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[Qwkynuf]

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Learn it....

http://www.mlmlaw.com/library/guides/ftc/warranties/undermag.htm

Using something or turning something on WILL NOT void your warranty. The use must be linked to a direct failure.

Thank you!

I have seen so many comments about "voiding your warranty"! The warranty on your car is not binary - it is not simply "on" or "off". It covers numerous systems and subsystems in the vehicle, and each failure is separately evaluated for warranty coverage.

If your differential explodes on the drag strip, the cost of those repairs wouldn't (and shouldn't) be covered under warranty. If you take a couple of runs down the strip, and then on the way home your radio stops working, they can't say that they won't cover it due to the racing. There must be a causal relationship between the disallowed activity and the failure.

Make sense?

Qwkynuf

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[JimmyTwoTimes]

Using something or turning something on WILL NOT void your warranty. The use must be linked to a direct failure.

I understand. But you can make anything casaully linked to anything else with a little effort. If I'm a Ford service writer, to use the other example, I can say that your runs down the drag strip loosened a wiring harness that two weeks later caused a short and so your radio wouldn't be broken but-for your drag racing. And then you'll have to sue the dealer to get them to cover the warranty claim, and good luck finding an attorney willing to take on your $500 case.

 

[Qwkynuf]

I understand. But you can make anything casaully linked to anything else with a little effort. If I'm a Ford service writer, to use the other example, I can say that your runs down the drag strip loosened a wiring harness that two weeks later caused a short and so your radio wouldn't be broken but-for your drag racing. And then you'll have to sue the dealer to get them to cover the warranty claim, and good luck finding an attorney willing to take on your $500 case.

The warranty is a contract between the warranty provider and yourself. The service writer can't just simply "say" that something was the cause of something else. There must be evidence - a causal relationship.

Even if you did run into a "Little Napolean" service writer like this, he is not the final word before you get the lawyers involved.

We once bought a 2005 Freestyle, and found it to be as close to a lemon as anything I have ever owned. One of the ongoing issues was that they could not seem to get it aligned properly. It pulled on the freeway from the very first test drive. In the year we owned it, we had it in for service 15 times. At a little over 10,000 miles, during one of the services, they pointed out that the inner shoulder of the front tires were worn down to the belting and should be replaced - and then presented me with a quote for 2 new tires.

I asked that my tires be replaced under warranty because of the ongoing alignment issues, and the service writer denied me. He said that tires are never covered after the first 5k miles.

I thanked him for his time, went and found my sales guy and asked him to take me to the general manager. When we found the GM, I explained that I had purchased (at that point) 5 brand new fords from his dealership in 6 years. I suggested that he was welcome to review the service history of each of them, and would see that I was not a customer who abused the warranty coverage or the service department. He would also see that this car was in the service department the very day that we took delivery.

I said that I would buy the tires if it was my only choice, but if I did, it would be the very last thing that I bought at his dealership.

Long story short, he found a way to replace the tires. A few months later we traded that car in on our 2nd '06 Mustang. A few years later we bought a '12 Focus from them, and I am planning to order my '15 GT from them.

The point being, the service writer works for someone - they are not (necessarily) the final voice of Ford.

Qwkynuf

 

[DivineStrike]

I understand. But you can make anything casaully linked to anything else with a little effort. If I'm a Ford service writer, to use the other example, I can say that your runs down the drag strip loosened a wiring harness that two weeks later caused a short and so your radio wouldn't be broken but-for your drag racing. And then you'll have to sue the dealer to get them to cover the warranty claim, and good luck finding an attorney willing to take on your $500 case.

Recently it has been said and provided in writing that tracking doesn't cause issues with your warranty, but Racing does. Believe it or not there is a difference.

 

[Trackaholic]

Also, the track apps are simply software features. Using the g-meter on the street isn't going to void any warranty. Ford just says not to use them on the street in order to limit liability from people who try to get 0-60 numbers when leaving a stop light on Main Street.

I certainly plan on using the friction circle g-force indicator during my commute!

At least once or twice.

-T

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