Warrenty issues with aftermarket intake

370Zsteve

It all depends on the dealer. My dealer in CT installs Stillen mods all the time. They will deliver new cars with added mods.

They even have a heavily modded Stillen 300ZX-TT in their showroom. No warranty issues at all if dealer-installed, as stated by the owner and the service manager.

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FuszNissan

To a certain extent.

We can do the warranty work and not mention the intakes are on the car. But if the warranty work sets off a red flag to Nissan," like a blown engine", and they want to come see the car in person(which happens) then you may have a battle on your hands.

It will be your efforts and money to prove that the part did not cause the issue.

Hope that helps. We have been installing mods on cars for years, and I haven't run into one issue yet. *Knock on wood*

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armensti

yeah but the dealers around here are all full of crap and they have the worse customer service that you can imagine. Every time i go there i felt like killing someone there lol.... They all give you the same answer so i rather wait on the performance mods even though it kills me inside.

Snakes709

Just bumping this topic to let everyone know (if they dont already) Aftermarket parts do not cause you to lose you warrenty as long as they dont cause the issue you are going in to get looked at. On my 07 Cobalt SS Supercharged i had the following mods:

TVS Supercharger Swap
60lb fuel injectors
meth injection
heat exchanger
lowering springs
gen 1 halo lights with HID's
stereo system
and a few other parts....warrenty was still a go.

Now incase some of you are thinking "well that was a GM not a Nissan" well this past weekend I brought my Z in to get looked at. I'm having issues with my climate control and speakers. I have Stillen G3 Intakes, tinted tail lights, black out headlights with 8000K bulbs in them and chromed amber bulbs in tail lights and of course lets not forgot the one thing that most dealerships hate seeing....nitrous. Had the bottle in sight and everything. Brought the car in, left for alittle while, came back. Fixed and my bill was $0.00...warrenty coverd it. I been told by managers from different nissan and gm dealerships...the aftermarket part has to cause the issue for the warrenty to be voided. For example (happend to me)

Had a few mods on my Cobalt and reverse lights wouldnt turn on. (switch box was broken) they tried to bs me saying i have aftermarket parts so warrenty is voided...i told them there is no way in hell that a CAI and lowering springs caused that....once they figured out i knew what they were doing they used the warrenty.

Another occasion with my cobalt....i had 1 step colder spark plugs. I didnt torque the #4 plug to the specs and it came loose. It blew 2 plugs and the chamber apart causing $500 worth of damage. Damage was caused by aftermarket part so warrenty was no good.

Moral of this long post. Dont let dealerships bs you!..lol

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JakeZ34

a question to all, IF you do aftermarket mods such as intake, can't you just take them off and put back the stock before you do any warranty claims? I mean are there any halogram stickers to proved that you VOIDED the warranty? (besides the opening of those airholes for the Stillen G3 and the replacement of the washer tank for the Injen.

neveucd

That's what I'm thinking, just put the stock stuff back on before going in. And attempt to fool the stealership.

Red370

exactly, engine blows? put stock boxes back on, and voila, no mods.. warranty intact.

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kannibul

But in the case of the G3 intake, you have to cut the radiator core support, so if they are worth a damn, they'll see that and could make it more difficult.

Red370

one could sand the holes down smooth, wouldnt be too noticeable to the untrained eye.

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JakeZ34

I was just thinking, the radiator core support probably doesn't even cost that much if you were to blow an engine, might as well order it from courtesy part and replace the core support and put the stock box back on and bring it back to dealership lol

alexpila

I will always take off intake before a service wen i get my injens because whats 30 minutes to return to stock if it saves you your maintenance plan and warrenty

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