Did you do a Car Fax check on it? Sounds like it might have been in an accident. Which might explain why someone wanted to get rid of a 2005 already.

 

For the paint peeling on the bumper is it around the back wheel well?

Im sure this is common from rocks, gravel, debris hitting it. I have this on mine.

 

Yeah that hole in the door sounds like paintless dent removal to me. They will usually drill a hold there if they are unable to fix the dent through an accessible spot. They usually will fill that hold up so water doesn't get into it though. Good luck.

 

i'd just try another dealer, that ones obviously got thier heads up thier asses.

 

no newb your wrong the only time they SHOULD deny warranty work is when they can prove that the aftermarket part casued the damage. I mean damn how do you prove that though the stock shifter doesn't have a model # or anything on it does it. I don't know if I ever go to itsu and they give me ome sh*t like that I'd probably beat the f*ck out of whoever said something so stupid!!!

 

ah man, if you found it out like the first week i'm sure they would fix it! my folks got their corolla home and found a cracked lip and took it back the next day and they fixed it for free...hope it works out.

 

So after i told them that my shifter is stock, they had a dist. rep come by and he agreed with them on the aftermarket short shifter and voided my warranty.

 

does anybody know if the shifter has a mitsubishi part number on it?

 

how did they prove your short shifter caused the noise problem? otherwise they cant void your warranty

 

they didnt prove it. They just said thats the reason

And if they cant void it, why did the rep call me up and tell me so?

 

actually they can do whatever they want. They deny the warranty then you have to try to use the magnusson warranty act to get it validated. Sema lists steps if your warranty should ever be denied. When my honda warranty got voided(due to aftermarket part use) I followed these steps up to the consumer protection agency. I still had the dmv and the federal trade commision to go. Cpa guy sided with honda stating they gave good explantaions of how my parts caused the failure and since they don't have qualified mechanics to take apart your car and actually find out if it was the aftermarket parts that did it he had to side with honda. Then he went on telling me to go call dmv or ftc which has these mechanics. But then they would take my car for an extended period of time, teear it apart, and might not even side with me. I had third and fifth gear pop outs and grinds which honda had a tsb for and I still lost. By this time fifth gear would pop out all the time(hardly had a fith gear) so I decided to give up and swap the 02 tranny i bought used off a buddy of mine. So if you mod you are guilty til you prove yourself innocent in the dealerships eyes. I was in contact with some people on the honda boards that had the same problems I had and had aftermarket parts and got they problem fixed with honda overnighting parts for them and giving them free 60,000 mile maintance. These are the exceptions and some dealerships will warranty modded cars but I wouldn't count on it. I would call better business burea and consumer protection agency if you realy have a stock shifter.

 

Wow, relax man.

I've worked at a car dealership for a long time and they will deny you warranty work if you modify the cars performance, ie. intake, exhaust, boost controller, flash, etc.

There is no what they SHOULD do, it's what they can and will do.

 

For some reason I came back and reread your post and I guess I missed some of it the first time. There's no need to beat anyone up. Just don't mod your car or abuse it and you'll be fine.

And there isn't much Mistsu needs to prove. If you have mods that's proof enough to deny you work.

 

What mods can I do and not affect my warranty at all? Can I add a sway bar, strut tower bars, gauges? What else can you do that would actualy be usefull to bring out the cars natural potential?

 

I would imagine mods like those would lay the ground work for "car abused"

Any time you show the service adjuster that you have done something to change the way the car works, to be driven in a more agressive manner, is probably grounds for that.

Do they have a leg to stand on, no, its heresay, and its probably easier to claim warranty with those types of mods.