Has Anyone Ever Gotten a Warranty Claim Denied for a Tune?

[WildHorse]

Most dealerships are assholes and if you tune your car there going to blame it on that. They’ll want to find any reason not to honor a warranty.

My dealer, well new dealer caused I switched said "why would I deny my mechanics from making a buck" I completely agree.

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[Danmg202]

On my 15 gt I had the dealer install a power pack 3, which immediately had major Rev hang issues that a reflash sort of solved. Later the car began to stall when coming to a stop and they refused to even look at it as a possible warrenty claim because of an aftermarket grille.

Only reason I bought a new one from them was I'd feel bad dropping the car on a unsuspecting dealer.

 

[K4fxd]

So no one sees the obvious?

Get ford to reflash the computer once in awhile. That way IF Ford looks at key count they have a record of it being reset.

So if you are going to use a 300 shot of nitrous and grudge race your buddies, the day before have Ford re flash the computer.

 

[InvertedRain]

So no one sees the obvious?

Get ford to reflash the computer once in awhile. That way IF Ford looks at key count they have a record of it being reset.

So if you are going to use a 300 shot of nitrous and grudge race your buddies, the day before have Ford re flash the computer.

That is unless they keep reference of the number on the flash count before returning it back to you. Reading through all this my opinion is that
any owner should be doing what they know they are skilled or have tried before.

For me, I'm not looking at my warranty with any particular value. Sure, if I want to keep my Mustang GT stock it's great. But what can possibly break if I do proper oil interval changes and have pushed the car very hard (taken to the track)? If it handles that with no hiccups. I say go for it. Once I know my car has run its tires into tar it's a go to put methanol injection, a tune, K&N air filter, sway bars and struts.

It's what I purchased the car for as my daily. If should something fail however one can bet I have the car insurance to have it covered properly. That is the true warranty in question here.

 

[K4fxd]

It was tongue in cheek

 

[brucelinc]

My dealer, well new dealer caused I switched said "why would I deny my mechanics from making a buck" I completely agree.

My dealers have said basically the same thing but added, "why would I want to piss off my customers by trying to avoid warranty work?" Every dealer I have worked with has done everything they can within reason to honor the warranty.

 

[Zinc03svt]

Exactly! ^^^. Part of my service advisor’s pay is based on approved monthly warranty claim $$$. Duh... ;).

 

[Armageddon Turbo]

Only once, but I had a supercharger installed

 

[4leghorse]

Aft

On my 15 gt I had the dealer install a power pack 3, which immediately had major Rev hang issues that a reflash sort of solved. Later the car began to stall when coming to a stop and they refused to even look at it as a possible warrenty claim because of an aftermarket grille.

Only reason I bought a new one from them was I'd feel bad dropping the car on a unsuspecting dealer.

aftermarket grille.... really that blows

 

[Zinc03svt]

On my 15 gt I had the dealer install a power pack 3, which immediately had major Rev hang issues that a reflash sort of solved. Later the car began to stall when coming to a stop and they refused to even look at it as a possible warrenty claim because of an aftermarket grille.

Only reason I bought a new one from them was I'd feel bad dropping the car on a unsuspecting dealer.

Find a new dealer.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

Find a new dealer.

I did just that when my doubled the price of meth. Supply chain issues my ass ...

 

[Mustang Tony]

I had cam phasers replaced under warranty @ 5600 miles. Total bill to Ford with rental was almost 2k. Car had been tuned since 125 miles. We done here making uninformed blanket statements...?

You got lucky...cause at South Bay Ford here in Hawthorne they would have been up your ass so fast on the tune before you'd mutter a but, but but....

 

[Zinc03svt]

You got lucky...cause at South Bay Ford here in Hawthorne they would have been up your ass so fast on the tune before you'd mutter a but, but but....

I was on stock tune with plenty of key counts. Dealer could not prove jack about my tuning. But, I get some dealers are out to void warranties and ultimately lose service customers. It is what it is. Again, find a new dealer.

 

[Templarum]

Not for the tune but everytime I ask the dealer to check a right sided wheel bearing type noise that corresponds to speed they tell me it's just my header collectors rattling. These guys are lame.

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