What Voids My Warranty

[dvs12]

does putting a cold air intake void the factory warranty ?? also lightwieght pullys, basicly what engine upgrades can i do to avoid the void????

[Phlame217]

None of these will void the warranty. What typically happens is that if something does go wrong, and you were to take your car in, if there were alot of aftermarket parts most, or some, authorised maintenence centers will refuse even to look at the car. Law wise though they have to prove that it was the aftermarket part that caused the issue being dealt with.

Kind of a funny story, though, not all dealerships are bad. I was running the cable for my system and upon running the power wire through the wire, it caught on the harness of the MAF and shorted it out. I drove the car up to the dealership which took 30 minutes for 4 miles going less than 30mph the whole way, told them what happend (I have an Injen CAI btw) and the tech said "yea it happens all the time, don't worry about it." and 30 minutes later "Here I need you to sign his, no cost to you, its on us." I shat myself.

[spyke]

Some places are weally good about stuff like that. The thing is dealerships make money on it. Toyota pays the techs and pays for the parts. True we dont make as much money as selling it over the counter or having the coustomer pay for it but it is a gaurenteded sale. If the sm or person in charge of that stuff is smart they will try and cover everything they can. Just my side, forgive the spelling, im tired and dont give a damn. Oh yah nos will void stuff as well as a turbo and other big things. Basicially like Phlame said if it can be linked to messing up your car toyota dosent have to cover it.