i pretty much figured they would but, i had some free time on saturday to do it. after 2 hours of waiting the technician told me they could not do it because of the aftermarket intake and upper pipe,

the intake is a nessi 1 piece pipe and the intake is AEM every thing else is stock, it would take him no more time more then with the OEM parts

they told me mitsubishi doesnt pay them for the extra time to take off aftermarket parts

so for now i drive it without having the recall done,

 

Honestly, I'm not sure if they are legally allowed to decline a safety recall. Regardless of modifications.

 

If it's a recall they have to fix it.

Bring them a copy of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.

 

Call corporate

 

has anyone actually have the failure happen ? just curious?

 

well the modifications he has on the car are very very small. they have to fix it, try a different dealer maybe.

 

34k miles, no recal and no failure yet

 

Mitsu build a car that they wanted to use to compete with 3 series, etc... yet they still continue to forget about upgrading their customer service.... sigh...

 

I hate dealers, corporations and ..you can mention....
now. i think in this case, they deserve to charge you some extra bucks for the extra time.
it happen exactly the same to me. but the guy came in a realy good way, explaining to me all the inconveniences of a rigid upper pipe to unistall vs the 2 screws removal stock upper pipe. we agree that 30 minutes more would be fine for the upper pipe. even if he can do it in five. i know.
sometimes we have to look to the side, pass by as a stupid and obtain what you want. i would pay $40 with my eyes closed vs start a discusion with a manager, increase my blood preasure, sign a complain with mitsubishi and walk out of the dealer two hours latter without my recall done. marking my car as "modified" on the files, and spend the rest of the month waiting for a call or letter from mitsubishi.

 

its not really a big deal for me, and not worth the hassel to put it back to stock i really dont even drive the car that much, i think i only put on 6,000 miles last year

i figured i would share with the rest of the evo community

 

just return to stock try new dealer done

 

Yea man they cannot deny a safety recall. As other said call cooperate or bring it to another dealer

 

What happens if your car goes up in flames because you didn't have the recall done,then what.

 

this is why i'm hesitant to bring my car in for any type of recalls. I don't want to be added to the blacklist...I don't think these recalls are worth returning my car to stock. curious to see who else has had this problem.

 

I agree, the only way it's going back is for catastrophic failure...