*%$@# Jave apps..! The link below is a dud. The package being referenced on the Ford Racing Parts website is the M-2006-FR1.

 

Amen Sonic. Gonna play, you gotta pay

 

From what I was informed by my dealer, if you buy the Ford Racing packs and you have your dealer install them it retains all factory warranty on the installed parts including the parts that come in the pack. In which case, if you bought the pack with the CAI in it and then you dealer installed it and for some reason it was faulty, your warranty replaces it. This is what I was informed by the dealer which I bought my car from, so I cannot say that your dealer will know this or feel the same way. It will depend on what types of cars your dealership mainly sells, if they sell lots of cobras, saleens, gts, etc, theyre not going to mind you modding your Mustang some, but if you have a dealer that mainly deals compacts and minivans, they might not be too hott with it, ya know? Just have to get a feel for your dealership and learn where they stand.

 

Thanks for the feedback. As far as my dealer is concerned, I'm pretty sure they'd be OK with - at a minimum, the Ford Racing kits as they are the only Ford Racing parts dealer in the state (Landmark Ford, Portland OR). And, as it happens, they do indeed sell lots of Saleens, Cobras and GTs <sigh>, and are the main sponsor of the only official Mustang Club of America chapter in Oregon, so their pain threshold for a few mods here and there may be higher than most. I'm going to swing by the service department in the morning and see how they/he/she feel about a C&L CAI, Brenspeed tune and Mac mufflers. I'm assuming they'll be OK with the rally stripes..! Thanks again!

 

bl1nkage, what's creds? You a lawyer? Just curious. . .

 

How can Ford claim "ownership" of a word?

Can the city of Santa Fe sue the railroad or Hyundai? Can the Colorado Avalanche the sue Chevy? Can the city of Malibu sue Chevy or Mattel?

Serious question now... If I go in for my 5K mile service, and the dealer doesn't mention my mods, should I be OK? If they void my warranty at some point, will they pay me baack for the extended warranty I bought?

 

A lot depends on the service manager. My dealer sells a lot of 'Stangs (Saleens, Rousch, Renold,etc) and GT500s. My service manager said he didn't care about mods and as long as the warranty was in effect, he would honor it. I specifically ask him about adding a C&L CAI with Predator tune. I guess I'm just lucky.

 

+10
Sticky this!

 

You can sue for attorney's fees, and warranty repairs under magnuson-moss warranty act so the suit will cover all damages and the attorney's fees unless your attorney is screwing you.

"It also makes it economically viable to bring warranty suits by providing the award of attorney's fees."

linkage: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/lemon_law/

However, you are dead on by saying the service manager and everyone else will say what you said they will say. They'll take it a step further and tell you stuff like "these types of things aren't covered under x,y,z laws and yadda yadda yadda".

There is only one way to bring up consumer protection law at a dealer, and it's through your attorney. Save yourself the elevated blood pressure and let him handle it. You take your car in for the warranty work. If they tell you where to go, you get an attorney if you feel you are getting screwed. During the initial consultation (which should be free) he'll tell you if you have a case, or if you will be eating the repairs. If you are 100% honest with the attorney, you'll probably get an accurate answer.


-Viz

 

Nope, Im just a modder who did alot of homework.