Bottom Of Intercooler fell and broke off ?
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Bottom Of Intercooler fell and broke off ?
I have a 2009 SS and yesterday as i was driving i heard something dragging on the ground so i was about to pull over to see what it was and the metal part to the intercooler fell off and i ran over it with my tire. I brought my car to the dealer and they said they wouldn't warranty the part cause of the road rash on my front bumper from going in and out of driveways and rocks on the road. Has this ever happened to anyone else out here where the bottom of the intercooler fell off? I am really pissed considering i only have about 10,000 miles on the car and i'm leaking boost so i cant even drive the car that much. If no one had this happen should i take the car to a different dealer and see what they will do? Thanks for the advice in advance Nick
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I have a 2009 SS and yesterday as i was driving i heard something dragging on the ground so i was about to pull over to see what it was and the metal part to the intercooler fell off and i ran over it with my tire. I brought my car to the dealer and they said they wouldn't warranty the part cause of the road rash on my front bumper from going in and out of driveways and rocks on the road. Has this ever happened to anyone else out here where the bottom of the intercooler fell off? I am really pissed considering i only have about 10,000 miles on the car and i'm leaking boost so i cant even drive the car that much. If no one had this happen should i take the car to a different dealer and see what they will do? Thanks for the advice in advance Nick
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i would send you pics but its still up at the dealer on the lift and they are closed.. and no me and my dad went and looked and there was not real damage accept toward the front of the bumper right on the edge where it turns up .. other then that the car was fine..
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The issue is that if you broke the condenser off, you probably also cracked the end tanks on the intercooler. I have a thread telling people to just pull that off and epoxy the holes up, but it's not like it's a sticky.
If you end tanks aren't cracked, just epoxy the holes on the bottom. You're lucky if that's all that happened.
If you end tanks aren't cracked, just epoxy the holes on the bottom. You're lucky if that's all that happened.
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I have a 2009 SS and yesterday as i was driving i heard something dragging on the ground so i was about to pull over to see what it was and the metal part to the intercooler fell off and i ran over it with my tire. I brought my car to the dealer and they said they wouldn't warranty the part cause of the road rash on my front bumper from going in and out of driveways and rocks on the road. Has this ever happened to anyone else out here where the bottom of the intercooler fell off? I am really pissed considering i only have about 10,000 miles on the car and i'm leaking boost so i cant even drive the car that much. If no one had this happen should i take the car to a different dealer and see what they will do? Thanks for the advice in advance Nick
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Yeah you just gotta be more careful driving around. take curbs at angles, and slow down over bumps. I kind of have to agree with the dealer, its like taking in your car with a busted clutch and asking them to replace it, Its a part that was worn out by the driver.
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no the car isn't lowered and i take curbs careful and speed bumps very slow on an angle but it happens since i live in a very hilly area. there really is nothing i can do personally. but the part should not have just fallen off as i was driving. and like i said me and my dad went up to check the damage and thee only damage was on the part that fell off since i ran it over and the front tip of the bumper
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The clip that holds the condenser on the driver side of the intercooler is not very strong and that's where I think the design flaw comes in. It should have been beefed up abit if you ask me. It doesn't take much force to break it. The cause is once this clip breaks the driver side of the intercooler hangs down then will rip off if you don't catch it in time.
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I wouldn't have wasted my time taking it to a dealer to try and get it warrantied . If the bottom of the bumper is scraped up it's obviously not their problem . It's kinda like curbing a wheel and wanting it warrantied even thou it has rash all over it.
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Thanks guys for some of the input they decided today to fix the car at no charge and warranty the part after seeing that my parents have bought 10 cars from the same dealership and still have 5 of them in our driveway now... if not they were going to charge me like $789.00 to repair the damn thing and i was going to tell them noo and just have bought the hahn intercooler for that price.
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Watch your IC!
Be very carefull on bumps and entering driveways that are elevated. I have stock IC with slight lowering on Pedders and the front lip will scrape at times. The stock IC is pretty damn low, but clears with Pedders and slight lowering (1") in front. BE CAREFULL or your IC will get hammered.