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One thing I've been bummed about is that I haven't really found anyone who wanted to play yet...I did get a big thumbs up from a guy in a non-srt8 charger, but no one to play with...does anyone have any good stories?
BTW: An unsuspecting Mustang Cobra S/C driver got his snake handed to him today. The poor guy never saw it coming. When we pulled off the street, he says: Do they have anymore of these?
Also one pulled up next to me the other day in the rain, I stomped it lost traction to all 4 tires for a second and then locked up and blew him away. He either gave up or they are really slow. Are they AWD? Then come to find he followed us home and lives in my neighborhood. I am a house at the end of a street and he went to turn and stopped and waited to see which driveway i pulled into. Its tuff to be the envy of so many.
I say this cause of all the new computer systems in vehicles they can tell everything. I own a 06 3500 Ram cummins turbo diesel. I had a chip that left no computer signature, had an engine light come on took the chip out and reset it to stock. When I got to the dealer they saw my dual exhaust with no converter, stage 2 intake, and questioned me about them. Then the little computer they hooked up showed my throttle position, load level, boost level and all. I had a boost level that threw the engine light at 52lbs. (should be around 28). They also said my intake only has one oxygen sensor? 0r mass flow sensor? or whatever it is cause most intakes you remove one set and voids my turbo warranty. The exhaust is for off road use only and has no cat or resignator and could also be a problem. They tried pressuring me into telling me about my chip but I never did. They still said with the numbers from the computer and my performance mods it would be easy to void any warranty claim.
As of last week it went into a custom trans shop because after only 11K miles the torque converter was starting to shutter and under hard acceleration the trans would heat up too much and not shift into overdrive. $3500 later I will have a bullet proof trans but I had to pay for it because the dealer wouldn't. Guess you have to pay to play, so be carefull- even small mods can lead to warranty issues.
The poor fella called earlier today to see if I'd help him find an SRT as he says that since Ford killed the Lightnin and the Sport Trac SVT is a no-go right now, he's willing to crossover from the Blue Oval and go with the BIG GUNS!!!
SEMA has a good article called Warranty Denied? that discusses warranty law and how to resolve it with the dealer.
Steve, Host
Some dealers are misinforming customers, telling them that any "modification" will void the entire vehicle warranty which of course is blatantly untrue.
From what I have seen the majority of dealers take a reasonable and honest approach to warranty situations, especially for their good customers. In other words, they are not going to look for the smallest of excuses to try and deny a valid claim. Unless there are obvious signs of misuse or abuse they are usually going to care care of the situation.
Owners need to take a common sense and honest approach as well. If they make alterations to key components of their vehicle they should expect that the warranty on the parts for such changes may be voided.
Once more I know a guy that his injector pump went out with less than 20K miles. The dealer said it was his fault do to poor diesel fuel. He paid the bill of over 2K got a lawyer and got nothing, but a attorney fee.
So I understand its easy to say what the dealer should do by law, and to stand your ground and fight, but no from a dealer means no. Just me experience and my bad luck. You gotta pay to play I guess.
But you really don't see all that many stories where a claim was denied. So I'm asking for some. :shades:
Here's the link to post them in:
My Mod Voided My Warranty!
Steve, Host
Glad to hear you're enjoying it...just wait until the break-in period is done! (or not, depending on your philosophy on such things!)
I'm already over 1000 miles...taking it in for the first oil change monday...
I am now quite certain that everything that person says on this forum is true. :lemon:
So does anyone else have any good "encounters" to relate?
I've put 5K miles on my truck with no problems but I wonder if the warranty extension cost makes sense after the original warranty runs out. I do not intend to race or modify, but of course I like to have "fun"
There's your answer right there. Your plan like many on this thead is to keep the truck for as long as possible. And with the long term reliability of the 6.1(it's only been on the market for a year) not ascertained as of yet, the most wise thing would be to buy the extended warranty. As with any car, the more age and mileage, the more potential problems to come about. Which extended warranty did you pick??
