WARRANTY DENIED BECAUSE OF CAT-BACK??? Someone please help
06-18-2002, 02:14 PM
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No, it's legal...see link.
They can void it under emissions laws, as both turbos and exhaust fall under this clause. My post was dealing with chips, but it also contains the stuff which is pertinant here.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/567259.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/567259.phtml</a</li></ul>
06-18-2002, 03:11 PM
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Magnuson-Moss also has absolutely no bearing in this case...
Zero. I don't feel like repeating myself yet again, but if you care to know why, search the archives for posts by me about magnuson-moss.
06-18-2002, 03:42 PM
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Oh? So, even though the law explicitly states that modding emissions components is illegal
and is grounds for voiding a warranty, you think a legal eagle could get you out of it? I suppose if you've got the money to hire Johnny Cochran and can get yourself an OJ jury, it's possible, but for most people, practically speaking, this isn't possible. Therefore, the odds are that the judge would interpret it exactly as written.
Yes, you could argue it, but I can't see how you think you'd have a snowball's chance of hell in winning. The law is pretty unambiguous in stating the manufacturer is fully within their rights to void the law if emissions components are tampered with or replaced with nonstandard equipment, and I'd bet a pretty tidy sum that the ruling would be in favor of the manufacturer.
Not to mention that tampering with emissions equipment is against federal law, and that someone guilty of tampering with it could conceivably be charged with it...
But I really wish that someone <b>would</b> try this in a court of law, so that we could quit hearing about how the supposedly iron-clad MM consumer act allows you to make any mod your heart desires to your vehicle and have the manufacturer still warrant it...I'd be more than willing to bet ten large on the outcome.
Yes, you could argue it, but I can't see how you think you'd have a snowball's chance of hell in winning. The law is pretty unambiguous in stating the manufacturer is fully within their rights to void the law if emissions components are tampered with or replaced with nonstandard equipment, and I'd bet a pretty tidy sum that the ruling would be in favor of the manufacturer.
Not to mention that tampering with emissions equipment is against federal law, and that someone guilty of tampering with it could conceivably be charged with it...
But I really wish that someone <b>would</b> try this in a court of law, so that we could quit hearing about how the supposedly iron-clad MM consumer act allows you to make any mod your heart desires to your vehicle and have the manufacturer still warrant it...I'd be more than willing to bet ten large on the outcome.
