my dad took the cl in today to have the front lower arm ball joint check out because i believe its leaking grease.

the dealership says they cant replace it under warraty, unless i put back the stock shocks. they also said if the tranny went out, they cant replace that because of my aftermarket suspension.

so....putting back the shocks (i believe the fronts will do or do i have to put back all 4?), i should have the boot fixed under warranty, but the tranny issue?

some fill me in please

 

sounds like a horrible dealership

 

What Dealership?

 

serramonte acura

so you guys think i shoudl jsut replace the one side, both fronts, or all 4?? i dont have the warranty papers with me, so i dont konw what it states.

 

How would the tranny be affected by the suspension? and isn't there that act that says the dealer has to prove the relationship between the problem and the mod, etc....

 

The Magnus Moss act I believe is the name (not 100% sure).

 

Que'? He said it's the lower arm ball joint.

 

to save effort and time, i'd just take it to another dealer. that's unusual to have such a bad experience -- most modded folks on here have little or no problems.

 

1st the dealership has to replace your transmission bc it has nothing to do with your suspension and the bad tranny problem has occured in plenty of stock cl's. Print out the The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act off the sema website and bring it to your dealership before you go changing your whole suspension setup bc the IMO the dealership is blowing smoke....

http://www.sema.org/main/semaorghome.aspx?ID=8124

thats my 2 cents and/or i just got real lucky having PAA as my dealership...

 

print that and show it to them, the tranny has a recall and an extened warranty for a reason

 

BTW print out the attachment under the law section

 

Try another dealer man! I heard Pleasanton is a good dealer

 

serramonte acura is one of worst dealers around. mike harvey in burlingame is bad as well. don't know if it's still true now but, a few years ago i heard that they were under the same managment.

i think hopkins is good. i only brought the car in once for something very minor and i received great service. i bought the car there too.

i too hear that pleasanton acura is good as well.

 

Right, because the suspension directly affects the transmission.


Print out the Magnusson Moss Warranty Act and show it to them. What they are doing is illegal.

 

those guys are douche bags for telling you such ludicrous bullshit...as previously mentioned above...show em the Magnuson-Moss Act

or fuck it...go to another dealer, why bother with those dipshits?

 

darrin do you go to suburban? do they give you shyt about mods???

good luck with the suspension thing guy... let us know

 

I get my work done at Acura of Pleasanton. They are very friendly and helpful. When I went in for the recall thing, they called me later that day and said they were going to order me a new tranny and to keep the loaner I got for the week. I didnt even have to ask about it. They install aftermarket parts (even non comptech) there per the Service Manager Brent Ward and I'm sure they wont hassle you about your aftermarket parts there.

 

That's a BS dealer. Take it some place else. I had my tranny replaced and the dealer while working on it discovered that I had a leak on one of my struts and changed that too. Even though my car is lowered. Some dealers are OK with mods, some of them are just assholes.
Read that SEMA doc from LINNER.

 

The dealership must understand that the trannies are failing despite what you may do to the car in reference to aftermarket parts. They know there is no connection between your suspension and your transmission, and the tranny fails whether the car is supercharged or bone stock. I could see if you have the S/C and/or N20 and they wanted to void your warranty. But changing shocks is nothing. In fact, many consumers go with aftermarket shocks because they are generally cheaper than the stock shocks e.g. KYB GR2's.

Josh
Excelerate LLC

 

What other dealerships are mod friendly in the bay area? besides Pleasanton...

 

try oakland. they sell mods.