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Darkaeon · 10-05-2009, 05:40 PM

So last thursday my AC stopped blowing cold air, I took it in today to have it looked at thinking everything was fine since it's obviously still under warranty. Well it turned out that my stillen intake that I've had on the car since the end of Mar has gradually rubbed/burned a hole in the aluminum AC tube. I guess over the last several months with all the driving and such that the vibrations and the heat from the intake caused this to happen.

The dealer told me that since the "hole" was caused by an aftermarket part they cannot cover it under warranty and it is going to cost me $350+ dollars to have it replaced and for them to fabricate something to keep these two pipes from bumping into each other. Oh and then after that they hit me with the, "since your problem ended up not being covered under warranty, we now have to charge you the $95 dollar vehicle assessment fee".....LAME!!!! Fortunately, I spoke with the manager of the maintenance department and had him actually show me the hole and he was kind enough to waive the assessment fee. Thank god I was in uniform...lol!

So Im just curious if anyone else has had any issues. IF not I'd definately say it's something to be mindful of if you have an intake on your car. I put my intake on around 600 miles on the car and am at just over 13,000 now so it definately took a while for it to happen. Im also gonna try and call Stillen today and see what they have to say about it, since I've been looking at other peoples pix posted of thier installs and it's the same as mine and Im thinking it could become a problem for others as well.

10-05-2009, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Darkaeon Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 64 Drives: 09 370Z Silver/AT Rep Power: 16	Anyone else have this problem? Stillen Intake... So last thursday my AC stopped blowing cold air, I took it in today to have it looked at thinking everything was fine since it's obviously still under warranty. Well it turned out that my stillen intake that I've had on the car since the end of Mar has gradually rubbed/burned a hole in the aluminum AC tube. I guess over the last several months with all the driving and such that the vibrations and the heat from the intake caused this to happen. The dealer told me that since the "hole" was caused by an aftermarket part they cannot cover it under warranty and it is going to cost me $350+ dollars to have it replaced and for them to fabricate something to keep these two pipes from bumping into each other. Oh and then after that they hit me with the, "since your problem ended up not being covered under warranty, we now have to charge you the $95 dollar vehicle assessment fee".....LAME!!!! Fortunately, I spoke with the manager of the maintenance department and had him actually show me the hole and he was kind enough to waive the assessment fee. Thank god I was in uniform...lol! So Im just curious if anyone else has had any issues. IF not I'd definately say it's something to be mindful of if you have an intake on your car. I put my intake on around 600 miles on the car and am at just over 13,000 now so it definately took a while for it to happen. Im also gonna try and call Stillen today and see what they have to say about it, since I've been looking at other peoples pix posted of thier installs and it's the same as mine and Im thinking it could become a problem for others as well.