However after I got my SRT8 and read the fine print that was sent to me, I found that I was ineligible for the refund as it was a shorter term lease. When I pointed that out to my dealer, they have me a refund and I opted to purchase the 50k mile warranty.
I don't normally purchase extended warranties, but my feeling on this one was that this was a very specialized vehicle with a fairly "untried" engine/trans/chassis combination. To me there was too much potential for a large repair bill down the road if there was an unpredicted failure after the standard warranty ran out.
I be curious to hear what others THAT REALLY HAVE AN SRT8 have done.
And, since they're mopar, does that mean they can be dealer-installed, and covered under the (extended) warranty?
About the installation and warranty, the Authorized 5-Star dealer should be able to install anything that is in the Mopar catalog. The Mopar acc. does not fall under the extended warranty as it is not installed at the factory as it is my understanding. However most acc. and parts do have a warranty tho...
Steve, Host
How many miles do you have on your SRT8 and what is your oil consumption been like? I've got almost 5,000 miles and have been using about a quart every 1,000.
Steve, Host
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Steve, Host
"Feenin - Wanting, Craving for intensely."
Coming soon to a karaoke singer near you. :shades:
Steve, Host
Steve, Host
Ok, I think I figured it out. Check your carspace mail.
kec8
No loss. The 30-day program is nothing but an advertising SCAM. If you figure up what it would cost to "return" a vehicle like the Grand Cherokee in their "special offer" program it would run around $6000-$7000. First of all there is a 5% restocking fee, plus a .50 per mile charge, then you lose all of the sales tax and any financing costs.
In addition, you cannot trade a vehicle in on a new one and get the guarantee. Yeah, some deal. I sure hope no one is stupid enough to fall for this crap.
In fact, it was cool that it was my best run of the night! I had a 13.84 in the quarter, and he had a 15.02. Got a bunch of positive comments after that run - including from the SS!
On the other hand, I was a little disappointed that 13.84 was the best I could do for the night! Considering Car&Driver said it should do 13.2...and no, I didn't have the a/c on!
Air temperature when we left was 78 degrees, was probably warmer during the earlier runs. I also only have 1500 miles, could that have been a factor?
Oh, and I noticed the whistling that someone mentioned! Seems like around 90-95 I'm hearing a whistle, but I think it's only under full throttle because I haven't noticed it on the open road at that speed (i.e. on the open road I wasn't under full throttle at 90-95.)......?
Once in a while I go through AA on my way to Jackson...And remember, I'm just over in Canton! Maybe we could set up a dinner or something in AA, I understand there's a lot of good restaurants there; I've been to Gandy Dancer once, and taken one of the kids to the hands-on museum once, but I don't make it to AA very often.
I guess I could have sent this reply to your email - sorry to the rest of the list! KEC8, you have my email now, so we could take this offline! (though anyone else familiar with AA or close by please feel free to jump in and join us!)
Ron
"In the end, dealers and others say they suspect the 30-Day Return Program isn't designed to be used at all, but is more of a public relations tool to strengthen Chrysler's quality image and soothe any misgivings of any nervous buyers."
Chrysler's '30-day, money back guarantee: What's the catch (Detroit News)
Steve, Host
That was me that asked about the whistling from the dashboard. My office is just a few minutes off I-94, so when I leave and jump on the e-way under hard acceleration, I get this incredible whistle from somewhere in the dashboard. It stays around for 5-10 minutes or so if under acceleration above 90, but eventually goes away. It seems to happen on hot days after the car has been sitting in the sun and then goes away as the air conditioner cools things down. I don't know if it's the ventilation system or something else in the dash. It's not a huge deal, but you can sure hear it.
Milan sounded like a hoot. I haven't run there in years.
I assume that you got my e-mail response. We can talk off line about setting something up. Maybe blkhemi can meet us for dinner.