I know most of you know all this but... for the n00b's and anyone else who just isn't sure.

Hopefully this will help clear up any questions about the warranty and mostly voiding it...

Ok, here is all the stuff put out about the basic warranty from Scion.com

Basic Coverage:
All components other than normal wear and maintenance items are covered for 36 months/36,000 miles.

Powertrain Coverage:
Your engine, transmission/transaxle, front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, seatbelts and air bags are covered for 5 years/60,000 miles. Rust-Through Coverage:Corrosion perforation of sheet metal is covered for 60 months/unlimited miles.

California Emission Control Coverage:
In California and any other state that adopts California emission warranty provisions, performance warranty and defect warranty coverage is applicable for 36 months/50,000 miles, and specific control devices are covered for 7 years/70,000 miles.

Genuine Scion Accessories:
Accessories installed at the time of the new vehicle purchase are covered for 36 months/36,000 miles, from the vehicle's in-service date, whichever occurs first, under the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. Accessories installed by the dealer after the new vehicle purchase are covered for 12 months, regardless of mileage, from the accessory installation date, or the remainder of the New Vehicle Limited Warranty, whichever provides greater coverage. Accessories purchased over-the-counter are covered for 12 months from the date of purchase. Car covers are warranted for 12 months from the purchase date and are not covered by the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.

Transportation Assistance:
You may be eligible for transportation assistance if your vehicle is required to be kept overnight for warrantable repairs. Please see your authorized Scion dealership for further details.

Extra Peace of Mind
In addition, there may be times when we will establish a special policy adjustment that will further defray repair costs. For details about the new vehicle limited warranty, see your Scion dealer. And for complete details of Scion's warranties, please refer to your Owner's Warranty Information booklet.*

Now, there is always the question, "will installing the part void my warranty?"... No. The only way an aftermarket part that is not installed by the dealership will void the warranty is if the part is the direct cause of the problem.

As far as oil changes go... If you have a shop other than the dealership do your oil change it's fine. But... if you bring a different type of oil, and for any reason the oil causes any problems with engine internals, then that voids the warranty, and the shop will not take liability either.

2. If the shop is the reason that you have problems, then its between you and the shop. Good luck.

**If you change your oil make sure you use the right one... use this link for information...http://auto.howstuffworks.com/framed...nfo/oiled.html

You can have toyota install mostly any aftermarket part that they are willing to install. And even though it's not a TRD part, it may be covered by the warranty. If you're willing to pay for the installation from the dealership.

Now you need to be careful about DIY and other shops installing. Remember if you have to take your car into the dealership for something happening, if the dealership deems the part you installed was part of the problem or the cause of it, they can void your warranty.

An example of something simple would be something like lowering your car yourself and not changing the shocks. When not if, your shocks blow, toyota/scion will not replace your shocks. Even though the shocks on the car are factory, installed by toyota, and not touched...since the springs lowered the car causing more of a load on the shocks, resulting in them to blow, the warranty is voided.
(I know alot of you know change both shocks with springs...)

Something more in detailed would be like... Let's say you have an aftermarket intake and installed it yourself and you recently had your oil changed at the dealership. You noticed that you begin burning oil not too long after the oil change, but never after you installed the intake. So, you bring your car to toyota and they said that you're burning oil because of debri in the motor causing the oil rings to gap. Now, lets just say the debri got into the motor during the oil change. Since you can't prove that, toyota can turn around and say that due to your aftermarket air filter, which was not installed by toyota, there could be a defect with the intake causing debri to enter the motor resulting in your current problem. Even though you know your air filter is fine, theres no problems with the seals joining the piping, and no possible way that the intake is the problem, toyota has deemed it so.

(^That may not be the best example... but it's the best I could think of at the moment here at work.)

*Be even more careful if you are one of the few who purchase the extended warranties. Remember that you are paying extra for an extended warranty, and if you void your warranty on something, you're wasting your own money.

For anyone who is wanting to do something to their car, remember, if you ask yourself if whatever you're doing will void your warranty the answer is No. What you do to your car will only void the warranty if it is the direct cause or a major factor to the problem.

And a side note to close with. Whatever maintenance you have done, try to do it at the dealership and put it into your owner's manual. Doing so will help keep the value of your car up when you're ready to sell or trade in. It's especially helpful on trade-ins. Dealerships love to know the car they are receiving was maintained by a dealership.

 

I remember some guy I know bought a car from a dealership and he didn't notice that he got the tail light warranty...

Once you don't see the tail lights you sure as hell are not warrantied

 

^...? it's too early for me to get that...

 

Stiky for the n00bs! They should stiCky this.

 

^ agreed. I wrote it with the intent of someone saying that.