without voiding warrenty
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RE: without voiding warrenty
All you have to do is read the handbook that comes with your car.
It refers to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which means you can modify whatever you want under the limits of a SC or Nitrous as long as you do not modify the internals. You can put headers, pullies, gears, short shifters, cai and whatever you want.
You are not allowed to modify the computer at all, you cannot use forced induction. If you break parts because you take your car to the drag strip, you are not eligable for warranty work.
A dealership cannot void the warranty on your car for a part failure unless they can give you written proof that the aftermarket part you installed, DIRECTLY caused the resulting problem. So say you installed 4.10 gears and your tranny went south, they cannot void your warranty. If you installed a short shifter and your transmission crappced the bed, unless they can prove your shifter caused the failure, they have to do the warranty work.
Now here is the problem, dealerships have much much more money and legal experience than the typical person, so unless you don't mind spending time in court on a Mustang GT which isn't worth breaking a sweat over, it's best off to find a dealership or manager who is willing to abide by the law and perform the deserved work you need.
It refers to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which means you can modify whatever you want under the limits of a SC or Nitrous as long as you do not modify the internals. You can put headers, pullies, gears, short shifters, cai and whatever you want.
You are not allowed to modify the computer at all, you cannot use forced induction. If you break parts because you take your car to the drag strip, you are not eligable for warranty work.
A dealership cannot void the warranty on your car for a part failure unless they can give you written proof that the aftermarket part you installed, DIRECTLY caused the resulting problem. So say you installed 4.10 gears and your tranny went south, they cannot void your warranty. If you installed a short shifter and your transmission crappced the bed, unless they can prove your shifter caused the failure, they have to do the warranty work.
Now here is the problem, dealerships have much much more money and legal experience than the typical person, so unless you don't mind spending time in court on a Mustang GT which isn't worth breaking a sweat over, it's best off to find a dealership or manager who is willing to abide by the law and perform the deserved work you need.
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RE: without voiding warrenty
hey, whats the phone number to your dealership that keeps telling you this? maybe we can talk to one of them about this to see if we can talk any bit of sense into them?
my dealers around here gave me that same story. but the service manager is hookin me up so i get stuff overlooked if ya know what i mean.
my dealers around here gave me that same story. but the service manager is hookin me up so i get stuff overlooked if ya know what i mean.
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yeah, there was a law past a few years ago that is nation wide and it clearly states that no car dealership can void any warrenty due to aftermarket upgrades as long as they are all smog legal, basicaly just cats (keep them) the only way they can void a warrenty other then that is if the mechanical problem is caused by YOUR modification. do what you want just make sure its not going to mess something up. dealers are bulll****ters anyway, we all know that.
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RE: without voiding warrenty
ORIGINAL: Vizaracer
hey, whats the phone number to your dealership that keeps telling you this? maybe we can talk to one of them about this to see if we can talk any bit of sense into them?
my dealers around here gave me that same story. but the service manager is hookin me up so i get stuff overlooked if ya know what i mean.
hey, whats the phone number to your dealership that keeps telling you this? maybe we can talk to one of them about this to see if we can talk any bit of sense into them?
my dealers around here gave me that same story. but the service manager is hookin me up so i get stuff overlooked if ya know what i mean.
they have also referred me to a different number (i forget the number) in which i was told the same response. It really doesn't matter to this point because im getting a new exhaust today so F*** them, lol
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RE: without voiding warrenty
ORIGINAL: dan
(888) 416-0189 - its called Garnet Ford just so ya know.
they have also referred me to a different number (i forget the number) in which i was told the same response. It really doesn't matter to this point because im getting a new exhaust today so F*** them, lol
ORIGINAL: Vizaracer
hey, whats the phone number to your dealership that keeps telling you this? maybe we can talk to one of them about this to see if we can talk any bit of sense into them?
my dealers around here gave me that same story. but the service manager is hookin me up so i get stuff overlooked if ya know what i mean.
hey, whats the phone number to your dealership that keeps telling you this? maybe we can talk to one of them about this to see if we can talk any bit of sense into them?
my dealers around here gave me that same story. but the service manager is hookin me up so i get stuff overlooked if ya know what i mean.
they have also referred me to a different number (i forget the number) in which i was told the same response. It really doesn't matter to this point because im getting a new exhaust today so F*** them, lol
dealers suck ***, all the dealer would let me do at first was tires, oil, cat-back system only. i changed that by getting to know the service manager. lol. 