warranty and bombing

[Sageair]

Well I'm sure this post is going to generate a ton of replies of which I expect very few to be friendly. If you are going to bomb your truck why in the world should you expect Dodge/Cummins to honor the warranty. I read post after post relating to concern about the dealer being able to discern if the vehicle had been modified and plans to remove the modification before taking the truck in for warranty work. If you think what you added was right leave it on, if you think it was wrong don't expect someone else to pay for your tinkering. What in the world ever happened to being responsible for our own actions? I'd like to think honesty is still worth something. I think horsepower is like sex,vacation and money. Enough really is'nt and too much is just right! But we shouldn't expect someone else to pay for it

 

[JR2]

Welcome aboard. I totally agree with what you said. Its true about our trucks and everyting in life.



See the last line of my sig. .

 

[24V-DSL]

I mostly agree.....

I am fully responsible for anything that breaks directly related to the bombs I've added... ... no hesitation. I'm who doesn't want to wait 5 yrs. to have a truck that performs/handles like it should have, anyway.



What I don't agree with is dealing with an issue like having my warranty voided when my windshield wiper motor craps out. Most of the dealer service managers have been hammered so much by D/C that they have assumed an "attitude"..... you can't even talk to them.



I lost my oil pressure sender and paid my private mechanic to replace it rather than go thru grief at the dealer.

 

[Bill_L]

I think that have to agree with part of each of the above posts.



I don't even have my truck yet and I plan to BOMB it.



I do look at it this way. If something related to the BOMBing breaks then I pay for it. If it is totally unrelated I will removed my added parts and take it to the dealer to make them fix what they should fix without me having to remove any of my added on parts since they did not cause the issue.

 

[SEmerson]

I must agree with Bill

 

[Diesel Boy]

YES

I agree. I think it is almost funny to hear the complaints from people who undermine what the factory does to produce a vehicle that runs good, starts good hot or cold, is a real workhorse, and will give years of relative trouble free service. Warranty work caused by modification costs us all in higher prices passed on to the consumer. It's like shoplifting. My truck is stock an I have not had any trouble with it. It may be a little slow but that's part of a diesel. If you want speed then buy gasoline power. Another pet gripe of mine is those who remove polution equipment or run non-taxed diesel fuel. Our air quality is important to us all. Taxes are a necessity to run this country. I don't like them but we must all pay our share.

 

[ACoyle]

Wow! Mostly posative feedback so far.



I was just thinking of this over the weekend when I read on this site that the Cummins tester can find a "box" even after you take it off. I then thought of "Big Saint" who went in for his hood latch recall with his step five injectors showing off for the shop. It would really be great if a reasonable middle of the road could be reached. Modify what you want, if it breaks something else it's on you. If something else breaks, it's on them. If you think about it, we owners are really the only ones that want a warranty. For the manufacturer, it is a sales inducement.



Those of you who run your own business know what I am talking about. I fix computers for a living. I have not run across many persons that will say that they added something or reconfigured something. Thye mostly say that everything worked till I fixed something. It's really the same with our trucks.



I had a '66 Fairlane GT. I was told by the dealer that my front wheel bearing that went bad was due to hot rodding. The car was stock. As I left the dealership the mechanic told me that he took my car for lunch and it ran really great. As I left I noted the broken motor mount. I never went back.



Long way to say "We are our own warranty station".

 

[SS]

You're right about warranty - and maybe we don't say it enough here. People are also wrong in saying their bombed truck is how it should have been from the factory. That's not what they paid for. The manfacturers jockey for position from year to year, but nobody is going to sell a truck that has 400 hp/750 ft-lb when the competition is at 230/475.



Here's a post I made on an earlier thread:

"Any dealer can sell any product, whether it is warranted by Chrysler or not. Some dealers even sell COMP boxes and we all know (or should) that it does void your warranty, at least on powertrain items that could be affected. You are your own warranty station. "



The problem here is that some things will go wrong, say transfer case seal for example, that are not due to any performance upgrades. If the dealer sees a box, they may be inclined to completely void the warranty. How do you strike a happy medium?

 

[High Voltage]

What Warranty... ... ... ... :-laf