Warranty Voids - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

ckilburn_ · 05-08-2018, 04:48 PM

Will an axel back exhaust void my warranty? I've heard Subaru is pretty picky but the parts guy I've talked to hasn't even heard of the term 'axel back' so I assume he's an idiot. any help will be appreciated!

Also***
If any other mods I can do without voiding the warranty, pls lemme know!

Tcoat · 05-08-2018, 04:52 PM

Nothing "voids" a warranty. They can refuse service if the mod could be proved to directly or indirectly have caused the issue but that is about it. An axle back would be hard to prove that it caused any issue.

ckilburn_ · 05-08-2018, 04:57 PM

alright, thank you!

ckilburn_ · 05-08-2018, 04:57 PM

anything else pls post

Tcoat · 05-08-2018, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ckilburn_

anything else pls post

Nobody can give you a list of what will and will not be accepted. Much of it depends on the dealer and what they will tolerate. Technically speaking if you change ANY part of the car and they can in any way associate it with what failed they can deny warranty.
Transmission went and you have a weighted shift knob. No warranty (maybe).
Door falls off and you have a weighted shift knob. Covered.

SLVRSRFR · 05-08-2018, 07:43 PM

I put an axle-back on my car 2 days after I bought it, and took it to a Subaru dealer during the duration of my warranty, and never had an issue. In fact it was never even brought up.

That being said, some dealers are more "sticky" than others on stuff like this, so it could totally depend on how lenient your local dealer is too, and as Mr. Coat up there said, they would only refuse warranty service if the modification was deemed to be a direct cause of the issue that is needing warranty coverage.

Hope this helps.

humfrz · 05-08-2018, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ckilburn_

Also***
If any other mods I can do without voiding the warranty, pls lemme know!

Welcome to the forum, ckilburn......

Your second question is almost impossible to generalize an answer for.

It would depend upon what was modified and what failed on the car.

Using @Tcoat 's guidance and applying common sense, will get you in the ball park ....... however, the dealer/manufacturer has the final say so.

humfrz

Sapphireho · 05-08-2018, 11:29 PM

Absolutely nothing went wrong with my car during warranty, so it was a moot point. Well built i would say.

05-08-2018, 04:48 PM	#1
ckilburn_ Junior Member Join Date: May 2018 Drives: 17 BRZ Limited Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Warranty Voids Will an axel back exhaust void my warranty? I've heard Subaru is pretty picky but the parts guy I've talked to hasn't even heard of the term 'axel back' so I assume he's an idiot. any help will be appreciated! Also*** If any other mods I can do without voiding the warranty, pls lemme know!

05-08-2018, 04:52 PM	#2
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	Nothing "voids" a warranty. They can refuse service if the mod could be proved to directly or indirectly have caused the issue but that is about it. An axle back would be hard to prove that it caused any issue. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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SLVRSRFR Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: 2013 BRZ 6MT, 2007 WRX Wagon 5MT Location: Caledon, Ontario Posts: 1,332 Thanks: 582 Thanked 534 Times in 377 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I put an axle-back on my car 2 days after I bought it, and took it to a Subaru dealer during the duration of my warranty, and never had an issue. In fact it was never even brought up. That being said, some dealers are more "sticky" than others on stuff like this, so it could totally depend on how lenient your local dealer is too, and as Mr. Coat up there said, they would only refuse warranty service if the modification was deemed to be a direct cause of the issue that is needing warranty coverage. Hope this helps. __________________ @bpennerz

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ckilburn_ Junior Member Join Date: May 2018 Drives: 17 BRZ Limited Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	alright, thank you!

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