Re: Mitsubishi Warranty sucks!!
[Re: Tim Sedore]
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April 14, 2012 03:28 am UTC
April 14, 2012 03:28 am UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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I have heard the same from lot's of people. Any modification to the car will void the warranty. I would say the only thing you could do is put the old exhaust back on and try again and see if that works. Other then that I would call the head office first and than the better business bureau and see what they can do. Make sure you go through your papers you signed and see what voids warranty.
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Re: Mitsubishi Warranty sucks!!
[Re: Tim Sedore]
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April 14, 2012 03:31 am UTC
April 14, 2012 03:31 am UTC
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Jeremy Gilbert
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There is legislature to protect you in this situation. I don't know enough about it to be the person giving you first-hand advice, but I did some poking around before modding my old cobalt (was under warranty at the time). Definitely push for the repair.
According to the law (5 years ago when I read it..), if you've modified your car then the manufacturer has to be able to prove that your modifications have caused or encouraged the damage. Obviously, there isn't a high-flow cat in the world that will stretch a timing chain. And he forgot the third possible cause of failure: Mitsubishi facked up!
As for next steps... this is when someone else needs to chime in. I would call head office next, but then I get a warm fuzzy feeling when I get to tear a strip off "the man" (or one of his underlings).
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Re: Mitsubishi Warranty sucks!!
[Re: Tim Sedore]
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April 14, 2012 04:02 am UTC
April 14, 2012 04:02 am UTC
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Jeremy Gilbert
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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply I thought you were putting fault on Tim. I was just mentioning the strangeness of the situation. I know with the rev limiter, over revving would have to be an improper downshift, which Tim would of course remember doing.
Definite brain fart forgetting that they store that kinda info forever though; Stephen makes a very good point. It's likely the previous owner over rev'd it, assuming that the guy wasn't just completely full of it.
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Re: Mitsubishi Warranty sucks!!
[Re: Tim Sedore]
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April 14, 2012 01:35 pm UTC
April 14, 2012 01:35 pm UTC
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Adam Grenon
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Find this legislature and any TSB's, going through a similar thing with Ford (My girlfriend has a 2011 ecoboost f-150). There has been new software releases for drivability (shift points etc) and they won't update it just because there is no codes being thrown. Yet we experience shuttering and sluggish shifts at certain speeds.
I haven't gone in yet but when I do they will be updating it. I don't know why the mechanics fight these things it keeps them busier/employed!
Try a smaller town dealership.
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Re: Mitsubishi Warranty sucks!!
[Re: Tim Sedore]
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April 15, 2012 12:56 am UTC
April 15, 2012 12:56 am UTC
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Ziggy Dietrich
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I think i may have found something:
The Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan Canada - Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan is the dispute resolution program for consumers in Canada that have problems with the assembly of their vehicle or with how the manufacturer implements its new vehicle warranty. CAMVAP covers new or used owned or leased vehicles that are from the current model year and up to an additional four model years old. I don't know how it is today, but when this program first came out I was being pushed by a dealership to go this route. I didn't because: a) it was BINDING arbitration, you have to sign away all your other rights. b) the program was paid for by the auto manufacturers..so what are chances is it is impartial? c) you had to sign a confidentiality agreement saying you would not disclose the outcome. I know I had nothing to hide, what are the manufacturers trying to hide? It might have changed a lot in the meantime, though...that was a little over 20 years ago.
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