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Originally Posted by swarb
I only mentioned what "I'd" do. Not what he should do. It's a very gray or grey area LOL. The op is aware that he is from Canada. So what kind of fraud would it be? And who is it up to, to prove if it was?
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Its not a very grey area, its pretty black and white. Modifying vehicles is a choice that an owner makes. Returning it to stock when taking it to a dealer to get warranty work is in essence if fraud IF what you modified caused the issue. If it didn't cause the issue then there is no reason to return to stock. Pretty cut and dry.
Ethically its wrong and legally it is wrong as well as you would be defrauding a company to provide a service you were not entitled to in the event that your modification caused the issue. Will someone who modifies a car and returns to stock to get repairs for something they broke get caught? Maybe or maybe not, but it doesn't make it the right thing to do, but that's really not the point. The point is that as long as there are people who do stuff like this it only makes it harder for people with legitimate warranty claims have to deal with hassles they shouldn't have to.
Also, of course the OP knows he's from Canada, what I'm saying is that the laws in Canada could very well be different than in the US and stating what is true for the US isn't necessarily helpful to someone from a different country. The fact that they can't void a warranty, the Mangnuson-Moss Warranty Act, doesn't apply to the OP as that's applicable to the US only.