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01-05-2012, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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I'm Stupid and I voided my warranty horror stories
I have been seeing brand new 2011+ wrx/sti already installing performance parts and flashing their ECU with Cobb's AP and blowing up their tranny or motor. Please share with the community your horror stories so other future prospecters don't do what you did.
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01-05-2012, 09:42 PM | #2 |
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"I bought a new car. It had a warranty until I did things to it that I knew would most likely be the cause of a denied warranty claim. Then it broke and they didn't fix my car for free. Then I posted on NABISCO about how much it sucks that they wouldn't cover it."
-Posters in this thread. Moral of the story, want a warranty? Leave your car alone. |
01-05-2012, 09:45 PM | #3 |
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I just want to hear these horror stories so I can get some LOL and pass the time away over here.
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01-05-2012, 10:09 PM | #4 |
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Just find the thread where guy was dumping his clutch at the track and was wondering why it went at 6k?? Then got caught by the dealer and didnt get warranty, or something like that.
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01-05-2012, 11:11 PM | #5 |
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My warranty is one of the biggest reasons I haven't done anything big to my car yet. I just payed out the A$$ for the car, I don't want to be paying for repairs too.
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01-05-2012, 11:56 PM | #6 |
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i had a warranty? oh yeah, it ended when my break in period ended
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01-06-2012, 12:00 AM | #7 |
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I modded both my WRX and STI and never had an issue with either one. Sorry I didn't have anything cool to read.
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01-06-2012, 12:04 AM | #8 |
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This, why when you buy even a used car, you buy it STOCK. No modded car has much value really, except for the parts, but you can't add to the kbb cause of go fast parts stuff, it takes value away. I see people adding to the kbb due to a mod list a miles long. who wants all that stuff to fail, it does fail higher rate than stock stuff. I will buy my cars stock, and keep them til they hit 200k.
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01-06-2012, 12:10 AM | #9 |
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01-06-2012, 12:16 AM | #10 |
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I went stage 1 right after break in. a friend if mine that owns a shop bought his 2011 sti with the AP in his pocket and flashed it as soon as he left. He went stage 2 a month later. Lol no problems though on either of ours. Cobb tune is more reliable for the car, its not tuned with emissions in mind anymore, therefore not leaned out.
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01-06-2012, 01:15 AM | #11 |
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I put 112,000 miles on the firs, 60,000 on the second and now a few thousand on my third WRX and never once had to have any warranty work done. If I were to buy a new one, I wouldn't hesitate to do any minor mods up to stage two right after breaking it in. Just do it right and drive it properly and it's not likely to break. Of the small percentage of major failures, you have to realize that a percentage of the ones that say they never abused the car and never modded them are liars.
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01-06-2012, 01:19 AM | #12 |
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I worked for subaru as a tech when wrx's first came out. I dont know where to start with the voided warranty stories
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01-06-2012, 01:24 AM | #13 |
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clutch went out on my 08 at 17k miles...have 6 other manuals including 2 other subarus that have never had any problems. In other words, the people above who havent been put in this situation need to 'zip it'.
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01-06-2012, 08:05 AM | #14 |
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Or something like that, then the dumb dick sold the car and bought a STI. Man i hate people who have funny stories and post them!
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01-06-2012, 08:11 AM | #15 |
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I've never owned a car with a warranty
Someday though! Seth |
01-06-2012, 08:12 AM | #16 |
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was it covered under warranty? what ended up being the cause?
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01-06-2012, 08:19 AM | #17 | |
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Stage2 Cobb (AP+CAI+full TBE) Kartboy STS BC Coilover Rest: esthetic mods Let's say I need to get repair done (usually under warranty) my sunroof/fogging headlights/defect power window motor/etc (you get the point, nothing relative to the parts I installed.... Do you think they will void my warranty because of those 3 aftermarket mods ? I remember with my previous car: as long as the problem wasn't caused by the aftermarket parts, warranty was still covering anything. Right now I have my Kartboy STS ready to install. TBH.... I'm scare of installing it |
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01-06-2012, 08:26 AM | #18 | |
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The only things that go boom on the cars with the mild mods these stories come from are the ****ty stock pistons busting a ring land and people destroying their clutch because they clueless try to launch their car like an idiot. No blown gears though from everything i read. As for serious modding I have not heard anything either on transmissions going pop. |
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01-06-2012, 08:26 AM | #19 |
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Take note:
Your warranty generally cannot be voided. Your warranty claim however can be denied. As basically stated by others, if you want to retain your warranty and keep it in full effect, do not modify your car. If you do modify, and something breaks as a result, be prepared to be 'self insured' (meaning you pay for it). |
01-06-2012, 08:31 AM | #20 |
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01-06-2012, 08:37 AM | #21 | |
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Let's say I have a Cobb stage 1 or 2 and I have problem to the motor/tranny, they might denied my claim. But let's say I go there for a powerwindow motor problem, it will be covered by the warranty since it doesn't have anything to do with the cobb?? |
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01-06-2012, 08:53 AM | #22 | |
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IIRC, any form of racing voids the warranty also, at least in technical terms. SCCA auto-x events aren't generally defined as racing, you need to be head-to-head with another vehicle. |
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01-06-2012, 09:05 AM | #23 | |
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01-06-2012, 09:14 AM | #25 |
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