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Old 09-22-2021, 08:51 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by willzilla View Post
If dealer did a PPI, what does that entail? Do they give you some kind of print-out of items checked? Ie... ECU is good, brakes good, tires good, etc? Also, maybe have the GM tech check how many key turns there are registered? If like... 1000.. well, seems car was probably tuned like a year ago or more.. if 5.. well, probably tuned a few days ago.. etc.

Is the car stock? Can you show us a pic of the engine bay, under the car (stock exhaust? has all the cats?), etc? Could try to go to the dmv or whatever it is in Cali and tell them the dealer sold you an "illegally" tuned car (illegal to tune the ecu in Cali now). Maybe get some help from the usually useless state? Lol.
If it's not a GM dealership, they will have no idea if the ECU has been modified.

My advice, cancel the extended warranty and get the money back for that. It's useless now anyway. Go after the dealership that sold you the car. If they won't help, then lawyer up. Unfortunately, that's probably your only course of action unless you just want to pay to have the car fixed yourself. The bad part is that now the car will have a voided warranty and it's going to kill your resale value unless you sell it to someone that's going to mod it.
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