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Originally Posted by skiparock
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Originally Posted by Poochie
The DP alone will sink you with a warranty claim.. Tampering with a Federally mandated emission control device is a easy win if you try to sue them, you'll lose just on sheer principle.
I love how naive and spry folks are in believing that the dealer has to abide by any MMA requirements or what ever empty threat you throw at them would actually sway their decision; if they have any reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was abused, modded, or tuned for more power that was allowed stock, they'll be happy to tell you to go kick rocks..
What you going to do then? There is no financial recourse except unsuccessfully suing them, which could drag on for years..
I'm pretty sure BM3 leaves a shadow code in ROM regardless if you flash it back to stock, which they would be able to retrieve. Best bet is beg for the mercy of a goodwill repair.
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Respectfully I disagree with your opinion on the dp. Violating an emissions control device has nothing to do with a manufactures warranty for an unrelated part (dp cannot damage an engine). |
So if having an aftermarket downpipe doesn't allow them to deny coverage, why try to conceal it then?
Why not drive up in there with a test pipe smelling like a diesel truck, full FBO and a stage 9 flash tune and tell them they can't do shit;
"fix my car, bitch!"
Let me know how that works out for you..
You'll playing on technicalities but I believe you know very well how dealer/warranty claim works, any mods, especially an illegally installed device to used to circumvent emission controls gives them an easy out on not fixing your vehicle, on any remotely connected issue.
If you believe otherwise, you're practicing self-deception or is grossly misguided in your ways..
Good luck when your engine goes kaboom, with that mentality, you're going to need a lot of it.