does stripping the stang, tinting the windows, installnig a catback exhaust system or anything like that void the warranty of the car? I've never owned a new car before and have never had a warranty so id liek to avoid losing it if possible.

 

Shouldn't cause you any problems with the mods you listed.

 

I don't think that it would but I would read the warranty info first. Just in case.

Cheers

 

In a long extended conversation with the friend of the family, who is the general manager of the dealer he hooked me up with the 05 Pony, I told him about the mods that I wanted to do on my previous 02 Mustang a long time ago and this is what he told me.

""Exhaust: You are free to put any kind of exhaust on your car. Do not go anywhere near your catalic converters or your headers. They are the DO NOT TOUCH ZONE of your engine. If there are problems with your car because of the exhaust, we'll take it in and fix it for you, BUT, if we cannot fix your problem and the problem has to be directed to the Ford Factory, then I'm affraid your warranty is going to have to be voided.

Any other kind of small mods such as an intake, you are free to do. Under no circumstances are you to put any kind of supercharger or turbo in it, failure to comply by that will automatically void your warranty in a heartbeat""

I trust this guy a lot and he's helped me with some dealers in the fast with some Ford Racing parts and I've had no problems with my previous car.

Stripping the car or tinting the windows DO NOT void your warranty!

 

Basically, the easiest way to think about is, if your modification caused the problem, then its not covered by the warranty. So doing a mod may not void your entire warranty, maybe just a part of it.

 

Putting vinyl on the car does not void the paint warranty. However, if you try to remove the vinyl, lets say in 3 years, and in the process it pulls some paint off then FORD will not warranty the paint. Not saying that is going to happen, just an example.

 

What if its dealer installed? And the sport appearance pkg on the V6, I would think it would fall under the warranty in those circumstances.

 

None of these things will void your warranty. Warranties aren't voided, claims are denied. You can put a supercharger on the car and still get a power window motor covered. The supercharger doesn't void the warranty. It would however void any claims on say the engine, possibly the tranny or rear end.

 

I have heard flashing the computer will preclude warranty coverage of the engine. Is this true?

 

That's what i'm concerned about regarding the mod plans I have. I wanted to do an SCT tune and I was worried about the warranty plus in my area they do an emissions inspect every year that includes a computer analysis not the tailpipe test.

 

You can always flash it back to stock before taking it in for work.

 

You can always flash it back to stock before taking it in for work.
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ok..I have never screwed with the computer on a car. It is as simple as just putting it back the way it was? Does flashing the computer ever create problems, say with something like the Xcalibrator? I have this fear I will flash the computer, and it won't start.

 

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That's what i'm concerned about regarding the mod plans I have. I wanted to do an SCT tune and I was worried about the warranty plus in my area they do an emissions inspect every year that includes a computer analysis not the tailpipe test.


My tuner told me my car would pass emissions even with the SCT tune.

 

I'll be talking to some local tuners to see if it will pass after flash. I am concerned at buying the software from SCT and tuning it myself in case I mess it up.

I was thinking of pulling the hydrocarbon trap and having to put that back in at every inspection with CAI.

Switching back and forth all the time for inspections can be expensive.

Unless I can find an inspector that will look the other way.

 

I was thinking of pulling the hydrocarbon trap and having to put that back in at every inspection with CAI.

Switching back and forth all the time for inspections can be expensive.

Install of my cai took about twenty minutes including pulling the tools. Removal of the trap, about ten. The cai comes with simple instructions and you can do it without paying someone.

 

I was going top leave the CAI mod on at inspection. I'll just put the hydrocarbon trap back in because I think it will probably fail without it.

It was mostly the computer analysis and having to flip-flop the tune at every inspection that had me most concerned.

 

If your state includes a "visual" inspection, you will fail with the cai installed even if your engine meets emissions testing. In California, I will remove it before inspection. I will also reinstall the hc trap because of the "visual" test.

 

Yeah we do have a "visual" but I thought that was mostly for no tampering with the converter. I could be wrong in this because this is the first car I have ever done anything like this to.

I'm in Pennsylvania and we have different types of tests depending on where you live and what year car you have. This inspection is new as of last year and confusing as heck.

I'm going to need to talk to some locals I guess.

 

They will prolly check everything off a list. Not much chance of skating by, IMO.

 

How is that when you have cars that come factory installed with CAI like the SS Camaro?