lmao, your gunna get gome

RICHMOD, dont let this be the ultimate decision in your quest to mod your car. remember, every dealership is different and will react differently to your mods, some will try to screw you no matter what and you will be left with either fixing your car or paying a heap of money to fight ford/the dealership. my suggestion is to stop by your dealership and talk to the service manager, if you dont like what his response is then try another dealer.

Ty

 

good idea. i think i'll do that.

 

Hes right, each dealership is different but in the end the best way to avoid all warranty problems is to not mod your car at all. For some people that is alright, personally I dont want the car stock because stock is just like every other hunk of metal that rolled off the assembly line. To me my car is more than just a hunk of metal so I will change it to how I like it and make it something that is MINE. Yes, it is against the law for them to revoke your warranty.. will that stop them? Not all of them. Yes some of them are ignorant and will still try to void it but if you are willing (and able money wise) to fight it then more power to you, otherwise, sit back and prepare to be raped of your warranty.

 

AWESOME article on the warranty THANKS for the information.

 

Great info Bl1nk!

 

I am going thru a issue with my dealer right now.I asked before i took my car in.

It's going in for the front end popping TSB.They already looked at my car,had to back order the parts.I since installed eibach sportline springs for a nice 2 inch drop.So they called and said my parts are in and bring in the car.I told the service manager i lowered the car,(he's also a buddy),he said you better put the origanal springs back in or they will not do the work under waaranty,and they will take pics of the drivetrain,void the hole warranty until Ford reviews my case.They can void the hole thing and make up **** like,"lowering your car effects the pinion angle at the rear end and puts undo stress on the whole drivetrain"..It's BS,but they figure most folks won't go to court over something like a warranty problem,and i probably won't either,time...money...stress....etc..it's less time...money...and stress to for me to put the origanal springs in.

You won't get rich going to court over warranty issues,you'll get your car fixed under warranty if you win,thats it,not some big windfall of cash...

 

Pretty much, all this is saying is that if our mod messes the car up, then we gotta fix it. If it doesn't, they gotta fix it. The Act here makes them fix it if it wasn't the performance mods fault, which is the case in my current situation. I put an street legal octane booster in the car because it had an injector cleaner in it aswell. Now the car misses. It wasn't caused by my tuner or intake, so they gotta fix it.

 

guarantee that if you go into a dealership quotin' "Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act " that the service manager and everybody else is gonna tell you to go f*** yourself.

good info to have in your back pocket, but I'd recommend sweet talkin' your service manager or whohever first. My guy treated me right even though I had s/c and full exhaust put on.

put if you want to go Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act route then your gonna have to get a lawyer and i can't see how your gonna do anything but recover cost (but probly not the legal fees which will dwarf the cost of the repair in the first place)

in my view, don't mod your car unless you can afford or accept the consequences

 

Try this, tell the service manager you need it in writing that the mod. caused the problem you are having, because you are going to sue the manafacturer that made the mod. that was designed for your car,and it made xyz to malfunction. They would look pretty stupid saying your cai caused your electric window to quit working.\ect. Plus they don't want to have to go to court and try and explain something they can't. I did this on another car a few years back and as soon as I did they backed off and the car was fixed under warranty. I understand if you bring your car in for a miss, or not running right they would have a good case saying your cai or new tune was the fault, however there are dealers that as soon as they see a mod. your warranty is void for everything. How can a loweing kit cause your alternator to fail ? ITS B.S.

 

In the opinion of this group, would a Ford Racing "Performance Package" (consisting of CAI, Pro-Cal tune programmer, muffler kit and oil filter; http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...tKeyField=9398) be considered "aftermarket components"..?? These parts are, afterall, Ford's. Does anyone believe that, in the eyes of their local Ford service manager, a mod using Ford parts would be viewed more favorably when it came time to assign blame if or when a stock powertain component were to fail? Thoughts..?