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I sent an email to my local Chevy dealer asking if a CAI voids the warranty. The answer I got back was: "It could void the warranty on components it interacts with." Sufficiently vague. I've always been a guy who stays stock so my warranty isn't screwed but I decided to put in a CAI. As mentioned before, no tune, no CEL. If the engine throws a rod I just can't fathom any reasonable mechanic saying there's a connection. Of course nothing is 100% so the bottom line is while I feel extremely confident that a CAI won't affect the warranty (I have a Cold Air Inductions CAI and on their website they explicitly state that a CAI will NOT void a warranty - That's a pretty big statement) I don't know what the dealer would do, so I'll do what people have been saying......put the stock CAI back into the car so there's no question (Though Al does claim they can tell if a CAI has been in the car).
Funny enough, when I asked Porsche about putting a set of sport headers in my GT4 the dealer said Porsche doesn't care and it won't affect the warranty. I kept that email handy.
One question I've been curious about because this issue has been discussed extensively, is how many people have actually had major engine failures with ONLY a CAI installed on the car? How about minor engine issues? I know there is a story on here about a member who had a warranty claim denied. That seems like the exception vice the rule.
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