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I've already done it, but the cold air intake doesn't void our warranty does it?
Also, I would assume exhaust wouldn't either?
Also, I would assume exhaust wouldn't either?
This is not necessarily true. If you ever have a problem with a manufacture honoring a warranty then you need to contact the Federal Trade Commission, this is who will work on your behalf to keep these big corporations in line when it comes to lemon laws and disputed warranty issues. The only time you will have a problem with a warranty is if they can prove that the aftermarket component that you changed directly caused the failure. If you add a cold air intake and the valve cover starts leaking there is no correlation you'll be covered; however, if you have a problem with the MAF (and you moved it's placement into your new cold air kit) you will not be covered. It is kind of like saying that you changed the tires and your transmission isn't covered anymore... ridiculous. I have personally gone round and round with warranties and Ford in the past and have yet to lose a battle. I have had the FTC involved in more than one instance and they worked hard on my behalf to make things right.Anything that takes the car out of "original equipment specs" can void the warranty. Modifications are a very grey area. It depends on car a car company, but more so on the people who work on the car. I've seen forum posts where a brand new car's warranty was voided because the owner installed different wheels on it. So essentially those mods can void the warranty. Exhaust is a pretty involved modification, I'd be very surprised if the warranty wasn't voided if a Ford rep saw that on a customers car. I'm not sure about how Ford does their own things but BMW doesn't outright void the warranty if the customer purchases the parts through BMW and has their mod certified techs install them.