ayu

Just got my car back from Sunnyvale Acura, lucky me they got one extra transmission in stock I got my car back in 2 days. Everything feels fine with the rebuild transmission in my car. While I was there, the service guy told me they had one customer with transmission problem twice (a CL-S). After the 2nd time, they decided to put a datalogger in that car to monitor the driving pattern. It turn out that the driver was driving the car very harsh, down shifting to 2nd and running 2nd gear (not in SS mode, he shift it into 2nd gear) all the time when going onto the freeway.
My question is:
1. Can dealer put on data logger without customer's acknowledgment?
2. Where can they put the datalogger?
3. Even the owner of the car constantly using 2nd gear, can Acura void the warranty?

AYU

Acura3200

1. Can dealer put on data logger without customer's acknowledgment?

I really doubt it, since it's not their property, they can't modify anything without customer consent (my opinion)

2. Where can they put the datalogger?

I don't know, but it would have to plug into the computer so either under the hood or in the dash (yeah, I'm Captain obvious )

3. Even the owner of the car constantly using 2nd gear, can Acura void the warranty?

unless he's doing neutral drops or purposefully trashing the car I don't see how they can. my dealer knows that I drive very hard and they told me "beat on it, it's just a car, if it breaks, we'll fix it" or very close to that. they probably installed it for their information purposes only, to see if the tranny's are failing under "normal" driving conditions or harsh ones.