Yes, the dealer can detect your tuned PCM
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Yeah I had known about this for a little while now, just hadn't actually seen the written details about it. I don't blame them one bit really, they have to protect themselves. As far as my personal feelings about it, I have always modded my cars/trucks and have never taken in a vehicle for warranty for anything and I don't "expect" the dealer to cover anything on my truck after I've tinkered with it whether the tune/mods are safe and done correctly or not.
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I agree with that statement 100%. The only problem is a few of them out there I have heard end up being jerks about a warranty issue of any kind once they get the vehicle in there and see that their is anything done to it at all as far as aftermarket goes.
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IMO, if the "sights and sounds" of a vehicle are modified and the engine/electronics are not, then the dealer should honor the warranty of those items not modded. Just because I put a better looking hood on my truck, that's not gonna make the engine overheat.
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They cannot do that. If they try, you need to reference the magnuson-moss act.