does an aftermarket air intake void any of ford's warranties?
just checking
antelope555

 

Some claim they do not, some don't make a claim. So when you choose, make sure you read the fine print. K&N will not void warrenty.

 

It's the dealerships burden to prove that your air intake was a direct cause of whatever went wrong with your car, and for something small like that most service writers and managers won't really make a fuss. If you're worried about it, just keep your stock intake and whenever you take it in for a warranty claim, swap the stock one back in and keep your mouth shut.

 

they will void the intake warranty... but they cannot void ur warranty if that item u changed out or put on was not the direct cause of the problem

 

How is it the dealerships burden?? They say "NO warranty for you", what do you do then? Tell them about Moss Magnusson and hope for a change of heart....NOT!

Seriously, it's our "Burden" when the dealer says no....well it's NO! Remember the law can be on your side but it takes a Judge and a lawyer, and maybe a jury to prove it.....that cost money.

 

Yes and no. I've seen over oiled K&N filters and similar filters contaminate mass air flow sensors, causing running problems and check engine lights, usually with lean codes.

 

The law in most states says that the burden of proof falls on the dealership, ergo: They have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that your intake caused your whatever to break before they can void your warranty. That's how it's the dealership's burden, and I've only heard of rare instances where a service writer'll give you a rash of **** about something as simple as a friggin intake or exhaust, unless you're a complete idiot and you take them a truck with a blown engine or transmission that's got an intake, headers, exhaust, and a chip along with a bunch of melted ***** of rubber and VHT in your fender wells from screwing around at the track; then you deserve whatever happens.

I know that lawyers and all that costs money, and that sometimes it's not worth it to even get to that point. If you'll refer to the end of my last post, I suggest that if you don't want to deal with it to just keep your stock intake laying around and if you have a problem put it back on before you go to the dealership with it (and, most importantly, keep your mouth shut when you go). Jesus guys, this isn't rocket science.

 

My opinion is: If you are that worried about some stupid piece of paper called a 'warranty', then don't buy anything for your truck unless it's from your dealership.

In other words, take responsibility for your own actions. If you modify something on your truck and then have a breakdown directly related to your modification, then suck it up and deal with it. The warranties on our trucks are not a single item that is either valid or void. The warranty covers hundreds if not thousands of items. If you intentionally cause something to get screwed up, it doesn't automatically void your warranty on the rest of the vehicle.

But if you're asking about warranty, then you probably aren't likely to modify anything.

 

Truthfully, your warranty most times is up to the dealer in question. I've seen dealers let some pretty big things creep past. If a dealer is high in a certain area of repair, they may not be as generous with warrantable items there, since that may risk audit from Ford. An audit is bad news for a dealership, it's like a full rectal examination and a root canal rolled into one.

 

One more shot at this.
The proof vs the mod comes about when the dealer replaces the Mass Air meter and finds the engine runs proper and there are no codes.
When the filter is other than stock and dripping with filter oil, that's all they need, to prove it coated the air meter and you will pay ( NO WARRENTY) before you get out of the shop, unless someone sweeps it under the rug, so to speak, then you just get lucky.
Have to be realistic about such things.
Those who buy the extra warrenty and make mods will have an inspection for such things if there is any cause to relate mods to the fault being addressed.
However you think of the dealers, they have been around these things for at least a few weeks.............ya know what I mean?
There are adjusters that come to the dealerships to look at and review these things unless there is no reason to question the problem.
The insurence co dosn't want to pay out any more than accident insurence co. do.