I don’t have most of the plastics on the underside of my engine any longer. I haven’t look into replacing them because I bet the prices for them are $$$


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Same thing happened to the M6 Touring we have, road debris took out the same panel, part is a reasonable 100ish? Had the dealer replace it so labor......

Edit: Forgot to address the crux of question, no, warranty will NOT cover since it's not a manufacturing defect.

 

Yes, this is not covered by warranty but is covered under your insurance company. Try to check the price of the item against the participation fee for your insurance then choose whichever is lower.

 

Bummer that happened. I can relate. We got a snowstorm here this week. I would first get a quote from the dealer. If it's cheap enough, pay for it out of pocket. If it's more than your deductible it might be worth making a claim with your insurance. Like others have said, it's not something that works be covered under warranty.

 

Looks like it is maybe part number GHP9563D0C? About $50 online thankfully. I will get a dealer quote to see how much they want to replace it or just to get the part from them, looks like it is just held in with plastic clips so I could probably figure out how to replace it if I wanted.

 

Caution: Filing that as a claim on insurance may cause you to be uprated (that is, pay more when you renew!) Further it's unlikely to cost more than the deductible, which is a double-screw -- you can get uprated even if they don't pay out any money!

I doubt it's expensive enough to claim and I'd change it myself; they're not very hard to get off and on.

 

I didn't​ know your insurance works that way. I already made a claim on my insurance and still, I will have to pay a lower value upon renewal this December.

 

I wouldn't claim something that minor. Just remove it & replace it yourself.

 

I hit something in the road that did the same thing to my 2014 Sport. It looked like I would have to take off the panel in front of the damaged panel, in addition to the damaged panel, as there was an overlap. Hard to do on a garage floor, even with the car up on ramps.

I measured the damaged area, found a plastic cement mix pan at Lowes for about $5, cut it to size, and installed it with plastic auto clips from Lowes. Worked great.