Ah, a thread like this warms my evil, cold heart......
Anyway, statute or not, it is all about causation. If they can prove your aftermarket product hurt their car, they don't have to cover that damage. That would be common in US, UK, EU, etc.
What is uniquely American is the need to put stupid warning labels up so that the car company can tell you 'if you fucked up this car, it is your fault, not ours' -- too many civil jury trials fucked upmthe common sense that would have otherwise prevailed.
(Not to say warning labels don't exist in other jurisdictions, the USA has just perfected the art of the stupid label. In other places, warnings just go up for more plausible risks/dangers)
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