Buying a 'Performance Chip' for 2012 Hyundai Elantra....worth it??? (buy, gas, warranty)

[StaggerLee22]

I have a brand new 2012 Elantra and was reading about a Performance Chip that says it would increase horse power by 60. "Up to" 60 horse power increase to be exact.
It also says it would not void the warranty, and could be installed by anybody.

Is this a good idea? Do these things work?

[las vegas drunk]

Total scam. As soon as I read IAT from your link, I know knew it was crap. Don't waste your money.

[las vegas drunk]

Here is more information for you to read:

eBay Guides - Fake Modification Chips and Gas Savers

[StaggerLee22]

Well that ends that!
I thought it was too good to be true.
Thanks for the info.

[motormaker]

Yep, not good. This company was talked about in another thread awhile ago.

Here is a Google search on them, not the first link is them touting the chip, the rest not so much.

BBB gives them a F rating.

Google

[Me007gold]

The only thing chips are good for is eating(at least on modern cars) The CPU will figure out what the chip is trying to do and override it. To see true gain a professional tune needs to be done, where they override the file on the pcm/cpu.

[StaggerLee22]

Safe assumption that a professional tune voids the warranty?

[Me007gold]

It depends on the part. The warranty people have to prove the modify part was the cause of the fail. If you put a tune on your car, and your water pump goes bad, they cant deny it, but if you blow the motor because you removed the rev limiter, that is something they could deny. Check the link below about the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

Magnuson

[ghostrider7811]

Avoid that kind of crap. It will only cause you problems.

[MustangEater82]

Originally Posted by StaggerLee22

Safe assumption that a professional tune voids the warranty?

yep...


my suggestion buy a spare pcm, get it tuned and put it in, things go bad, put factory, never tuned PCM back in.