Last Monday my engine seized. GM roadside assistance was great, got the car to the dealership no problem. The dealership then told me that the car needs a new engine and that it would be covered under warranty no problem. However, when the codes from the engine were sent to GM, GM said that it showed a non-factory calibration (tune) and that they were voiding my powertrain warranty. Now I am looking at being about $18k out of pocket to fix the problem!!!???
I am the second owner of the car, it only has 24k miles on it. One of the main reasons that I bought the car was because it only had bolt on mods, intake and exhaust, which I knew wouldn't affect the warranty. I didn't know that the engine had been tuned which would consequently void the warranty- I never would have bought the car knowing that.
I have read the threads of the others that this has happened to. Can anyone give me any advice as how to proceed. I am aware of Magnusson-Moss, but can't we just get along without a lawsuit? It seems that by doing this GM is voiding the warranty on many unsuspecting people. It seems like if they are going to do that, then they should at least run the codes on your car anytime it comes in for service and tell the owner then and there rather than waiting until a catastrophic failure for that to be the first time an unsuspecting owner finds out that there is no warranty.
I am the second owner of the car, it only has 24k miles on it. One of the main reasons that I bought the car was because it only had bolt on mods, intake and exhaust, which I knew wouldn't affect the warranty. I didn't know that the engine had been tuned which would consequently void the warranty- I never would have bought the car knowing that.
I have read the threads of the others that this has happened to. Can anyone give me any advice as how to proceed. I am aware of Magnusson-Moss, but can't we just get along without a lawsuit? It seems that by doing this GM is voiding the warranty on many unsuspecting people. It seems like if they are going to do that, then they should at least run the codes on your car anytime it comes in for service and tell the owner then and there rather than waiting until a catastrophic failure for that to be the first time an unsuspecting owner finds out that there is no warranty.