Dealer Service Question

[elantra_ON]

I'm due for my oil change. I'm thinking of getting the Oil change special with 19 point inspection thingy they have here in the Hyundai dealer.

I have a K&N drop in filter and i am still under warranty. has anyone gone in with aftermarket parts and had no problems with the mechanics?

I mean, i dont want them saying. "hey if there is anything wrong with your engine. your warranty wont cover it cuz your using an aftermarket filter"

[05xd]

If its a drop in k&n filter,they will not give you any grief.Just because you install aftermarket parts,dont mean you void your warranty,just the warranty on the parts you replaced will be voided

[N.C.Hyundai]

The K&N drop in air filters are completly acceptable, cold air intakes are the things that void your warranty. Just take it in and tell them to leave the K&N air filter alone.

[2loud2k2xd]

The K&N drop in air filters are completly acceptable, cold air intakes are the things that void your warranty. Just take it in and tell them to leave the K&N air filter alone.

sorry, your wrong in your statement. cai do not void warrantys. ive gone in with cai, headers, full gutted exhaust, coilovers, 18's, painted interior (i needed to have a venbt replaced..no problem with warranty). and they NEVER gave me any problems.

[4mynikka]

they only void warranty it is determined that that "product" caused the problem.

eg. busted Catalytic Converter, they can't say you have a full coilover suspension so the warranty for the Cat is not covered.

on the other hand if you have a full exhaust system and your CAt is defective and then they have recourse to say that the system may have led to the possible defect of the CAT therefore they don't have to honour the warranty.

The aftermarket part must cause the damage or defect before they void the warranty.

[mnstrmech]

this is kinda funny, cause i work in a hyundia/gmc dealership, and i feel the same way, go aftermarket!!, except that when other guys see anything remotly aftermarket, they wont touch it and say "no warrenty", mostly due to the fact that i guess there told anything aftermarket voids your warenty, hell, i hate it here i admit, but i thought id pass along the bullspit that happens here!!

[Leviathant]

When I bought my car, my sales dude, Bob, was pretty clear about what voids the warranty and what doesn't, and the car came with a book that also spells it out. Rather than chance it, I didn't do anything drastic until after my warranty was up.

Patience (and reading the books that come with your car) pays off ;)

[clarion]

they replaced my clock with no problem, i blew it up when i was installing my gauges somehow, also i had a tv and aftermarket cd play installed

[2loud2k2xd]

listen guys, cai, sri, exhaust, headers, suspension work, aftermarket tires/rims, these things do not void warranties. UNLESS the DEALERSHIP can prove that that caused something to break. nitrous, pulleys, turbo, super charger, WILL void warranties. granted the dealership can SAY that something made it break, they have to PROVE IT!! this might take a while beacause you and the dealership will be in a warranty battle to get things fixed. beleive me, i work in a high end auto dealership and the hyundai dealership always tried to "pull the wool over my eyes". on many occasions. but it never worked. i have a back ground in auto mechanics as well as i am a master auto detailer. so i use that to my advantage.
so bottom line, do not let these dayum hyundai techs, svc people try this **** on you. and another thing, its a dayum shame when a hyundai customer has to get the tsb's for the dealership to get things fixed. i laugh at hyundai techs and the svc departments. :D

just my $5.00 worth

oh, and yeah. they can void my power train warranty for the nitrous i installed. but if it comes down to it for me needing to take it in for any reason, well ill just un-install the nitrous, then re-install after i get the car back.

[ericbeck]

ROFL 2loud, mess up the engine with nitrous then pretend like nothing happened by uninstalling~!
Sick man, just sick~!
Hey man, this is how i view it, if you have the skillz to install/uninstall nitrous parts, then u should be granted warranty forever...

[2loud2k2xd]

ROFL 2loud, mess up the engine with nitrous then pretend like nothing happened by uninstalling~!
Sick man, just sick~!
Hey man, this is how i view it, if you have the skillz to install/uninstall nitrous parts, then u should be granted warranty forever...

every mod on my car, ive done. coilover, audio, paint, nitrous. every last bit. the only thing i dont do is alignments and exhaust welding (i have no welder), oh and window tint. i do it all. i did the zex install in 5hrs, i could do it again in 3. piece of cake. its like changing brake pads. the same for a coilover install. i can do it 1x then its easy from there.

when i have to take the car in for service issue, i and the techs at my work diagnose the problem, then bring to the dealership and tell them whats wrong. man i tell ya, i should work as a tech for hyundai, i know as much as most of the dumb fcks that work at the ones around here. this is one of the things about hyundai (lack of tech knowledge and svc writer knowledge) that i will never buy another hyundai EVER. you get the run-around all the time for customizing the car (with in reasons), about getting stuff warrantied.

sorry for hijacking your thread man.
back on-topic :D

[elantra_ON]

No problem 2loud and everyone else. I think your views and experiences on warranty things are an asset not only for me but for everyone.

