Okay i'm having a hell of a time here getting a clear message on the stage kits. Dealerships are saying that they will honour the stage kit warranty and some are saying that maybe for a year we would honour the warranty, and others are saying no they will not that anything related to the stage kit breaking is not covered. I thought the whole idea with these kits was the warranty that came with them. What did they say with yours? I see u have one. I've tried calling GM but who i had was useless told me to ask my dealer who didn't know. Seems liek they don't know what they want to do with these kits... i'm getting pissed.

Anyone know who to contact as well? I need some concrete answeres here.

 

I have it installed, it was done at a dealer, the car is still covered under original warrenty, the kit also has its own warrenty for the parts installed, your warrenty is with GM not the dealership thus they can only refuse service not remove your warrenty.

 

see they told me that if something breaks because of the stage kit, potenitally a blown engine may not be covered....

 

who are they to say? they simply do the work and get paid regardless.

 

Tell me about it. Thats why I called GM about 15 mins ago and got some girl who sounded irritated with my question telling me to call the dealer back. I'm like no they don't know the answer i think thats why i'm trying to reach someone higher up. She just blew me off basically. I think there used toi leading people on a goose chase dealing with idiots that will beleive everything they say. I told her I wanted to find out the specific policy on the kits and she didn't know her head from her ass on the matter. sounded annoyed with me so i just got off the phone with her uselessness. Anyways I'm going to have the kit installed, if anything goes wrong and they try to void my warranty i'll be coming at them with documentation from this site. Thanks Omni for the input on the matter.

 

Yes only if they can prove that the blown engine or failure was due to driving habits. If they can't prove it was your fault, you are covered.

 

agree x2

 

If the dealership installs it...its there responsibility one way or another. Every dealer i have spoken to has said that they ARE coverd under warranty...don't know what thoes ****-bags were trying to accomplish by telling you that. If your that worried you could always go with intense

 

nice taillights BTW

 

This goes for most aftermarket items also, if they can't prove it was you/the part then its covered under warranty. See this thread: https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ftermarket+law

 

this is something different and should be read correctly and does not apply to what ct and I agree with. A drivers actions which may have been negligent can void a cars warranty (example a car damaged while racing down a track). Your own cars original warranty does not necessarily extend to abuse on the part of the owner.

The quoted aftermarket law deals with damage caused to a car which questions the vehicles operational ability due to aftermarket parts. This doesn't apply to the GM kits since the parts do not put into question the cars operational ability as they were tested and pre tuned by GM and stated to retain the cars original warranty. If you read the documentation that comes with the GM kit you will not find any printed information which denies warranty by installing the parts. The only disclaimed piece of information are the instructions to install the parts themselves since you do not necessarily need to follow them step by step to install the parts.

 

Think of this situation like a blown clutch....The dealer would replace the clutch if infact it was a mechanical fault but, if it blew because you shifted to 1st from 4th and kaboom...well ur up ***** creek. Same to aftermarket CO's

 

bam right on the button

 

 

The New Components Ie Stage Kit Itself Is Covered For 12 Months/ 12,000 Miles. But All Original Components Of Your Car Are Covered For Same 3 Yr 36000
Mile Guarantee. Also It Will Not Void Gm Extended Warranty.

 

see another good response

 

Okay guys i think you hit the nail right on the head there as far as what I was digging for. The dealership was saying that it could void my 4 year warranty if it is a result of the stage 2 kit part. However with this kit the car is just Upgraded and would be considered a stock vehicle if sold like that and warrantied the same. So they in turn didn't really know the kits I think themselves. That girl on the phone today was still a bitch either way.

 

thanx... Nightshades , stuff works good.

 

These motors can't blow up.That is why they have rev limiters,Hahahah

 

The service manager at the dealership was giving the salesman a hard time(my brother) about installing the stage 2, and axhaust on mine. Was telling hm he wouldn't do it and not to bring it back for service. Then the owner of dealership caught wind, and pretty much told the service manager that the is my name on the sign and u will do it or leave!!!! So it is moslty the service depts. not wanting to work on this stuff for some retarded reason. Like we all know they get paid regardless. The waranties are all there and nothing they can do about it.

 

look in the GMPP parts catalogue. it has a little schpeel in there saying that it does NOT void any warranty, and ALL STAGE KITS are covered under your full 3 year vehicle warranty IF INSTALLED BY GM. (after doing weeks of researching and talking with my dealership about this, his district manager was very shocked to hear that I was unsure (and i had said alot of people were) that he explained it all to me, wrote it on my stage 2 install reciept, and even wrote that he would honor it for the extended 5 yr warranty that i purchased with my car.


if you home install it your stage kit parts and labour warranty is 12 months.