Originally Posted by
98CoupeV6
The intake will only void your warranty if a problem can be directly blamed on the intake...such as you hydrolocking, MAF, TPS, and maybe even your variable intake manifold (if you have a V6). Any knowledgable service department will not go to lengths to "blame" your intake because they will get reimbursement from Honda anyway, but intakes can cause several problems that shouldn't be waranteed. But obviously they can't blame the intake on a power steering pump leak or a brake caliper sticking.
That's quite possibly the stupidest thing ever said on this forum, and that's saying a lot.
Realistically speaking that's true. The only time a warranty should be voided is if there is obvious driver neglect or a direct cause-N-effect issue.
But from my experience Honda can
AND WILL void your warranty for any mechanical modification.
I took my car for warranty service because I was burning oil due to a worn piston ring seal. THe motor only had about 80K miles at the time.
They acknowledged there was a worn ring seal, but because of my short ram intake rufesed to do warranty service.
Also, a friend of mine had tranny problems on his 6th gen V6, but his warranty was voided because his car was lowered 1.5 inches.
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