Drewstein

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The stealership's franchise license will be in jeaperdy if they don't comply. I think to many people are letting the stealership bulley them into paying for service they are ritefully due. An intake that changes out the stock air box but leaves all proper sensors such as the MAF can not void the engine warrenty. They may say that in hopes that you cave in, but your lawyer will trounce them and they'll settle before it comes to that. If you're a moron and over oil your K&N which is the only way to damage your MAF and that causes the motor to go, not only will that be easy to prove but you shouldn't be modding a car if you're that stupid. No simple bolt-ons provide enough power to even cause somthing to fail in the motor. So I don't want to hear it.
well no **** shrerlock, but an intake and exhaust isn't close to a "race car". In fact, the reason those add power is by helping the motor brethe better. An engine is just an air pump, the easier it is to move the air from one spot to another "frees" up power, it dosen't "add" power persay. Now FI adds power by multiplying the standard atmospheric pressure going into the motor. FI should void any warenty in which the car was sold without such an application.

NAVILESRX8

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I know I'm late to this thread, and I haven'r read it all, but did you contact SEMA? They are great at helping out enthusiasts in this regard.

Nemesis8

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All this talk of possible voided engine warranties has me worried about my SR Motorsports intake. I'm tempted to remove it, but I do not want to loose the performance I gained from it.

What does Racing Beat have to say about their intake they are designing I wonder? If Mazda voids the engine warranty from the use of an aftermarket intake, won't this kill the aftermarket companies desire to continue making parts available for us?

ScudRunner

No, it won't kill it, because there will always be people who buy aftermarket in spite of potential warranty loss (like me), or people who wait until their warranties are up and then start modding their car. Either way, there will always be a market.

Nemesis8

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Yes, I believe your right about that point. I did find thru the SEMA website a pretty detailed description of what to do if warranty is denied, thanks to the idea from NAVILESRX8 above. It took me here:

http://www.enjoythedrive.com/content/?id=8124

I'm still not sure if I should keep my intake on or not - any ideas?

rotareriot

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is it really not legal for a dealer to void a warranty due to an aftermarket part if they cant prove it was the part that caused the damage? cuz i have a plugged cat and i only have 55000 miles and the mazda dealer i went to wouldnt even look at it cuz they said its not the cat its just my typhoon intake and exhaust messing up and that i have to take those off. what do you guys think?

fannin522

mazda just replaced my engine bc of low compression and didnt make a fit of ne of my mods and i have bhr coils ap underdrive pulley magnaflow exhaust rb ram air duct and hks intake

dondo

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this thread is 5 years old..

rotareriot

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hmmm, looks like i need to find a new dealer to start going to with all the problems i seem to be having with my dealership.