Ok well the part about them tryin to deny goes without sayin right? lol

But yeah the other stuff just doesnt make sense. Its part of the powertrain so Im not understanding why it wouldnt be covered ( being stock and not modified obviously), under PT warranty.

 

yeah, on these forums, at least one of the Canadians got shot down with that claim from a dealership.

State side however, I have not seen anyone state that their dealership shot them down with that "luxury item" claim, because IIRC the warranty booklet that comes with US cars clearly states that it is covered.

 

The pump is only covered under the 3 year 'new car' warranty. Sad but true.

 

I've been searching for this TSB for hours and I cannot find it. Would you know where I can find it?

 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzni...it?hl=en&pli=1

 

I just bought a 09 Ralliart in June from a dealer, and the center differential pump was not working. Part of the bill of sale condition was to fix the pump which was almost 3-4k$ Canadian moola, so I was lucky it was part of the sale agreement and I didn't pay a dime. They said it's something that breaks down sometimes after so much mileage, and mine was at 140,000km. The car worked fine but it was operating in 4x4 mode without any adjustments or bias, I also couldn't select mode (snow, tarmac, gravel). I got it fixed last month when the parts came in, I could tell the car had a lot more rear wheel bias once it was fixed, the fuel economy was back to normal as well. My wife also says the car is less jerky. She hated that car when I first bought it but now she's ok driving it. It makes a hell of a difference.

 

Yeah this is a very expensive fix if not covered by warranty. I took the car back to the dealership, to get the ecu fixed. They installed the new one, but after they tested the car with the new ecu installed it started throwing a protection code. So now they tell me its the pump too, and that the pump fried the original ecu. And thats why the new ecu threw a protection code to keep its selfs from frying too. They told me the price to fix both now would be right around 3200 dollars. My warranty is already gone. So looks like im stuck paying full price.

 

I came across this site acd-tuning.com and was very interested in what they specialize in considering it looks like there are quite a few of us that are running into this very expensive problem. I'm a bit apprehensive though considering they're in MD and I'm in MA and for the fact I haven't heard of them before even though I've been religously researching the issue for the past few weeks.

 

ACD-Tuning is a reputable company. 03chi-town and myself have recommended them a couple times. I believe that they've done work with some notable names in the Mitsu/Evo community.

I'll probably be using their rebuild services in the near future myself. My pump is just about dead.

 

I'm sorry you haven't heard of us- we are fairly new to the scene (been around for over a year now) and what we do is very selective, so not everybody will be interested in us or what we have to offer. I will tell you that all of our clientele is 100% happy with what we have to offer and the services we provide. We have not had an unhappy customer yet and customer satisfaction is our goal.

Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have regarding your ACD system.

Matthew Manke

 

What codes are being thrown and how is pump pressure? When my pump was going (Covered under warranty.) Pressures looked normal, compared to a log after the pump was replaced. In hindsight I wish I had saved the log from when my pump was failing.

 

Dang man how freaking big was that raccoon?

 

I just got shot down at the dealer like everyone else. Called Mits North America warranty center. The reviewed my claim that it should be covered as part of the power train and basically they said we disagree sorry. Their basis was that it is not one of the items explicitly stated in the warranty. so I pulled mine out and while the ACD pump is not on the list there are a couple of groups / categories of items which maybe it falls into. But I am not sure as the terminology is above my mechanical understanding. If someone with mechanical experience can take a look and let me know if the pump can fall within one of the categories I will push back on the denial of the claim some more and let everyone know how it goes.

 

I have the 5yr/100000km warranty. Is my pump still under warranty? I think it should be covered under the powertrain. The intended performance of the vehicle out of the box is only guaranteed when the pump is working. Why should we pay for this?

It's dead, the ECU has been reflashed and the tarmac was flashing. Now it's still flashing but I cant select modes unless I change it when I start the car fresh. Further to that, the modes are different sometimes when I start the car. Sometimes snow, sometimes gravel... It's annoying the hell out of me

 

Wow.. unbelievable. Still dont understand how a factory installed part does not fit into being covered under warranty...