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I had noticed that the exhaust note on my car has been much louder the past few months. Especially at around 3-4 thousand RPM. Thought it was just my imagination. I happened to be cleaning up the Vibe good and got down in the back to polish the Exhaust tip and I noticed this.Looks like the entire welded seam separated. Not sure what has cause this. I don't remember backing into anything, no accidents. No dents or scrapes on the muffler itself. Maybe I backed into a drift this past winter and didn't remember or didn't realize it. Now for what will, I'm sure, be a daunting task of having it replaced or fixed under warranty.

wow how the heck did that happen? Mine hasn't done that.

Mine hasn't done that either.The good news Magnaflow has a good warranty.Contact them and get them to replace it ASAP.

I'm in the process of doing that now. I'm not supposed to go through Magnaflow, I have to go through an authorized dealer. I can't find my PO from Ptuning so I am waiting for them to send a PDF file of it to me. Then I can go in and show them that yes I did order it and here is the part number. Hopefully they don't ask me for my warranty card cause I can't find that either. Probably in the same place as my PO.Not sure if they will replace the entire system or just the muffler with a universal fit one. Just have to wait and see i guess.

not to get off topic but, If you order a magnaflow cat back and install it yourself does the warranty cover the parts? Or do you have to have the exhaust installed from a magnaflow authorized installer for the warranty to be good?

It's the parts that are under warranty. They will replace the exhaust system but not pay the labour. If you installed it yourself I'm sure you are still covered but you may have to pay to have the new system installed at the authorized dealer.

http://magnaflow.com/wideopen/warranty.aspThe warranty seems a little open ended to me.

OK ptuning.com is starting to (removed) me off. I misplaced my packing slip/purchase order that came with my exhaust when I first ordered it so I email them and ask if I could have a copy sent to me. Two weeks later, no reply. I call and request the same thing. Seeings how I don't have a fax machine at my disposal, I had them put it into a PDF file and email it to me which they said would take them 3-5 days. 10 days later, still no PO. I call them today and request them to fax it to the nearest Kinko's, said it would take 10 minutes. 10 hours later, no fax. I will give them until Monday afternoon, then they are going to get a very unhappy caller on Tuesday morning.

ptuning really pissed me off once too. i ordered a replacement filter for the CAI on my vibe, and they sent the wrong one. they said it wasn't their fault, since it was the replacement listed by injen, so i get no compensation for the inconvenience. i had to buy a second filter and ship the other one back before i could get my refund for the wrong one. no discount, not even an apology. no repeat business for them from me ever again.

I finally got my fax yesterday after I called. Now off to the exhaust shop. Hopefully to get a replacement on order.

WOW i wont be ordering from them, they sound like a pain in the (removed) to deal with. Redlava let us know how that fix goes.

News is good and bad. The exhaust shop said that I can get it fixed under warranty. The bad news is that I either have to pay $80 in freight (for exhaust!?)to have it shipped and fixed next week because it is a "custom" exhaust and nobody even close has it in stock. Or I can wait for a month and have it shipped straight from Magnaflow as a stock item for free. I went with the waiting. It's been messed up for this long what's another month. The car hasn't been running any worse just 4 mpg lower gas mileage.

Yeah! It's fixed. And really quiet now. Didn't realize how much noise it was making until now.

Cool, its all better now eh? sweet.