First off let me say I really don’t care personally what anybody does with their vehicle. Drive it in a lake, I don’t care it has no effect on me. But I’ve always found it personally humorous to listen to people that are consumers believe that they are the experts. I have a degree in automotive technology. I was a certified BMW technician. I was a service advisor for Ram. I did warranty repairs and submitted paperwork for warranty repairs. I know how the warranty claims process works and I know the federal laws surrounding it. 16 years in the industry. How many years of experience working for a automotive company do you have? Oh you have never worked at a dealership in a shop in the last 20 years if ever? Then what makes you an expert? What makes you so knowledgeable? Oh you’re not you’re just a keyboard warrior with an opinion. OK I understand now…
You can modify your oil system all you want. If your door lock switch goes out or your alternator goes out and you have warranty covering those components, the aftermarket parts you installed will not void your warranty for those covered components. If you have and engine issue and you have aftermarket components on there it is not FCA’s original design it is not FCA’s parts and it is not FCA‘s problem. You are 100% fully on the hook. FCA provides a warranty for their parts and their design. They are not responsible for a non-certified ram technician or shade tree mechanic messing with things and going away from what they have created. This is fact and you can dispute it all you want But at the end of the day after your hissy fit flopping on the floor in front of the managers office at the dealership screaming and cursing about how you’re going to sue the dealership and sue Ram you need to own the fact that you put yourself in that situation and you are going to have to pay the repair bill and FCA has every right to give you the middle finger and they are not the bad guy for denying your warranty because you think you’re smarter than they are.
That said there are aftermarket parts that can be engineered better than factory parts. I modify every vehicle I own or have owned. But I understand that there is risk involved and the auto manufacture does not have to honor a warranty on a modified vehicle.
Can’t tell you how many third-party warranties had claims denied because they would send out an inspector and see that the vehicle had modified suspension or exhaust or intake and even if it wasn’t related to the breakdown they would deny the warranty claim because in the small print of the contract it stated the vehicle must not be modified in anyway or the whole contract was void.
You can post whatever you want but when you do post in the future try and ask yourself is what I’m contributing to the community helpful or not.
You can modify your oil system all you want. If your door lock switch goes out or your alternator goes out and you have warranty covering those components, the aftermarket parts you installed will not void your warranty for those covered components. If you have and engine issue and you have aftermarket components on there it is not FCA’s original design it is not FCA’s parts and it is not FCA‘s problem. You are 100% fully on the hook. FCA provides a warranty for their parts and their design. They are not responsible for a non-certified ram technician or shade tree mechanic messing with things and going away from what they have created. This is fact and you can dispute it all you want But at the end of the day after your hissy fit flopping on the floor in front of the managers office at the dealership screaming and cursing about how you’re going to sue the dealership and sue Ram you need to own the fact that you put yourself in that situation and you are going to have to pay the repair bill and FCA has every right to give you the middle finger and they are not the bad guy for denying your warranty because you think you’re smarter than they are.
That said there are aftermarket parts that can be engineered better than factory parts. I modify every vehicle I own or have owned. But I understand that there is risk involved and the auto manufacture does not have to honor a warranty on a modified vehicle.
Can’t tell you how many third-party warranties had claims denied because they would send out an inspector and see that the vehicle had modified suspension or exhaust or intake and even if it wasn’t related to the breakdown they would deny the warranty claim because in the small print of the contract it stated the vehicle must not be modified in anyway or the whole contract was void.
You can post whatever you want but when you do post in the future try and ask yourself is what I’m contributing to the community helpful or not.
