READ ME: Warranty work denied due to programmer!
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shoulda just got a blackbear or wheatly tune and kept the stock computer..take it in for warrenty work, throw your stock computer in and they wont see anything of a tune on it..imo
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they should not have bused your ***** over a cat. those are warrantied for different time than other parts. I would be pissed that your service is poor and you and not trying to get parts fixed from abuse but parts needed for inspections and the environment. All these dealers closing you would think they would treat you a little better for a cat...its not like you have a TBSS and a blown trans and lie about a tune? This is why my truck got better service once its out of warranty!
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I'd love to see them PROVE the programer is what caused the failure.
Personally, it's my truck. I'm gonna do what I want with it. If I void the warranty so be it. It's just red assing to see GM trying to deny warranty service when they legally cannot
Personally, it's my truck. I'm gonna do what I want with it. If I void the warranty so be it. It's just red assing to see GM trying to deny warranty service when they legally cannot
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Of course a programmer can take out the cats seeing as how it directly changes the a/f ratio. C'mon you can't do all of that to your vehicle and get upset when they tell you the warranty is denied.
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I was reading an article back when the prius "supposedly" ran off in California and Toyota was all up on what that driver was doing from "memory points" in the ECM. I agree with most though, if you plan to mod you should plan to lose your warranties no matter what The Magnusom act states. Tuning can be debated that it can ruin lots of things. Hell your transmission is ECM controlled. Your cats are DEFINITELY affected by your tune. I also agree the dealer could in the long run really care less but has to give a ECM footprint to the factory. That's why they don't care about mechanical stuff so much. Welcome to 2010 and forward. The computer technology is at full throttle.