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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR
The dealer/manufacturer has to PROVE that the aftermarket part caused the damage.
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This has not been my experience. Not even with completely stock cars. The burden of proof of fault falls onto the owner. As an example, a friend of mine bought an 08 STI. The engine wasn't running right, and Subaru refused to do any tests to prove anything was wrong. My friend had to shell out $400 from his own pocket for a compression test to prove to them the engine was screwed. It was. Then they tried to deny warranty coverage saying that he'd clearly hit something because of a big flat dent in his transmission casing. I looked at it for him, because he said he hadn't hit anything, and told him it looked to me like it was cast that way, maybe even intentionally. He went and looked under another STI, and sure enough, same flat dent cast into every casing. He had to convince someone to drive to the dealership with him to PROVE to the dealership that his flat dent was OEM, not damage.