XPOST: AoA stole my ECU - looking for suggestions
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I agree because I don't think anyone is stupid enough to put an 8.5x11 piece of paper in the ECU!
If they are, I would be suing their asses for negligence and criminal endangerment. Can you say fire hazard?
Otherwise, theft is definitely at play.
Otherwise, theft is definitely at play.
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believe it or not ... it happened(m)
someone else could be next ... I'm sharing this hear to determine which actions I should take in the best interest of myself and all that modify their Audi. I've gotten a few suggestions so far ranging from filing a police report to being thankful I got my problem fixed at all.
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If you want to modify your car, you can do it. Maybe you lose your warranty, but AoA can't stop you
from doing it, just like they can't stop you from painting your car or cutting it into pieces for no reason.
If they really did this, both they and the dealer are complete fools. Who knows what the legal implications are.
What they really need to do is reexamine their entire chip/warranty policy from the ground up. If they want to make turbo cars that lend themselves to chipping, they better just figure that a certain percentage will chip and raise their prices across the board to cover any increase in warranty claims they incur. Yeah, people who don't chip would be cross-subsidizing those who do, but if Audi doesn't like that, then they should just sell two versions of the car -- chipped or not, and the chipped one should be more expensive by (cost of chip + added cost to warranty it).
If they really did this, both they and the dealer are complete fools. Who knows what the legal implications are.
What they really need to do is reexamine their entire chip/warranty policy from the ground up. If they want to make turbo cars that lend themselves to chipping, they better just figure that a certain percentage will chip and raise their prices across the board to cover any increase in warranty claims they incur. Yeah, people who don't chip would be cross-subsidizing those who do, but if Audi doesn't like that, then they should just sell two versions of the car -- chipped or not, and the chipped one should be more expensive by (cost of chip + added cost to warranty it).
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