Should I cancel my extended warranty?

[bobsacamenoh]

I was thinking of installing the Jackson racing supercharger in my FRS. Since this likely voids the warranty, should I just cancel the extended one that I purchased and get the prorated refund if I go ahead with the supercharger? I intended on keeping this car stock, but as most on this board know, that is easier said than done. I have had the car for about 2 months and purchased the 6 year/72K mile warranty during the purchase.

Thanks for any advice.

[Bach415]

Originally Posted by bobsacamenoh

I was thinking of installing the Jackson racing supercharger in my FRS. Since this likely voids the warranty, should I just cancel the extended one that I purchased and get the prorated refund if I go ahead with the supercharger? I intended on keeping this car stock, but as most on this board know, that is easier said than done. I have had the car for about 2 months and purchased the 6 year/72K mile warranty during the purchase.

Thanks for any advice.

I think the main question you should ask yourself is whether or not you have enough funds to support a supercharger(the kit itself, tune, etc) and if something goes wrong, funds to replace the motor. If you have enough money for those then go for it. If you are just financing the car and/or don't have enough money, I'd suggest keeping it stock and keep that warranty. You never know what can happen to the engine when you add that supercharger since ever car is different. It's a big risk to take.

[Jyn]

"If" something goes wrong. lol. I remember when I was so hopeful.


Tip: Expect something to fail on your F/I kit. Just... expect and plan/budget for it. That's what I have to say about that.

[bobsacamenoh]

Originally Posted by Jyn

"If" something goes wrong. lol. I remember when I was so hopeful.


Tip: Expect something to fail on your F/I kit. Just... expect and plan/budget for it. That's what I have to say about that.

Thanks for the replies above. I think the whole financial thing just made my decision. I would love to have a bit more punch, but part of the reason I got the extended warranty is that I have plans to keep this car as long as possible. The likelihood of higher costs to upkeep the FI car is something I don't want.

[Reaper]

ill let you know. I worked at a dealer a long time ago and we thoroughly understood the magnuson act and how if we couldn't prove am aftermarket part caused a part to fail we warranteed it no question. My local dealer is a little naïve to the aftermarket world. But I did find a semi local dealer that had no problem talking with me about TSB's and answering odd questions so I have hope in them. My transmission has syncro problems which has nothing to do with my turbo and they seems to understand that. So it really depends on your dealer. That and well...I usually pull the service manager aside and say look, ill pull the parts out and bring them to you and you can take the warranty labor and give it to whomever needs it that week. That usually does it. 5 or so hours of paid labor to a tech for no work.

[YMAA]

I had a dealership claim that an intermittent fuel pump issue (code P0193 on startup) was caused by my cold air intake and refused to provide any warranty service for it.

To this day I'm still not sure whether it was shadiness or incompetence that led them to that decision.

[Reaper]

you can actually sue for that. Magnusson act. check it out

[DancingPigeon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuso...t#Requirements

Was curious so I looked it up.

Under the terms of the Act, ambiguous statements in a warranty are construed against the drafter of the warranty.

Likewise, service contracts must fully, clearly, and conspicuously disclose their terms and conditions in simple and readily understood language.

Warrantors cannot require that only branded parts be used with the product in order to retain the warranty.[7] This is commonly referred to as the "tie-in sales" provisions,[8] and is frequently mentioned in the context of third-party computer parts, such as memory and hard drives.

The federal minimum standards for full warranties are waived if the warrantor can show that the problem associated with a warranted consumer product was caused by damage while in the possession of the consumer, or by unreasonable use, including a failure to provide reasonable and necessary maintenance.

Note this is just a summary from Wikipedia- I'm not familiar enough with US Law to state whether or not there are other pieces of legislation that interfere with this as it stands.