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Have you ever had a warranty claim rejected due to having a remap?

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Offline mkviken

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you would be surprised at what you can get away with regards to insurance claims and modifications. in my experience they really aren't that bothered about mods when making a claim.

my insurer said as long as performance/power wasn't increased by more than 10% and the mods were road legal then they weren't interested.

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until its a big claim when trust me they will be interested! I had the wheels knicked off my track car, £6k claim and they sent an engineer out to inspect my car - WTF said I, do you want to see it has no wheels, yup they said and they did and engineer gave it a good once over, seemed a bit silly as yes it had no wheels (which he verified) and yes i had a police report, the police even sent scenes of crime out to dust my garage etc. car heavily modded, engine, brakes, suspension, bodywork, interior etc and all mods declared, he didn't check for a remap though  :grin:, even though it had one and it was declared.

slightly more relevant, a few years ago I had an A3 1.8T which I had mapped, one of the old chip replacement jobs, the car then conked out, dead ECU (am sure that the chip wasn't soldered in properly) audi came out and towed the car in, yes sir faulty ECU, all replaced under warranty, they said they sent the old ecu off to VAG - I held my breath, car was only two months old!!!, but I never heard anything from anyone or paid anything and had full audi recovery and courtesy car whilst in for repair.

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No chance,I'm to scared to do time in VW's prison they do unnatural things to you there. :grin:
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Offline The Doc

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No chance,I'm to scared to do time in VW's prison they do unnatural things to you there. :grin:

Like make you wear paper bags on your head..... :laugh:


Offline Wayne

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That's fair enough..... But if the mapping isn't 'stock'... as it came from the factory (or any kosher dealer 'upgrades') then any insurer is going to (try and) invalidate any claim if they were not in prior knowledge of *any* change to standard!
Or am I just being a bit paranoid?


Nope your not, insurance companies will find out in some way or another  :smiley:

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That's fair enough..... But if the mapping isn't 'stock'... as it came from the factory (or any kosher dealer 'upgrades') then any insurer is going to (try and) invalidate any claim if they were not in prior knowledge of *any* change to standard!
Or am I just being a bit paranoid?


Nope your not, insurance companies will find out in some way or another  :smiley:

That will be using the remap detecting sonic screwdriver mentioned earlier  :wink:

I'd always advise a customer to inform their insurance of any upgrades made  :wink: