Nissan isn't the only one who won't warranty their performance cars....

[Shadowsong]

People bag on Nissan about not upholding the warranty on the GT-R.....

well, as the title says, Nissan isn't the only company to pull crap like that.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...ted-by-gm.html

[Wm Holden]

He was on a track at the time and told them....duh....

[camaro5]

GM is OUT of money. This must be their way of saving more.

The moral of the story is: ALWAYS lie to the dealer.

The Tremec trans needs Royal Purple fluid to shift acceptably (debatable).

So, if you have tranny trouble, drain it out, and put in GM approved lube, before visiting the butcher shop, for example.

[Mr. Wyndham]

Do Corvettes have a tendency to blow up? Do they have a factory-installed look-but-don't-touch switch that makes it more likely to blow up? What about a lovely charge even if it doesn't blow up?

Nissan still fails.

[FenwickHockey65]

Duh. GM isn't going to fix a car that the owner might have ruined themselves by driving it on a track. No manufacturer is stupid enough to do that. If the guy said that he was driving down the highway and the engine died, then GM would've fixed it.

[boxmonkeyracing]

hmmm. An HPDE class is a class that teaches you racing techniques. hmmm check out NASA.org and read up on them. so with that

two problems I see

1. he's half honest with himself.

He tells the dealer where he was at and what he was doing. that's good.
But he denies he was racing during an HPDE class. which you have to go through before you can even race in NASA. . .hmmm. oh also read he had burned rubber on his wheel wells and a tow hook on the rear of his car...the tow hook is a requirement for nasa. . .lmao. he's in the wrong and he knows it. but everyone on that board is backing him up. blind as a bat I tell you.

2. wants others to pay for his screw up.

why not make someone else pay for what you screw up? I am right there with him on that. But, crying about it when they turn you down? WTF?


oh and Shadowsong. . .

Nissan gave them a button that they are suppose to be able to push and do that with. . .if they use that button they'll have to Get Transmission Replaced.

GM will not void your warranty if you drive your car a hard. BUT they will void it if you tell them you were on a track getting instruction on how to drive it like it's a race car. that's the problem.

Nissan says hey here's a button but don't use it. GM no button just use common sense.

[stovt001]

Which brings up the point, when you go to a track, for both warranty and insurance purposes, take the license plate off the car.

[camaro5]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Do Corvettes have a tendency to blow up? Do they have a factory-installed look-but-don't-touch switch that makes it more likely to blow up? What about a lovely charge even if it doesn't blow up?

Nissan still fails.

You should read Corvette Forum a little. They have lots of different problems. Read owners experiences for yourself.

Nissan made a mistake, most manufacturers do. The launch button has been removed in timely fashion.

[Wm Holden]

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by camaro5

Nissan made a mistake, most manufacturers do. The launch button has been removed in timely fashion.

But their mistake happened to be on "Godzilla". That, in addition to their bogus race times, means we get to make fun of them for it!

[zebra]

so Wm Holden... is that supposed to be an example of not having plates when you race or just showing off that somebody minted *cougheditedcough* a coin with your maggie?

[Shadowsong]

For the record, the numbers of trannys to blow up in a GT-R because of launch mode is 5. A few launches on occasion is not going to kill the tranny, but abusing the feature (every stoplight you come to etc.) will kill it, its no different from any other car, people just made a big deal out of it because no one wants to admit that Nissan made a world class performance car.

[FenwickHockey65]

I think the real criticism was about why nissan would even install the feature on the car if owners weren't supposed to use it.

[boxmonkeyracing]

Originally Posted by Shadowsong

For the record, the numbers of trannys to blow up in a GT-R because of launch mode is 5. A few launches on occasion is not going to kill the tranny, but abusing the feature (every stoplight you come to etc.) will kill it, its no different from any other car, people just made a big deal out of it because no one wants to admit that Nissan made a world class performance car.

depends on what you want to consider world class. a car that can take an avg joe and make him think he's god. . .yea they did that. BUT to people that really like to drive that car is nothing more then for the playstation era brats. have you seen the interior? how many buttons does one car really need? does the car perform? yes. the tranny issue is if you use it around 40 times. . .then it destroys it. why else would they have pages in their warranty book for how many times it's been changed? 40 times is not a lot. if they put the button in it should have been able to hold for at least 1000 times of use. weather it be all at once or over a decade. face it they put an inferior tranny in a car that needed a better one. They even knew they did it.

But I agree and that was also what I posted on page 7 of that thread. you abuse it long enough it will break. BUT he is in the wrong and people are siding with him because he's the little guy and GM is the big bad corporation that is stepping on him. Totally forget that there were obvious signs he was racing it. rubber all up on the wheel wells and a tow ring mounted on the car. if he wanted his warranty to cover his mistake then he should have cleaned off the rubber and removed the tow ring. if he had done those two things and still told them he was in the class then they would have covered him. but oh well. . .screw the big corp. save the little guy.

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I think the real criticism was about why nissan would even install the feature on the car if owners weren't supposed to use it.