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Originally Posted by MPowerFarmer
I'm not sure I agree with this. I don't think the average dealer nor BMW NA wants to get into litigation with a consumer over possible software tampering. It far easier for them to simply honor the warranty. Most BMW owners are probably not going sit back while their dealer leaves them with problems over something so pithy.
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Completely disagree. BMW added tell tale flags to their software so that they could better detect software changes. That was only done to limit their warranty cost exposure, for those problems that they feel are due to any changes. That doesn't mean that they are going to deny warranty on a wiper or unrelated system (purely as an example) but they have been consistent in not paying warranty for problems that owners cause. See the E90 boards for the history of 335 modifications and warranty impact.
BMW wouldn't be getting into litigation, they will simply deny the warranty claim. It is an owner who will have to instigate litigation, and end up proving that their modification did not contribute to the failure. Magnusson Moss won't help modders in that case.
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