As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Tuning is all about compromise, and in the case of chip tuning, this compromise is usually with reliability and safety. The Buick Regal is a tamer alternative to the Stinger. All these potential risks can mean serious engine damage, and this is why chip tuning will almost certainly void your car’s power train warranty. The Genesis G70 forum is the place to talk about the Stinger's little brother.
Looking for a smaller CUV? The Kia Seltos might be the right fit for you. Interested in the Kia Stinger's big brother? Check out the KIA Telluride forum! Even the Telluride has a sibling, the Hyundai Palisade luxury SUV. All information on this site is the opinion of its members and not the opinion of the site itself. FIND YOUR VEHICLE Will a Performance Chip void the vehicle warranty Performance chips are safe for your vehicles warranty, protected by law under the. Neither nor is affiliated in any way with Kia America, Inc, Kia Motor Corporation, Kia or any other company listed herein. These terms are used for identification purposes only. and recognize that "Kia", "Stinger", and "Stinger GT", it's logos and various model names and numbers are registered trademarks of Kia Motors America, Inc. enjoy your car as is and the 10 year warranty will take care of the rest.Ĭommunity platform by XenForo ® © 2010-2022 XenForo Ltd. if you are not willing to deal with any problems that occur, which might not happen, ex: bigger rims and tires wreaking havoc on steering components, different tunes, bigger turbos, etc, then please do not do any mods. Whatever you do to your car, like i had written before, should be at your own wallets risk. and it was legal because it stated it in the actual warranty. he went in for a scheduled tune-up, they found out he was using launch control quite regularly, why wouldn't you it was fantastic, and voided his transmission warranty.
ecu's will data log, not sure about kia but a buddy of mines gtr did. it's not like the old days where you would pop open the "brain" insert a chip, have fun for the weekend and remove the chip when you went to the dealer complaining that your car runs like crap.
and 2) they do spend the time and money to research what the engine can and cannot handle. 1) the extra performance that is usually found is what they leave behind for the next generation of that vehicle and or a special edition vehicle.
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manufacturers don't like it when you crack open their ecu's and play around. but, again i stress that part, the coding of the ecu is proprietary. you are not going to get the best performance as opposed to an actual tuned ecu. that being said, a piggy back tune is usually a quick way to get more performance, but, and i stress that, it is just that, it piggy backs onto the actual ecu. when you purchase any tune, be it a piggyback or a flashed ecu, there is generally a warning saying that you are up the proverbial creek if anything goes wrong because it is not of the manufacturers coding.