dealership won't work

[SuperchargedSE]

ok i have had alot of problems with my grand am and here is a new one i drive my car everyday .(daily driver) i have a few performance mods .............NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING my dealership won't do any work to my as they say i abuse it and then for i must pay for all damages to the car. when i first got my car in 2001 it had a funny transmition but i thought it was regular........so what i did was take a brand new 2001 grand am se for a test drive and quess that no transmition problem.................my question to u is there any good dealership that u know of that will fix my car under my warranty

[GS10GA]

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[VaGT]

Is your car Supercharged like your login name suggests? If so, that is probably where your problem lies. A supercharger is a pretty significant performance mod.

[Weem]

Originally posted by VaGT
Is your car Supercharged like your login name suggests? If so, that is probably where your problem lies. A supercharger is a pretty significant performance mod.

I agree with VaGT. If you do indeed have a supercharger installed, you will have a very hard time convincing any dealer that your transmission should be fixed under warranty. It doesn't matter whether you actually abuse your car or whether the SC actually caused the damage.

[iceman]

In general, dealerships can only void or not honor your warranties when you have done a modification that directly affects the broken part. On top of that, they have to prove that your modification caused the failure.


Say, for instance, you change your spark plugs, and the next day your muffler falls off. These two are unrelated and you are still covered. Say, for instance, you are changing your spark plugs, and you cross-thread the block... You aren't getting that fixed for free.

Good page about warranties @ SEMA (http://www.enjoythedrive.com/content/?id=8124)

[VaGT]

Yes, but doesn't a Supercharger put added strain on a transmission? Engine power and trasmission are pretty closely related.

I would not even think to add a Supercharger unless the warrantee was over or I didn't care about it.

[iceman]

Sure does..

[threadkiller]

Those trannies are suspect at factory horese power. Has the dealer at least checked to see if it is a failure that is out of your control,like maybe a control solenoid?