View Poll Results: Warranty claim problems/ No claim problems.
Submitted claim, wasn't honored or had problems
129
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93
42.47%
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Warranty Issues <Mega Merge>
Originally Posted by TurbotrixRacing
We had a guy, here that had no mods only a bov, guessing he got a bad motor from mitsu. He got the same thing you did, ( rod knock ) ,, He went as far as court with mitsu, with me writing letters in his defense. Mitsu claimed that with his bov , it injested water and went into the motor causing rod knock. And they won in court due to the fact that he modified his car therefore voiding his warranty. Total BS ...
Another guy a few weeks back,,, got his oil changed by his house in maryland drove 3 hrs to our shop for a tune, The jiffy lube place never tightened his drain plug. It actually fell off about 5 miles from him reaching us with his oil light coming on. I would of bet everything i own that his motor would of been damaged... But by some freak of nature it was fine.. So thats 5miles with no oil whatsoever .... Good luck with your fight.. but 1.5 quarts of oil loss is nothing. You can be as much as 3 down ..and you prob wouldnt see the light yet ..
Mark
Turbotrix
Another guy a few weeks back,,, got his oil changed by his house in maryland drove 3 hrs to our shop for a tune, The jiffy lube place never tightened his drain plug. It actually fell off about 5 miles from him reaching us with his oil light coming on. I would of bet everything i own that his motor would of been damaged... But by some freak of nature it was fine.. So thats 5miles with no oil whatsoever .... Good luck with your fight.. but 1.5 quarts of oil loss is nothing. You can be as much as 3 down ..and you prob wouldnt see the light yet ..
Mark
Turbotrix
Originally Posted by andrew20195
I'm sorry, but I must disagree with you, as does Mitsubishi.
I check my oil every time I fill up with gas, like they used to do in the old days of full service gas stations.
I do sympathize with the original poster, and like many others, if it is not warrantied, I would recommend not having Mitsu install a new motor.
I check my oil every time I fill up with gas, like they used to do in the old days of full service gas stations.
I do sympathize with the original poster, and like many others, if it is not warrantied, I would recommend not having Mitsu install a new motor.
We all know that rotaries burn oil like bastards. It's part of their design. Thus, if it comes to court then a rotary owner should have the expectation to refill oil more than on a piston engine. COULD I have checked my oil every time I filled my gas tank? Yes. Was it a reasonable expectation that if I failed to do this then I would blow my motor? No. That's the angle I'm trying to come from, and hopefully everything will be resolved amicably with this.
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Originally Posted by gsujeff55
Buying a new car, and keeping it mod free....
In the manual it says it is RECOMMENDED that you change the oil every 3k...not check the **** every week. I do, but i have a heavily modified car. As far as mitsu is concerned, a motor that burns oil with 2x,000 miles on it should be replaced in itself....much less if that burning oil caused the motor to take its last breath.
You can disagree all you want, but that isn't right. They can't expect half the people who buy a new car to check the f'n oil once a week....9 out of 10 people probably don't change it often enough either.
Total BS.
In the manual it says it is RECOMMENDED that you change the oil every 3k...not check the **** every week. I do, but i have a heavily modified car. As far as mitsu is concerned, a motor that burns oil with 2x,000 miles on it should be replaced in itself....much less if that burning oil caused the motor to take its last breath.
You can disagree all you want, but that isn't right. They can't expect half the people who buy a new car to check the f'n oil once a week....9 out of 10 people probably don't change it often enough either.
Total BS.
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
Originally Posted by coachola
I can understand the point that the manual is attempting to make. However, in a legal setting what the barometer is depends on what is to be "reasonably expected" by the car owner. If I can prove that such a degree of oil consumption is abnormal, even under heavy payloads or high RPM, then the burden lies on Mitsubishi and not me.
We all know that rotaries burn oil like bastards. It's part of their design. Thus, if it comes to court then a rotary owner should have the expectation to refill oil more than on a piston engine. COULD I have checked my oil every time I filled my gas tank? Yes. Was it a reasonable expectation that if I failed to do this then I would blow my motor? No. That's the angle I'm trying to come from, and hopefully everything will be resolved amicably with this.
We all know that rotaries burn oil like bastards. It's part of their design. Thus, if it comes to court then a rotary owner should have the expectation to refill oil more than on a piston engine. COULD I have checked my oil every time I filled my gas tank? Yes. Was it a reasonable expectation that if I failed to do this then I would blow my motor? No. That's the angle I'm trying to come from, and hopefully everything will be resolved amicably with this.
However, I would say it IS a reasonable expectation that you check your oil on a regular basis. This is a high performance engine we're talking about. It runs on synthetic oil. It has a turbocharger. Those three factors combined say that this motor is going to use oil, especially if you drive it as it is meant to be driven.
It's not just Mitsubishi. Honda released service information regarding S2000 oil usage. They asked dealers to remind customers to check their oil regularly, and if a car suffered problems due to lack of lubrication, the warranty may be voided (of course Honda is a lot more lenient on warranty issues than
). Basically what I'm trying to say is this: If you check your oil regularly, and it takes just a few seconds, you won't have to worry about your warranty being denied. More importantly, your engine will be less likely to blow in the first place.
shame.. but you should have been there when they checked the car out.. didnt read all the posts, but did the rod blow out the block, if so there goes your oil.. just my 2 cents
Originally Posted by Iceman2011
264 cams maybe they wont notice, alky a big no no
base dynoflash void warranty ?
am interested in doing base dynoflash tomorrow as Al is coming over but a little concerned about getting warranty voided once i do my maintenance at the dealership....has anyone been voided their warranty beacause of base flash by Al? would they actually detect 05 that has been flashed?
thanks!!
thanks!!
yes the flash is detectable on the 05's but they will have no reason to look at the computer. The 03-04's are not detectable. If you are just goin for maintance they will never know unless they drive the car and feel the WHP difference 
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ya it will give u better gas mileage because it will be running leaner, i think that alone is a huge plus side to a flash.
o btw. u should get cams also because they will help increase gas mileage if that is what u are loooking for
o btw. u should get cams also because they will help increase gas mileage if that is what u are loooking for
