At my 1000mi oil change I was chatting with the 2 service reps at the dealership. Both younger-ish guys and super friendly and one was even a WRX guy and they pretty much said do a catback and nothing else as far as warranty is concerned. They confirmed Subaru has really stiffened their stance on mods recently. I'll have some more detailed questions for them next service, specifically the tmic. Thanks and keep the videos coming.
My dealership here said anything that effects the engine/turbo back pressure will void the warranty, including the axleback exhaust I now remove before servicing at the dealership lol
@@tomkingslayer8375I have an ets axle back and took it in for my first oil change. They said nothing lol my sales rep said he has gotten tons of warranty work done on his STI through Subaru but he just returned to stock when he went to get it done
Even IF the dealership said “yes” to any mod, I’d want it in writing from the service manager first. Never trust a handshake when it comes to you possibly losing thousands of dollars in warranty work.
Subispeed did a dyno test with Perrin, AEM, and ETS intake, and the perrin according to the dyno test was closes to the stock and ran safely. Another commenter on that video said he had the perrin for 30k miles no issues. It could be safe to say the perrin CAI is safe, but of course the tune would get you better performance.
how about mounts, carriers, bushings, sway bars, parts designed to stiffen up the car, etc.? i feel like subaru could at any time just point to any modded part and say "yep that caused it".
great video actually, I remember when I made comments about doing intakes and what not he was basically straight up saying no due to tuning etc. I personally just wanted to throw coils, new wheels or rims, new foglight bezels to replace the heavy plastic oem ones and a catback exhaust. Unsure if like a varex system or a r400 would void. Since you mentioned tapping into the cars electrical I'd be curious to understand if the varex valve system would cause issues for voiding such warranty etc. Love to know what you're opinion would be on that too. Cheers
@rtpugh are you talking about the charcoal filter? Others that have reported it said they felt more responsiveness from the pedal but that it might also be a biased. I removed mine and I got slightly more turbo noises (+KN), response quicker imo
Didn't notice much removing the charcoal filter and putting in Perrin drop in, maybe added a few hp. Adding the Cobb intake pipe heard it frees up some power
Doesn’t matter if you mod or not. Subaru will deny warranty. had dealership acknowledge issue in WRITING. Subaru of America denied warranty without a reason at all. They have the worst warranty in the business. The aftermarket is the only thing keeping this mediocre company alive.
Not true. I had my CAT fall apart inside and it clogged the second CAT and subaru replaced the whole exhaust system under warranty and all the CATS....
can you please show me where to get sumitomo tires for the 2015. 2020 wrx , in your videos you mention them being 400 but i can't seem to find em for that price . please and thank you sir.
Bro I love all your videos. DO you think Rae Intermediate pipe will void power train warranty? It does not eliminate any sensors and does not need a tune.
My dealership said anything that effects the engines performance or turbo back pressure on the engine will void the warranty. In other words: axle back exhaust.
Now I just remove it for winter and the occasional dealership visit. I got the 50k warranty so trying to keep that as long as possible.@@AutoEnthusiast
AOS and catch can fall in the same category. They can deny a warranty claim. Lame because it is taking oil out of the intake air that would get sent to the intake valves fouling them up over time 🙄
I would say generally yes, but again remember it has to do with systems, they would lose a fight if it came to it for an ac comp issue and an AOS, but if your engine failed, whole diff can of worms
Its because they cant say the aos messed with ac. Hence they need to prove that the aos would be at fault to be denied. This is also true about anything else, if you do an intake and they deny they need to show you where the intake made x y and z fail. @AutoEnthusiast
Interesting that you decided not to dive a little deeper into the whys as it would extend your video out to 10 mins, which is good for you. But oftentimes acceptance/denial warranty claims may vary by dealership
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