As others have mention, you can try another dealership. I know here in Georgia, the dealership I bought my S2000 from would warranty a Comptech SC. The catch is you have to buy the supercharger from them and have them install it. My dealership said, the s/c is warranty for 1yr. Hope that helps and goodluck with what choice you make.

-Alan

 

HAHA the wimp comment was a joke. It comes down to how much money you have. Also how you plan on driving the car. (launches,donuts, poping the clutch)

No warrenty for me. If I didn't get one I could probably afford a SC.

 

Totally false information. They can't not warrenty a car just because ou added a aftermarket part no matter what that part is. Only if they con prove that the aftermarket part is what caused the malfunction. Now you could just go to hardtopguy and have it done there, then you'll maintain the warrenty, get it for less, have it installed correctly with nor more hassel than the transporting of you vehicle to his location.

 

ANY alteration if the failure can be linked to that alteration No warranty in the US can make you use only OEM parts ever, that's the law!

 

right...the dealership is not "SUPPOSED" to but i think we know enough about dealerships to forsee a "your supercharged car created additional stress to the gauge cluster, thus we cannot fix under warranty"

If I was you i'd wait a year or 12K mi just to let the engine loosen up a bit and to see if anything breaks (mfg defects should manifest itself early).

 

Your warranty is still 100% intact. According to the law, they have to prove the modification caused the problem. They can't blame your supercharger if the cd player stops working.

Of course, if you blow your engine, I'm sure they're not going to help.

Common sense indeed applies here.

 

excel can you find a copy of the statue that spells this out? I know there is a magnusson (sp?) warranty law but, where does it spell out the exact statement you made? It would be handy for me I'm sure....

"No warranty in the US can make you use only OEM parts ever, that's the law! "

 

The warranty states that it will not cover

Any installed part or accesory that failed because it was not designed to fit tthat year and model of Honda. ( the SC is designed for our cars)

Any failure caused by modifying the vehicle, or installing accesories not authorized by Honda.

If the dealer is selling and installing them, it is hard for them to say they are not authorized.

I have 7k on my 2004 and I think I am going to get the comptech with AC.

 

It is the Magnuson-Moss warranty act, and even though I am not a lawyer, when I read it I see it as talking about replacing OEM parts on ANY warranted item with aftermarket parts. No warranty can be written to force a user to use OEM parts, or any other tie-in parts to maintain the warranty. There is not much specific language discussing modifying the vehicle, but I assume that the current interpretation comes from rulings handed down in court. Thus the provision that a defect must be linked directly to a non-OEM part has been carried over to cover aftermarket parts that alter the way the warranted item works (supercharger, turbocharged blowdryer,etc.)

Keith

oh yeah...this is what you asked about....
"No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer

 

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