I'd recommend at least considering an aftermarket intake. They're much cheaper than the OEM intakes, and I'm sure the good ones (afe, etc.) are just as good.
my nissan dealer says the Nismo intake will not void my warranty but the other aftermarket kits will.
Your dealer lied to you. The federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act protects you against just such claims by dealers -- and he knows it, too.
The only way that an aftermarket intake could impact your warranty is if the intake can be proven to be a significant contributor to any type of failure. The onus is on the dealer to prove the modified part caused the failure -- not on the owner to prove it didn't.
For more information on the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, click the link below.
Your dealer lied to you. The federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act protects you against just such claims by dealers -- and he knows it, too.
The only way that an aftermarket intake could impact your warranty is if the intake can be proven to be a significant contributor to any type of failure. The onus is on the dealer to prove the modified part caused the failure -- not on the owner to prove it didn't.
For more information on the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, click the link below.
that law is not a canadian law. in canada they can void it if you change
the intake to a non oem type
Ahhh... I didn't notice that the original poster was in Canada. However, that surprises me. I'm surprised consumer advocates haven't been able to push through a comparable law in Canada.
my nissan dealer says the Nismo intake will not void my warranty
but the other aftermarket kits will.
I think that is BS since they claim that an aftermarket intake will void the warranty, then they say that a nismo intake wont, but on the Nissan Nismo website, it says it could.
Check this link out. I don't know anything about Nismo aftermarket products, but I am assuming that they are all "R-tuned" as what the nissan site implies underneath this Nismo intake for the 01-04 3.3L.
Edit: Ok, that link did not work like I thought it would, so use that link, then just go to frontier, 01-04, 3.3L, engine, then when the parts pop-up, click the "r-tune/click for details" right under the picture. Your in Canada, so as posted by msubullyfan, the warranty act doesn't apply to this.