Ford Racing Parts have a 3 page PDF Warranty guide: http://www.fordracingparts.com/annou...2012_Packs.pdf

It may or may not work with your aftermarket intake, I would check with Ford Racing to be sure.

 

Just to give u guys an update I had pinging and did a cam relearn and that was the end of that

 

Great Info!

 

Anyone have the cam relearn procedure? I'd like to have a copy in case I ever have issues.

 

I know it but it worked lol and I do it every now and again just to keep it up to snuff but you do have to do an idle relearn

 

Had the tune installed by the dealer at 6 miles. 32,000 later on nothing but 93 octane, no ping, no knock. The cost of this tune is way more than those prices listed above. .10 to .20 cent a gallon for 93 octane plus the two sets of Pirellis. Hell, we didn't buy'm cause we were concerned with dollars and cents. This tune rocks with Roush axle backs.

 

Anybody know if it will void my 5 year warranty if I have a dealer install it?

Thanks,
john

 

Ford Racing Parts have a 3 page PDF Warranty guide: http://www.fordracingparts.com/annou...2012_Packs.pdf

The Ford Racing Warranty is much shorter then Ford's Factory Warranty that it replaces.

 

Shorter? Not really...isn't the standard factory warranty 3yr/36,000 with an available extension to 5yr/100,000? Racing's warranty seems pretty clear however it doesn't mention if or how it affects extended warranties?

Performance Packs and Components

 

I think he's talking about the 5yr/60k mile powertrain warranty that comes with the car. Scott

 

Well, we're both sort of right! I though the ESP plan went to 100k miles. My bad. It times out at 60k miles like the normal warranty. The difference is it's coverage is bumper to bumper to 60k miles...unlike the standard warranty. I think it was a waste of money now but the saving grace is, I get a full refund of the purchase price if I don't use it.

John

 

So basically, just ask around dealer to dealer until one says they'll do it then your golden?

 

Doubt if it's that simple since FoMoCo holds the final approval of warranty coverage. A dealer can say anything to make a sale knowing full well Ford will decline warranty coverage. The agreement has to be at the corporate -manufactures- level otherwise you're at risk of being hung out. In this case Ford Racing offers a warranty but it's quite a bit shorter than the factory 5 year warranty and would not be bumper to bumper like the add on ESP package...which I was a fool to buy~

John

 

i'd like to hear about this my self

 

So take me through the safe process from order to installation. If its too fishy you may as well just go with a full fledged steeda tune.

 

As an option, yes, you could go with any tune and give up your warranty. If the warranty is not important to you, I think there is more power to be had going that way. If you want more power verses stock and want to retain "a" warranty, the ProCal seems to be the only option. From what I can see however, you give up the FoMoCo warranty for the shorter Ford Racing warranty with the ProCal. Again, if giving up 2 years worth of warranty you paid for...and may need, isn't important to you, ProCal all the way. In my opinion the best way to find out if FoMoCo will retain the 5 year warranty, with or without the ESP kicker added when a ProCal tune installed, is to talk directly to them, not a dealer. Dealers sell and repair cars. Manufactures build cars and warranty their work and components.

Just my take, flawed or not.
John

 

A failure from a tune, particularly our tunes is extremely rare. The tunes we send out are the same tunes used in our Steeda serialized vehicles sold through Ford dealers. Vehicles that are backed by a warranty, hence need to have a tune that is not going to cause us warranty issues.

Should an engine failure occur, we would work with the Ford dealer for proper diagnostics, this would include not only traditional diagnostics but things such as fuel octane testing and other techniques to fully determine the cause of failure. Should it be determined that indeed the tuning was the cause of the engine failure and not abuse, over revving, improper fuel octane, etc, then we would work with the customer on resolving the failure.

Best Regards,

TJ

 

TJ@Steeda,

Since you are likely to have more knowledge in this area than most of us posting here, can you walk us through a scenario where a failure is caused by a tune (which- for all the discussion around it- sounds to be actually really rare if I'm not mistaken)?

I mean, understanding the established tunes rarely do cause problems, if there is a problem, what form is it likely to take and what will cause the manufacturer to wash their hands of the problem?

Thanks!

 

The ford delership is honoring my extended warranty with there tune but I really want to ghost cam it now

 

the only issue I have had with frpp tune is that it has had a little throttle surge when i was decelerating right after start up. but to be honest if thats the worst that happens to me ill be happy lol the ghost cam guys have the same issue 10 fold