Now this is a man with a plan. Well thought out and I could feel the conviction. I agree though. If you are going to mod the engine, in effect you are going to void most of your warranty. That will put stress on every aspect of the car. More speed and power equals more stress and wear. It should not be the dealer/manufacturers responsibility to repair/replace when stresses are put on a car beyond what it is engineered and sold for. I am not saying it is not over engineered by them to help you/us tune/mod them, it is done more with a wink. It can take it (to be proven), but your on your own at that point. I have no problem with that especially at the price point these cars are suppose to sell. Better to mod a 20k dollar car vs. a 35k car like an EVO IMO. I realize the EVO is a track beast with AWD and plenty of electronic wizardry but I am driving my car on the street 99.9% of the time, and find that stuff nice, but unnecessary for me.
Warranty and Modifying delemma
Hyundai says they have a 10 year 100,000 mile warranty on the drivetrain of their cars. Hyundai is also saying the Genesis Coupe will be a Tuner car. So the delemma I see is that Hyundai is advertising the Coupe a certain way, almost implying that modifications will happen or even encouraging it. So will hyundai support their warranty if a person does modify their car? If not, what kinds of modifications will void the warranty? That being said I don't expect them to back up a warranty if I am running 30 pounds of boost.
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There is no link to the engine and a steering line failure. You should have fought that and made them explain how it is related. Also, those mods you did should void NO PART of your warranty. Those are replacement parts that wear. Unless Hyundai is going to give you free parts in order to keep your warranty in tact, you are free to use any aftermarket part on those items (air intake and exhaust). The paint on the wing is insane. Unless it was a repaint on an aftermarket wing, there should have been no problem unless you were outside your 3 year 36k bumper to bumper, and even then it may fall under the anti-corrosion part due to flaking paint.deff awsome info! but as you stated it depends on the service department and how far there willing to work with you. I can say for a fact i own a 03 sonata thats got a lil mods done (cai,exhuast, simple mods), my warrenty was denied for a power steering line, how the two co-inside no idea to me, and my boy who drives an 05 evo went to replace his wing becasue the clear coat wore off, they denied his warrenty also beacuse his car was modded so, long island dealers are rough lol
This is well said. However, that does not make for good customer service. If the dealer truly feels that your mods have led to failure, they have legitimate grounds. There are plenty of people who hack around on their cars, misuse and abuse them, and then expect to have the warranty cover them when something breaks. Most people who drive normally will never have a powertrain issue. Unfortunately, companies like MITSU, make products that cater to the young speed freaks that mod and tweak, they really don't care if you don't buy again because nothing else in their product line is going to appeal to those EVO buyers anyway when they move on after being dissatisfied. Most older buyers would not settle for the comfort losses that come with that type of car, so most go through that stage in life and move on to more docile machines anyway.
Just ask the BIG 3 what years of dealership failure, mistreatment and lack of warranty has left them when it comes to customer service. They then wonder why they have no customer base left. Maybe it is my age or my gray hair, but when I go to a dealer, I never get harrassed or questioned. If you are 20ish and you own an EVO or SUBIE or whatever and you come in with transmission problems, that probably does send up a red flag if they never see transmission problems from a 40 year old driver. If all trannies that come in with problems are with younger buyers and owners, it probably means something.
That does not make it right, but you have to be real. If you are young and hot rodding and racing and beating on your car daily (just look at you tube for more than enough examples) then you may have problems. I feel that if I purchase an EVO X and go in with my two kid seats in the back, I am a professional, and I just dropped 30-40k I expect a certain level of service and I doubt they think I am hammering the car on the track. The same if I go with the COUPE. If I show up and know that I have not abused the car and they say sorry, there is going to be a problem. If I do know I hammer it and I get denied, then I can deal with that also. I know I screwed it up and was just trying to sneak one by.
You should not buy any car that you cannot afford to make the repairs on, regardless of what they are. IE I don't buy German luxury cars because I do not want to be paying the price for those parts. I stick with mainstream, simple machines.
Just ask the BIG 3 what years of dealership failure, mistreatment and lack of warranty has left them when it comes to customer service. They then wonder why they have no customer base left. Maybe it is my age or my gray hair, but when I go to a dealer, I never get harrassed or questioned. If you are 20ish and you own an EVO or SUBIE or whatever and you come in with transmission problems, that probably does send up a red flag if they never see transmission problems from a 40 year old driver. If all trannies that come in with problems are with younger buyers and owners, it probably means something.
That does not make it right, but you have to be real. If you are young and hot rodding and racing and beating on your car daily (just look at you tube for more than enough examples) then you may have problems. I feel that if I purchase an EVO X and go in with my two kid seats in the back, I am a professional, and I just dropped 30-40k I expect a certain level of service and I doubt they think I am hammering the car on the track. The same if I go with the COUPE. If I show up and know that I have not abused the car and they say sorry, there is going to be a problem. If I do know I hammer it and I get denied, then I can deal with that also. I know I screwed it up and was just trying to sneak one by.
You should not buy any car that you cannot afford to make the repairs on, regardless of what they are. IE I don't buy German luxury cars because I do not want to be paying the price for those parts. I stick with mainstream, simple machines.
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