aftermarket alarms--warranty--extra costs?
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aftermarket alarms--warranty--extra costs?
hi I need some opinions,
I am thinking about having a clifford alarm installed in my s2000 but then I was told by honda that if the alarm is installed wrong it could void part of my warranty.......the electronics shop said if that happens they will be responsible for work that they did not do right............but of course they are going to say that now. I also called honda customer service and they said that if I have any kind of repair and they have to unhook my aftermarket alarm, they will charge me to have it hooked back up.
Has this happened to anyone? where you had a warranty problem or where the dealer charged you more to hook your aftermarket alarm back up after a repair?
I could install the honda alarm but it costs more and does not have the responder that I was looking for that the clifford alarm has.
any advice is appreciated.
I am thinking about having a clifford alarm installed in my s2000 but then I was told by honda that if the alarm is installed wrong it could void part of my warranty.......the electronics shop said if that happens they will be responsible for work that they did not do right............but of course they are going to say that now. I also called honda customer service and they said that if I have any kind of repair and they have to unhook my aftermarket alarm, they will charge me to have it hooked back up.
Has this happened to anyone? where you had a warranty problem or where the dealer charged you more to hook your aftermarket alarm back up after a repair?
I could install the honda alarm but it costs more and does not have the responder that I was looking for that the clifford alarm has.
any advice is appreciated.
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Re: aftermarket alarms--warranty--extra costs? (dc2 integi2a 00)
yeap.
When the recall happened for the ignitions, the dealership near here unhooked a customer's remote start to replace whatever they had to replace, and didn't hook it back up. The customer came back to us and we hooked it back in for free (no biggy).
As for it voiding the warrenty, do a search for the magnus-moss act. It's a court ruling saying how the *ONLY* thing that can be void in your warrenty are only things that are wrong *BECAUSE* of the aftermarket peice. So if you install an aftermarket radio into your car, and a few days later the transmission dies, the dealership can not say "we aren't going to fix the tranny because you put an aftermarket radio in and that voids your warrenty". The dealership has to prove that whatever you put in infact caused the damage they are trying to fix for it to void your warrenty... and again it only voids the parts that whatever you put in applies to
When the recall happened for the ignitions, the dealership near here unhooked a customer's remote start to replace whatever they had to replace, and didn't hook it back up. The customer came back to us and we hooked it back in for free (no biggy).
As for it voiding the warrenty, do a search for the magnus-moss act. It's a court ruling saying how the *ONLY* thing that can be void in your warrenty are only things that are wrong *BECAUSE* of the aftermarket peice. So if you install an aftermarket radio into your car, and a few days later the transmission dies, the dealership can not say "we aren't going to fix the tranny because you put an aftermarket radio in and that voids your warrenty". The dealership has to prove that whatever you put in infact caused the damage they are trying to fix for it to void your warrenty... and again it only voids the parts that whatever you put in applies to
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Re: aftermarket alarms--warranty--extra costs? (rjr162)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rjr162 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeap.
When the recall happened for the ignitions, the dealership near here unhooked a customer's remote start to replace whatever they had to replace, and didn't hook it back up. The customer came back to us and we hooked it back in for free (no biggy).
As for it voiding the warrenty, do a search for the magnus-moss act. It's a court ruling saying how the *ONLY* thing that can be void in your warrenty are only things that are wrong *BECAUSE* of the aftermarket peice. So if you install an aftermarket radio into your car, and a few days later the transmission dies, the dealership can not say "we aren't going to fix the tranny because you put an aftermarket radio in and that voids your warrenty". The dealership has to prove that whatever you put in infact caused the damage they are trying to fix for it to void your warrenty... and again it only voids the parts that whatever you put in applies to</TD></TR></TABLE> what he said
as for the install of the alarm , just make sure that they are going to do a good job, ask , do they solder all connections, will they remove all unused wires from alarm, [this can be done without damaging them] are they going to cut or cut into the cars wireing,[ they do not have to] see if you can get a look at one of there installs .
hope this helps. 94
When the recall happened for the ignitions, the dealership near here unhooked a customer's remote start to replace whatever they had to replace, and didn't hook it back up. The customer came back to us and we hooked it back in for free (no biggy).
As for it voiding the warrenty, do a search for the magnus-moss act. It's a court ruling saying how the *ONLY* thing that can be void in your warrenty are only things that are wrong *BECAUSE* of the aftermarket peice. So if you install an aftermarket radio into your car, and a few days later the transmission dies, the dealership can not say "we aren't going to fix the tranny because you put an aftermarket radio in and that voids your warrenty". The dealership has to prove that whatever you put in infact caused the damage they are trying to fix for it to void your warrenty... and again it only voids the parts that whatever you put in applies to</TD></TR></TABLE> what he said
as for the install of the alarm , just make sure that they are going to do a good job, ask , do they solder all connections, will they remove all unused wires from alarm, [this can be done without damaging them] are they going to cut or cut into the cars wireing,[ they do not have to] see if you can get a look at one of there installs . hope this helps. 94
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