so i rolled into merit chev is woodbury today to pick up my liscens plates,i go and talk to the serive guy/******** and i ask him would it void warranty to put an aftermarket CAI and catback exhaust on and this dick tells me no and kind of laughs in my face ,so i ask him even if its a GM CAI and exhaust and GM installs it,would it viod warranty,still...a big fat no .
so me and my sales dude walk to his desk and my sales guy is talkin with another sales guy and they both tell me they have put CAI and exhaust on for a couple of people who have bought cobalts and everything was good to go still warranty and all....

anyone else have a problem with this ****?

write me back or somthin im freakin out...i atleast wanna throw a CAI and catback on im guna **** if i cant do that

 

You're complaining because your dealership is mod friendly?


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yeah.......wth?

 

It really depends on the stealership. Legally, a vehicle manufacturer cannot void the warranty on a vehicle due to an aftermarket part unless they can prove that the aftermarket part caused or contributed to the failure in the vehicle (per the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act).

 

that's what I was thinking

 

GM CAI AND EXHAUST will not void your warranty. the other manufactures there is always a slight chance of you having to pay for some things as some of the CAI are oiled and if oiled incorrectly can cause a CEL which would not be covered under warranty. not sure about the 3rd party exhaust manufacturer's.

 

im confused.....

 

i think you meant they said yes, it would void your warranty. if it was me i wouldn't of even asked andybody from the dealership, if you install it correctly and and keep up with the maintenance on it you shouldn't have any problems that would void your warranty in the first place bro..

 

sorry my mistakes he said yes it would void my warranty even with a GM CAI,sorry sorry my fault,he like turned me down for the CAI and catback exhaust anyone else run into **** like this?

yea i asked the dink (service guy) if it would void my warranty if i thrwew a CAI on,and as far as i checked like every other dealership around town i checked with gave me an ok wiith the CAI and catback i dont get it,like i could see a no back pressure exhaust ya kno bendin a valve and/or what not,

 

Yes you can, no they cannot void your warranty, find a new dealership, and do yourself a favor and don't talk to them about your future plans for the car...it will not end well for you

 

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lol got ya,never really been thru this b4 (the new car thing and moddin it),i shulda asked my buddies for input since they have been thru it

can you like buy a car from another dealership and bring it to another dealership for service work?i mean i kno the warranty and stuff is all through GM,i just thought u would have to bring it back to where you bought it from

 

you can take it wherever you want. I wouldn't take my car to the place I got it if it was the last chevy dealer on earth

 

ahh.. now it makes sence...

 

I like how everyone hates the dealer, till their **** starts falling apart, not all dealers are ********, i have worked at a chrysler dodge jeep dealer for 3 years and only 1 person has had their warranty voided for mods, it was an srt 4 with a HUGE turbo that had a blown headgasket, he was running 25 psi. If you mess it up, that is your problem, not the dealers, yes, some dealers are dicks, but its their job to be, if the manufacturer denies their warranty claim, they have to pay for the WHOLE thing.

 

yes not all dealers are dicks but some of them do take things a little too far with the little things like screwin someone because they added a CAI and Exhaust most places won't bother but there is always one that does. i work at a chevy dealership in the service side of things so i've scene it all.

 

and im sure it would a 1 and million chance if i were to throw an intake on and i blew my engine up??,im just super paraniod about the voiding warranty thing

 

if warranty is that big of an issue to you, leave your car stock. not trying to be a dick, but at least you'll have piece of mind that way.

 

im not going to do anything major to it,i jus wanna throw a catback exhaust system on,and an intake,i taLKEd to a guy at a diff dealership and he was alot cooler than the other jerkoff i talked to,
anyone have the GM intake on there car?,i got a book with a pic of it,it looks like a SRI

 

ya the gm intake is an SRI my brother has it.

 

any good? Price? I can't find an intake down this way at all. I'm getting desperate!

 

yea thats which intake i was thinkin since i dont wanna risk hydrolockin my motor with a CAI even tho its really hard to do,but what kinda of filter dose the GM intake come with?do you kno

 

There are laws that dealerships cannot voild your warranty for putting on aftermarket products.

If you put on a Corsa brand cat back, the dealer can void your warranty on the "exhaust cat back" ONLY, BECAUSE there is no stock (factory) exhaust on the car. But putting on a Corsa cat back will not void the warranty on the rest of the car...