Be Sure That The Car You Buy Has Only Factory Installed Parts

When looking for a new car, you should avoid cars with non-factory-installed or aftermarket accessories & components. If you see a vehicle on the car lot you like, but it does not have a specific component or accessory you want, the salesperson will probably tell you the dealership can have the component or accessory installed.

Some of the usual third-party items include: sunroofs, backup cameras, navigational systems, indash or under dash stereos, remote starters, alarms, and DVD players. The trick is to stick to factory installed items.

The deal with this is you have to wait for the dealership to either tracked down the car you’re looking for, or order it from the factory. The upside is that if you have problems with any of the accessories on your car, it won’t void the warranty like aftermarket products might.

Aftermarket components are typically installed by third-party facilities & not the manufacturer or the dealer. The selling dealer usually does not extend any warranty covering these components. The manufacturers warranty does not cover them because they aren’t the manufacturers components.

In fact, even the aftermarket installer may not offer any kind of warranty on your spiffy new gear. If you do end up having any trouble, odds are, you may not have many options for warranty coverage.

Very likely, your state’s lemon laws will not apply to your situation. We hear many cases, where things go horribly wrong with buyers of vehicles that have aftermarket components installed.

* The aftermarket remote starter wiring was improperly installed, which drained the battery.

* The ad-on sunroof installed by a third party leaked like a sieve every time it rained.

* A poorly installed aftermarket DVD player, shorted out the car and kept it from starting.

* The third-party GPS component ruined that the entire vehicles, electrical system.

Even though these were serious problems, the state’s lemon laws didn’t apply. As a result, these people either lived with the problems are caused, or had the components removed at their own expense

Components or accessories added to you car might just void the cars warranty and cost you plenty in the long run.