Factory/Extended Warranty..what really voids it?

[Mazo EMS2]

Most of us on here have added all sorts of farkles from horns, lights, suspension, car tires, trailer hitches...etc...I have done all of the above plus some...Has anyone ever been in a situation where a farkle voided your warranty, be it factory or BEST or other? I ask because our 2016 Rt is at the end of its factory warranty and I'm considering extending it with the BEST warranty. If there are farkles that void it anyway, then I won't purchase it, but if there hasn't been anything that has voided warranty, then I'll go ahead with it. So, what kind of experiences have you run into with farkles and warranty?

Thanks,
Rick

[Road-Kill]

When I purchased my BEST warranty a couple of months ago my dealer told me anything altered that effects the system in need of repair voids that portion of the warranty. In BRPs defense, I've seen people do really less then intelligent things to their bike and when a problem starts they blame BRP. If you are altering, playing or whatever you want to call it with your ride then stay away from BEST. Every other manufacturer does the same thing because as stated.....too many geniuses out there think they know better.

Hope this helps.

[Rick H.]

Amen to the above post!

Rick H.

[JP58]

Unless the farkle you installed cause the failure they will warranty your bike. They have to prove it caused the problem. I've never been turned down on a warranty claim and I add a lot of farkles.

[canamjhb]

If you go into ANY dealership for ANY make of vehicle, you will see that they all sell farkles and accessories. If dealers (any of them) started voiding warranties due to add-ons, they would lose a big part of their sales and soon be out of business. If an offending farkle caused a system failure then a warranty claim could be denied. But then could you have recourse against the farkle manufacturer.....?

[Kiry]

If you go into ANY dealership for ANY make of vehicle, you will see that they all sell farkles and accessories. If dealers (any of them) started voiding warranties due to add-ons, they would lose a big part of their sales and soon be out of business. If an offending farkle caused a system failure then a warranty claim could be denied. But then could you have recourse against the farkle manufacturer.....?

My dealer has both BRP and aftermarket items available for installation. As an example, they seem to like Baja-Ron and Tric-led and will recommend installing those over the factory upgrades for mods. I think in general, we're good to go farkling.

[oldguyinTX]

Unless the farkle you installed cause the failure they will warranty your bike. They have to prove it caused the problem. I've never been turned down on a warranty claim and I add a lot of farkles.

Agreed. I never had any warranty claim denied on my 2013 RT-L, factory or BEST, and I had a lot of farkles. I would go with the BEST warranty.

[Madison Sully]

OEM warranties are covered by the Magnuson Moss Act.
However, separately purchased extended warranties often do NOT need to adhere to it.

From Wikipedia:


A "service contract" is different from a warranty because service contracts do not affirm the quality or workmanship of a consumer product. A service contract is a written instrument in which a supplier agrees to perform, over a fixed period or for a specified duration, services relating to the maintenance or repair, or both, of a consumer product. Agreements that meet the statutory definition of service contracts, but are sold and regulated under state law as contracts of insurance, do not come under the Act's provisions.

And you have to be careful; the contract you purchase as an "extended warranty" may in fact be a "service contract".

[Firefly]

Most of us on here have added all sorts of farkles from horns, lights, suspension, car tires, trailer hitches...etc...I have done all of the above plus some...Has anyone ever been in a situation where a farkle voided your warranty, be it factory or BEST or other? I ask because our 2016 Rt is at the end of its factory warranty and I'm considering extending it with the BEST warranty. If there are farkles that void it anyway, then I won't purchase it, but if there hasn't been anything that has voided warranty, then I'll go ahead with it. So, what kind of experiences have you run into with farkles and warranty?

Thanks,
Rick

Nothing you do to your Spyder can just 'void' your warranty.. at least here in the USA. The Magnusen-Moss Warranty Act protects us.
What CAN happen is if you perform a modification and a related part was to fail, BRP can choose not to cover that particular failure.
If you did a bunch of electrical modifications and then had your front driveshaft go bad, they can't use your electrical mods as an excuse not to cover the driveshaft. But if something electrical was to fail, then they could refuse to cover that area.

So the 'failure' has to be related to the modification you did in order for them to legally not cover the repair. I've yet to hear of anyone having a big issue with this kind of thing on a Spyder.

I recommend getting the BEST extension to cover expensive items like the computers, sensors, cluster, etc....

It's also best when installing modifications to do it in a manner that can be easily reversed back to original factory condition.