to a warranty claim for a blown motor that suffered a massive over rev caused by a ham-handed 5th to 2nd instead of 4th down shift?

Tip owners need not reply, thank you very much.

 

You are toast baby

 

+1. Right up there with driving your car into a tree and expecting them to fix it. An accident is an accident. Sorry if it's you.

 

Is there a single human being who thinks a blown engine from a 5th to 2nd downshift should be covered? The only possible exception would be a documented linkage failure. AS