When i brought in the car for oil change. i decided not to risk it and i took out my drop in K&N air filter and replaced it with the hyundai filter.

Then i played dumb and asked the mechanic, "is it ok to put in a K&N filter?"

the response was... and i paraphrase - no its not ok for these cars because it has MAC sensors and those get destroyed with the K&N air filters oil.

I then proceeded to gently challange that by saying "but there isnt a direct way that the oil can travel up the air tubes since its a drop in filter"

he replied - well the evaporated oil destroys it.

i then nodded and said ahhh ok.

then went home and reinstalled my K&N filter.

ok now i'm not pretending to be dumb. But really? does the evaporated oil does that? i thought over oiling and excess oil itself might ruin the sensors.

any thoughts on this?

[ba_feitl]

The answer would be no ... if it's evaporated it wouldn't be there to cause harm.

If they hassle you just tell them you never oiled your K&N just dropped it in so no oil :)

Brad

[mnstrmech]

No problem 2loud and everyone else. I think your views and experiences on warranty things are an asset not only for me but for everyone.

When i brought in the car for oil change. i decided not to risk it and i took out my drop in K&N air filter and replaced it with the hyundai filter.

Then i played dumb and asked the mechanic, "is it ok to put in a K&N filter?"

the response was... and i paraphrase - no its not ok for these cars because it has MAC sensors and those get destroyed with the K&N air filters oil.

I then proceeded to gently challange that by saying "but there isnt a direct way that the oil can travel up the air tubes since its a drop in filter"

he replied - well the evaporated oil destroys it.

i then nodded and said ahhh ok.

then went home and reinstalled my K&N filter.

ok now i'm not pretending to be dumb. But really? does the evaporated oil does that? i thought over oiling and excess oil itself might ruin the sensors.

any thoughts on this?




that just pisses off techs because k&n filters arent replaceble, so thats just less money a tech can make.

[Bnystrom]

that just pisses off techs because k&n filters arent replaceble, so thats just less money a tech can make.
Yeah, right. like Hyundai techs make a killing on 10 minute air filters replacement jobs.

[2BIT]

I recently bought a short shifter for my 5 speed Tib. While I was at my Dealer for something last week, I asked the Service Writer if I install this if I will have warranty problems. He said and I quote " If you install it yourself, yes you will have warranty problems as far as the ****er, cables, etc etc because you are not an ASE certified mechanic like the Techs here. If you have us install it, or take it to an ASE certified shop and keep the paperwork for proof that is an ASE certified shop, you won't have warranty issues." So next Friday, for an hour labor cost, Hyundai is going to install my short shifter. When I go in for that, I will ask him if this applies to headers..... :D

[smgfan1224]

YAY for Planet Hyundai. they always do weird **** like that. they even installed a new mass air flow sensory(cause i broke it) in my car with the short ram still hooked up. hahaha love my dearlership

[Vampyrate]

if thats the case, then im gonna buy 2 highflow cats and get headers and take it to the dealer back home :)

[Estopatitiana]

thats why im glad im the 2nd owner

[Phiber]

Actually.. Improper oiling of a K&N (or any other oil-applied filter for that matter) WILL foul a MAF sensor. Not from evaporation though.

[2BIT]

Well, now I am pissed off. Last time I was at Planet, they told me no problem with warranty issues on the Sts if they installed it, so today I went to have them do it. The Warranty Administrator came and got me and told me "you know we will install this aftermarket part for you if you want, but I have to inform you that there is a 99% chance if we do, it will void your transmission warranty", I said how do you figure? I was told if you guys did it there would be no warranty issues, that's why I came here. She said no, as long as an ASE certified shop installs it and something breaks, there is no issue with that, but lets say your synchros go out in 5 thousand miles from now it wont be covered because of this Sts, because it affects the shift pattern and the amount of time between gears, you will be shifting faster. . I said "IT ALREADY GRINDS GOING INTO 2nd GEAR LADY, IT STARTED 2 THOUSAND MILES AGO, IT HAPPENS ON ALL YOUR 5 AAND 6 SPEEDS. She said I have to inform you, and I did, so do you still want us to do this? I said well since it is grinding already and I know a bunch of people that have transmission and clutch issues with this car, I don't trust the trans to last and I am not gonna buy it when it falls out, so no, don't install it ..I want you guys to cover all the costs when it falls out. I said oh, by the way, I understand that the only way to get this to quit grinding going into 2nd gear is to use GM fluid. She said the trans is designed for Hyundai fluid only, if you use the GM fluid, the warranty is void. I said where is my car....

[TwiZ]

it sux that every dealership is different...at my dealer we will warranty ANYTHING we can...

[BlueRush]

http://www.granatellimotorsports.com/magnusonmoss.htm is the document you bring with you whan you go to the dealer. Keep it in your back pocket and pull it out at your discretion.