Ya it's funny, If you take your new truck to a shop and have it lifted they can say void. Now you go to the dealer and they have new trucks sitting on the lot with lifts from the same shop that did yours. Scam on the dealers part. Lets see, I can have the dealer do my lift for 3000 or I can go to the same place they take the truck to and pay 2000. It's a big crock of crap. They say a lift will damage things on the truck but you can have it added through them when you purchase the truck. Now you tell me the difference

 

Yea I know, I just wanna see how much they are gonna try to rip me off. Im just gonna go body for now.

 

It wont void all of your warrenty, only your suspension and most of your power train since it changes the angle drive shafts. They can not say that your MAF failed because of you new suspension or your stereo crapped out after 8 months because of your suspension. When you get into heavy modifications you should be ready to give up some of the luxuries of a bumper to bumper warrenty but do not let them trick you into thinking that your PCM going bad could be due to your suspension. The Magnasun Moss Act is here to protect us from things like this and everyone should get somewhat familar with their rights.

 

Man, that sucks. I guess dealers have to cover themselves from sloppy workmanship from other shops, but at the same time, they're kinda creating a monopoly on warrantied lift-kits.

 

Thanks to starspangled I just realized you wrote body lift, not just lift. Sorry, long day today. Either way that doesn't change any of your suspension or drive train and should not void any of that warranty. If you are using adaptors/extensions, that will probably void any electrical warranty problems you might have. Hopefully the dealer will not be to much more than a 4X4 shop and can a leave you from even having to deal with fighting for a warranty. Good luck and let us know what it will end up costing.

 

The dealers I have worked for in the past will honor warranties as long as the failure was not caused by the lift. We did all sorts of suspension and body lifts as well as lowering kits and would honor the warranty. We have even gone as far as installing superchargers, headers, cat back systems, CAI, you name it without any issues like I said unless it caused a failure.

 

The dealers I have worked for in the past will honor warranties as long as the failure was not caused by the lift. We did all sorts of suspension and body lifts as well as lowering kits and would honor the warranty. We have even gone as far as installing superchargers, headers, cat back systems, CAI, you name it without any issues like I said unless it caused a failure.

But with my luck, the paint peeling off the side of the truck would be caused by the suspension lift.

 

ya but like u guys said u can by a brand new truck from the dealer with lift kits, rims and exhaust and it is ok but if u do it they will say no more warranty

 

NO A SUSPENSION OR BODY LIFT "DOES NOT VOID THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY". Should something fail that is covered under the manufactures warranty the dealership cannot refuse to replace the item. If they tell you it failed because of the lift they must prove that the lift is what caused the failure. Which will be next to impossible. This subject has had alot of discussion but the overall truth is it will not void the warranty. In the past there was a lawsuit regarding this topic and the manufacturer of the vehicle lost due to the inability to prove that the lift caused the failure. Don't let any dealership tell you otherwise.

 

It will not void the warranty on the suspension even if you installed it. Again the dealership "must prove" that the lift caused the failure. How many times have you heard that "Oh I just bought the truck and this part failed and I only had it for 2 weeks". This is what I'm talking about. Parts fail no matter what. Some sooner than others. A lift doesn't change the angle of the driveshaft. Specific blocks are manufactures to the correct angle to compensate for the additional height.

It wont void all of your warrenty, only your suspension and most of your power train since it changes the angle drive shafts. They can not say that your MAF failed because of you new suspension or your stereo crapped out after 8 months because of your suspension. When you get into heavy modifications you should be ready to give up some of the luxuries of a bumper to bumper warrenty but do not let them trick you into thinking that your PCM going bad could be due to your suspension. The Magnasun Moss Act is here to protect us from things like this and everyone should get somewhat familar with their rights.

 

Sorry Bud but you are wrong. There was a lawsuit filed against one of the manufactures regarding suspension lifts. The manufacturer lost. They we unable to prove that the suspension lift caused the part failure. Keep in mind that with 95% of all lifts you retain he factory suspension. All you are doing is moving it down with brackets. Most suspension lift companies actually contact the truck manfacturers engineering departments for specs on the suspension so they are able to engineer them to exact fit. This usually happens when a new model comes out. So again a suspension lift will not void the warranty as long as you retain the factory suspension.

 

NOT!!!

 

NOT!!!

 

wait the dealer can do lifts...... mine told me that they could send it to rocky ridge for about 16000 or do a leveling kit for a couple hundred dollars

 

Most dealers do not do it on site. They send it out to a company (like a Rocky Ridge, Waldoch, etc) to get modified. They trust these aftermarket comanies, and thus they extend (cover) the parts under warranty.
Some dealers will do their own aftermarket mods--mine does some minor stuff. Most do not.

Overall, dealers are just protecting themselves against an uninformed person botching a modification, and GM having to pay for it.