Ive been put on restriction by SATURN...

[redlineRACER]

i had the problem with the shifting column...i get a call saying that they are going to be taking pictures of me driving to make sure i dont hot rod...i was like fuck u ur not my mom and thats invasion of privacy..so i go down there and long story short..the parts guys tells me the factory, not the dealer is suspecting me of hot rodding and racing and i have a red flag on my car...i asked what that means exactly..he said if somehthing goes wrong with the engine or tranny they can blame it on me and not cover it...the tech guy was cool about it and i kept my cool..surprisinly..i left fuckin pissed tho. so basically saturn has my car flagged and they are going to be wathcing my every move from now on. part of the reason i got my saturn was because of the service..but this seriously pissed me off...has anyone else been told this becasue i think they are targerting because they know i race and im young (17) i think the dealer told them i race...it shouldnt matter what i do unless im like racing it everyday and burning my tires out all the time...this is complete bullshit!!!

[SporkLover]

Welcome to the world of powerful cars.....its a more common occurence with the recent group of powerful sport compacts.

There is a document out there on SRT-4's that DC sent to their service departments on things to look out for. If they find these certain things they are to contact District Service reps. WRX drivers get their warranties cancelled if they are auto crossing, Evo owners are in the same boat... if there is any kind of a tranny warranty claim the owner almost always gets screwed...

What conditions does your warranty have? The SRT warranty specifically states that racing, and or abuse will void the power train warranty. Racing includes any timed event, or exhibition of speed on the streets..... it sucks balls.

[BeRad]

You need to read the warranty, if it say's "normal use" or "abusive operation"
they got you. Also, ask your insurance what classification they have on your car.

[jpapa]

Originally Posted by SporkLover

What conditions does your warranty have? The SRT warranty specifically states that racing, and or abuse will void the power train warranty. Racing includes any timed event, or exhibition of speed on the streets..... it sucks balls.

Our warranties state almost the exact same thing. It kind of sucks that our cars that are supposed to be built for these kind of things, that they don't like us using it for that and still cover us. It makes sense though, they know they'd be replacing a lot of crap if people got away with it.
With Evos and STIs it seems a little more ridiculous that they don't cover the warranty with these types of usage, especially when they're as tuned out for competition like they already are. What do they expect us to do, drive our cars like it's a normal non-fun everyday car? That's just too hard...

[SporkLover]

On the EvolutionM forums I found a thread about Subaru dealerships handing out free SCCA memberships with a purchase of a WRX. Well when new buyers actually used that offer, and competed, shortly after their first competition they find out their car is on warranty restriction. Evo owners were finding themselves having their warranty put on restriction because someone at Mitsubishi found out about SCCA racing events through published results on the internet. There was this one thread where a guy bought his son an Evo for a HS graduation gift, and after a few months of ownership he tracked it at an SCCA event. Well he goes in for regular maintenance a few months later to find out his warranty was voided.... based on published SCCA results on the internet! It was done by the local Mitsu Service rep.

Tell them to prove you were abusing the car.... and never ever admit to racing or abusing the car.

[Sp00ner]

Exactly! Let them prove everything, for all they know, you could just drive the car like you stole it everyday. I can see them not covering things if they KNOW you are racing the car, but come on...

[redlineRACER]

the problem is they know i race for sure...when this happend i still had the numbers from the track...i didnt want that to happen but it did before i could take them off. so they know i race but i think ill just tell them i did it twice and my mom said i couldnt or some bs..u think that would work? becuase i paid extra for the extended warranty and if they void that that is a waste of over a thousand bucks and even more bullshit.

[Sp00ner]

Well, if they got you red-handed... I'm not sure, ask one of your lawyer type folks here.

[Gary Perez]

What does suck is that they can argue that the computer states that the maximum speed you have reached is 140 MPH in the car, and since that is twice the highest speed limit posted anywher in the US, you are abusing the car because it wasn't designed to break the traffic laws. If I knew about this, I wouldn't have purchased an extended warranty.

[Tom01SC2]

You can get your money back for the extended warranty if it gets cancelled. They'll just pro-rate it if you used any of it...

Tom