![]() ![]() I decided not to, and given what subsequently happened I'm glad I didn't pull the trigger. Remember, you're messing with mapping in the ECU. Anyway, as far as the tune, when I asked, he raised his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders, and said something to the effect of "take your chances.". Over the years he had always been a straight shooter with me, looking for the least cost solution to any given problem. We knew each other well since I had bought and serviced 2 previous BMWs at the dealership. I remember prior to experiencing problems, talking to the dealer service adviser about a Bren tune and warranty. This is from first hand experience going through the painful BMW/Dealer investigation process that finally resulted in my engine warranty replacement. ![]() They're absolutely looking for any "out" they can find. If anything severe goes wrong with the engine, possibly requiring a replacement, they'll hunt through every nook and cranny to find something unusual. This is my two cent experience on having warranty work done.It may very well not cause a problem with the warranty. I can't say the modifications caused this issue, but it surely could've. I believe being in Texas, they have to prove your mods caused that part to fail. Was this a lucky situation, I don't think so. Simplified, it is a term that refers to updating your ECU software or flash memory with altered program codes so that your vehicle or motorcycle runs. All in all, we worked it out, and they replaced my stock turbo and gave me a free rental at no cost out the door. ECU flashing, by definition (Foreign Affairs Motorsports), is a procedure that updates the software that runs your vehicle by changing or modifying the vehicle’s memory chip in the ECU. The only issue I had with getting them to honor my warranty was proof of maintenance, meaning having my receipts for oil changes since I do them myself. Before I brought it into the Mazda dealership, I put all stock parts back on (bov, racepipe, "stage 2" intake.), and reflashed to the base ecu. I ended up blowing my stock turbo later on, within the warranty time frame (stock turbos had an issue with blowing seal). I had a modified Speed3 that was professionally tuned using the Cobb tuners, and a local tuner. I will say I did deal with a warranty repair on my 2013 Mazdspeed3, and it went better than expected. I'm new to the Q50 game but have been doing research as well on the whole process of modding and getting my Q50s tuned, for I do have a full extended warranty I don't want to waste. It really comes down to your personal decision. In the end, if you want to be tuned, then you have to commit to the risk of creating some kind of failure to the car and potentially not receiving warranty coverage. An engine tune, on the other hand, has the potential of denial of warranty for almost the entire powertrain (obviously depending on the failure and legitimacy of the claim). However, the springs would not lead to denial of warranty repair for your transmission (at least without some creative stretch of the truth on cause and effect). For example, if you are running lowering springs and your dampers fail, then in my opinion it would make sense to deny warranty coverage on the dampers. All other mods are very specific to certain areas of a car or are easily removable leaving no trace. In my opinion, for all of the various mods you can do to a vehicle, tuning the engine is the most risky for warranty coverage. Often times people will point to the requirement that the "manufacturer has to prove the modification caused the failure." Just remember that process would end up in legal proceedings, which is probably not a path you would want to go down. As has been noted, some dealers are more lax on these decisions than others. I get the sense that you are looking for some kind of black and white answer or an absolute level of assurance. ![]()
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