will hp tuners kill my warranty
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Originally Posted by victory_red_SS
Yes, if the dealer finds out.
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Originally Posted by Woodyr007
If your worried about the warrenty than leave it stock, best way to be sure. Otherwise who cares!!
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Originally Posted by SoloSK71
No. They have to prove any change that was made caused the fault, then not fix it under warranty. If you go in for a brake problem and they try to say the warranty is cancelled because you have a custom tune, it is lawyering time. Almost all dealerships that sell trucks also sell tune kits (chips, PCM's etc.) for trucks, and those truck owners get warranty service, so don't be satisfied with any different treatment than those truck owners get.
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Ok so ive never had to bring my car in for warranty, so warning this question may seem dumb... How would they even know you had it tuned with hp tuners. Do they scan for this every time you bring your car in? And is 450 to much to get a custom tune? Well thanks for the help.
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Originally Posted by Allshot
Ok so ive never had to bring my car in for warranty, so warning this question may seem dumb... How would they even know you had it tuned with hp tuners. Do they scan for this every time you bring your car in? And is 450 to much to get a custom tune? Well thanks for the help.
Like others have just said, if you are really that concerned with warranty, don't do it. I have totally voided my drivetrain warranty and I had to repeat myself to my dealer several times, I know and I don't care, do the modification.
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Originally Posted by victory_red_SS
The scanner software at the dealership will see when things are changed but again this only matters for systems changed by HPTuners.
BTW, as per the original question, it will void warranty for anything that the PCM has control over. A more conservative tune might be ok, say if you didn't go beyond what was is in the Stage 2 tune, you could say "well look, what I did is no more aggressive than what GM warrantees under the stage 2 tune. if that doesn't cause damage, then there's no way that this one can." But if you go to a full custom tune that's very aggressive, high redline, lots of boost, etc, you can bet your warrantee is null and void if something goes wrong with your motor.
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Having worked at dealerships as a tech and manager for many years,
THEY WILL NEVER KNOW YOU HAVE A TUNE! Was that clear
We never checked as the tech 2 used by dealers does not have that capability. It can only read the software id's which HPTuners doesn't change.
THEY WILL NEVER KNOW YOU HAVE A TUNE! Was that clear
We never checked as the tech 2 used by dealers does not have that capability. It can only read the software id's which HPTuners doesn't change.
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Originally Posted by FAST06SS
Having worked at dealerships as a tech and manager for many years,
THEY WILL NEVER KNOW YOU HAVE A TUNE! Was that clear
We never checked as the tech 2 used by dealers does not have that capability. It can only read the software id's which HPTuners doesn't change.
THEY WILL NEVER KNOW YOU HAVE A TUNE! Was that clear
We never checked as the tech 2 used by dealers does not have that capability. It can only read the software id's which HPTuners doesn't change.
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i left my data logger plugged in and my dealer unplugged it and reflashed my car for rought idle then pluged it back in i talked to the service manager and he was like i dont really care as long as when or if you get warrenty work done please unplug it and we will just say we dont know what the hell happend
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Originally Posted by victory_red_SS
If you blow your engine because of incorrect tuning the dealer is not going to fix it and yes that does not mean your other parts aren't covered. As for getting a lawyer, you are going to spend more out of pocket money per hour than getting the thing fixed.
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