so i want to do work on my car but i don't want to void out my warranty on my car...would anyone know how far i can go without voiding my warranty on my 09 honda civic si with only 1300 miles on it

 

don't mess with your new car. if something fails slightly related to one of your modifications, you're screwed. How much do you owe on it? If you owe anything I wouldn't mess with it yet.

 

Do work as in change the oil?

 

well i owe pretty much everything on it only one payment made...cool thanks for the advice i'll just keep it stock till the warrenty is out and is paid for...

 

Google Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.

 

I did my first mod at 1500 miles which was an aem ari and an exaust.I wouldnt do anything to serious to ur new whip like FI.Keep it simple and not to complicated.I still owe alot on my si too its all good.

 

Please get off of this site with your erroneous information. Stick with things you know, like ant farms and octane boosters.

The Magnusson-Moss Warranty act is all you need my friend, the burden of proof is with the dealer and American Honda and that the part(s) must have caused or contributed to the cause for which the warranty claim was sought. Even then they can't void your warranty, only deny the claim.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...ty-intact.html

http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=60128

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act

 

On an 09 most of us still owe a lot on them. Unless you where lucky enough to have a large down payment and a trade in. Yeah if I where you I would keep the mods simple intake, header, exhaust, stay away from mods to the electrical system and engine for a while.

 

That's cool and all, but it does nothing if they can prove that you installed aftermarket parts incorrectly.

Most of us aren't mechanics or licensed technicians.

More likely than not, if you install parts correctly there will be no problems, and you will not have to worry about whether you have a warranty or not. It is only once you do something stupid that you have to worry about your warranty.

And if you've done something stupid, causing problems with your car, more likely than not the dealership will deny your warranty claim. While they may not technically revoke your warranty, what is the point of possessing a warranty which one cannot file claims under?

 

Mine is under 1000 miles, I'm tempted to put a 55 shot on it . I just bought a cai and have a deal on a evo2 that im thinking about. I wouldn't suggest putting FI/Nitrous tho if you have no idea what your doing. If it's financed why not it's your car if it's a lease then it's different as it's not your car but you can always part it out after.

 

The way they put it to me when I bought my 09 Si was, "Say you put an intake on and all of a sudden your brakes stop working - obviously the intake has nothing to do with it so it won't void your warranty on that part". Basically they break it down to if your mod did the damage to that certain part that needs work then they won't cover it.

 

kidnkorner-a response like that is the reason I dislike people so much. It's amazing how many a**holes are in this world.

 

instead of putting parts on your car, just send in a larger payment

 

hutzman, if it weren't for people like you, who don't know jack about what they are talking about, spreading erroneous information around you wouldn't have to worry about anyone being an azzhole.

Know what you are talking about before you put your foot in your mouth.

So long as the dealer trouble shooted and investigated im all good. It's the dealers that give the vehcile the once-over, see after market parts and blame the problem on the parts or tell the customer their warranty is voided due to the parts on a legitimate warranty claim.

Like my bout with GM back in 2000, I had a cold air intake, MSD DIS2 ignition box, axleback exhaust and a 59mm broed factory TB and they blamed the spun crank bearings on my parts. There was a service bulletin siting enegine produced between month/1999 - month/2000 were prone due to the oiling system.

They didn't even investigate, they just said your warranty was void and got the zone rep to put a drive train warranty block on my vehicle.

Sad to say for GM, not only did they lose in arbitration, they bought my vehicle back and I got an $8,000 settlement.

 

well do you can do whatever you want jsut as long as they cant prove your aftermarket part made the car faulty

 

English, do you speak it?

 

If you decide to swap out some stock parts for performance ones, just keep all the original parts. So then if you do have a major problem and are in need of a warranty repair, just swap everything back and then take it to Honda.

 

kidnkorner-knock off the douche bag comments

 

simple bolt-ons shouldnt be a problem

 

i was told things such as intake, exhaust would not void warranty. Opening up the motor for internal upgrades however will.

 

well it depends on the dealer that you take your car too and what you done to the car. i do not have a newer civic but i have a 95 civic coupe witch i have had seince new. the only thing i did to the car was intake, lower, and full cat back system. but after having the car for but 7 it was making noise in the front took it in and they had a rep come to look at it. days later they told me to pick the car up.

hope this helps you out in any way.