I have the megan header & K&N CAI, if I bring my car in for an oil change are they going to put on the record that I have these mods?

I was figuring if I had any type of warranty problems I could just put everything stock back on.

Does anyone know if they check for mods during oil changes??

 

dealers over here do that. just change your own oil man if you are scared of them finding out or just take it somewhere else. you'll save alot of money by just taking it to jiffy lube or some other place.

 

one of my fellow SE members in HI got denied his free oil change cause he's xB was lowered. nm making a note, they might not change your oil at all lol.

 

i agree with rsx.... just change yer oil yerself or take it somewhere. (not jiffy lube... those bastards are cheap thieves)

 

wat does oil change and engine mods have in common??

they arent going to keep track of your engine mods and stuff.

 

I don't understand the anxiety. If you take your car in for an oil change and they do check for mods, r you worried about them voiding your warrenty? Cause if something ever does go wrong, unless you replace all the stock components they are gonna deny you anyway. and if you do replace the stock components they are going to notice abnormal wear and tear also and then the inquistion happens b4 they deny you.

 

I have 3 free oil changes left, that's the only reason I wanted to take it to toyota instead of doing it myself.

timmy - if something went wrong with the engine (internally), the only performance mods that could possibily cause that would be the header or the CAI. if I replace these parts with the stock parts then they would have no reason to void the warranty.

daewonder - they probably wouldn't change the oil on the lowered xB because most likely they couldn't get it on the lift because it was lowered. I highly doubt they'd say no to a oil change because of a header & CAI.

 

I said when they notice abnormal wear and tear. Wich they will. and if you have mods that didn't cause a malfunction you are taking to toyota to correct... then you have no worries.

 

im not even going to use my 3 free oil changes, too much of a hassel to make an appointment.

 

Jeezzz... I'm glad we don't have to make appointments with the dealerships here for oil changes!

 

appointment??? the dealership here is a non appointment.. just drop off yer car and they promise they'll change yer oil in 29 minutes.

 

I drove into my dealer without making an appointment, someone drove my car into the garage.

I didn't have a ride home so a van gave me a ride home and picked me up when the car was done, for no charge at all.

 

so no one knows for sure if they keep track of mods or not?

I guess it's different for every dealer?

 

yeah, i used one free change and i had to make an appt. almost racked up another 1k miles before i could get it in there. i think next time i'll just do it myself.

 

yeah the customer service at the service center here SUCKS

 

I used my first free oil change at my dealer last week. I had to make an appointment 1 week in advance and still had to wait 2 hours. They noticed my CEL (from my headers), but I told them I knew about it and they didn't say anything else.

 

i used my free oil change... no appointment... i say they were staring at my car, dont know WHY! WHEN THERES ALOT A SCIONS in that damn dealer... and they can look at those scions... n e ways, no appointment, although i had to wait for my car in the hot... sun... which drove me crazy

 

sweet, thanks for the info. I don't have the CEL, so I doubt they'll say anything.

 

What about the servicing at 5k, 10k etc? There's not really an alternative to doing that, right? And they'll undoubtedly be looking around a lot more than if they were just changing the oil. Is there a way to work around that?

 

yup, the wait was at least a week or more., so i just did it myself. im not even gonna use the dealer for the rest of the free ones, ill just do it myself, its no biggie.