Getting Nissan to do something about the oil cooler...

spearfish25

Warranties aren't voided unless the aftermarket part caused the problem. It's been said a hundred million times. Then comes the argument that Nissan will still blame the part and you'll have to go to court. Then one rebuts that you can remove an oil cooler before taking the car in for service. Then the angel says that's dishonest. Then you just reach down, find your balls, and make a decision about installing an oil cooler or not.

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Jordo!

No, I know all that -- I mean I thought they explicitly voided the warranty if you added the oil cooler. Not saying it's legal or fair, but if the OP is concerned about that, it would be good to know if there's a potential battle to be had or if Nissan just assumes the oil cooler doesn't affect the warranty.

In other words, if the warranty isn't an issue, he can get whatever oil cooler he wants -- he doesn't have to get the Nissan one.

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Eagle

Called the dealer, they said the Nissan and Stillen oil coolers would not void the warranty unless it was proven to cause a problem with the car. Installation of any another manufacturers/retailers product will void my warranty if they find out I have the part on the car.

Stillen's don't fit the NISMO without modification so, I'm left with the Nissan cooler which is supposedly back ordered.

Would love to get the 34 row Z1 installed on there, cheaper and just as big as the NISMO. But alas, I'm screwed with warranty issues.

daisuke149

thats the case with all oil coolers. will not void the warranty unless that part caused te issue. Its called the law. not a dealerships word. They cannot void a warranty on a car due to seeing a mod or change. They have to show that installation of the part, caused a problem , if/when a problem occurs. And thats it.

Thus, all oil coolers will have the ame affect on your warranty. So your options are really limited to which one you think is best. Also, you can research this and find it posted quite a few times. If your dealerships tells you differently, they dont know wtf they are talking about which is about the norm with most dealerships service dept's.

In fact, there are still employee's on this forum who could tell you the same.

And lastl, z1 oil cooler doesnt require any modification (except for flipping the harmonic balancer 180degres which really doesnt do anything). As for others with nismo, dont know.