It's best to avoid buying a car that's been modified by a third party. What you can do is ask a dealership to install authentic branded parts or accessories in your car that fill your needs.
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.
This means you may have to wait for the dealer to order or locate a vehicle with all factory-installed accessories and components. But it is definitely worth the wait. Not only will you have little recourse if you experience problems with the aftermarket accessories, you may also have little recourse if those accessories cause problems with the factory-installed components. In fact, if the aftermarket components cause damage to the factory components, your warranty may be partially voided.
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.
Chances are very good your state's lemon laws are not come apply to your situation. We have scores of cases where things have gone wrong with aftermarket components and the law didn't provide any remedies.
* The aftermarket remote starter wiring was improperly installed, which drained the battery.
* The third-party sunroof, ended up funneling rainwater right inside the car.
* The aftermarket DVD player causes the vehicle not to start due to faulty installation.
* The third-party GPS component ruined that the entire vehicles, electrical system.
Despite the seriousness of these problems, lemon laws in the state didn't apply. So these people were either stuck with the way things were, or they had to pay to have the components removed again.
Aftermarket components can effect the value of your automobile. If they don't work right, they may void the manufactures warranty.
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Karl M. Heil is an expert Lemon Law Attorney with Romano Stancroff & Mikhov PC. They specialize in California Lemon Law and if you contact them about your car problem, there may be a huge financial difference in how a lemon law dispute turns out.
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