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Yeah, I had a cat conv die at 70,ooo miles on my old 97 GL, lucky it was all free to fix and all.
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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My brother had to fight for so many things for his mustang. He said to argue with the management and they will agree to do it.
He said it's worked every time. Make sure you go in with Alldata and something from a mechnic to prove it.
A CEL wouldn't hurt either!
I'm going to go and piss all over my local ford dealership until they fix it!
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Man I must be tired... I just looked at the title and thought you were going to get arrested for something.
Steven. L. Benthal Jr.
98 Mystique: Meshed Grille & Pioneer Sound System
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
I'll tell you about my experience with that warranty...
I KNEW my cats were bad before I took it into the dealership. How did I know? The exhaust rattled, so I dropped the ypipe and chunks of the catalyst came out. So I bagged it up. Once I took it the dealership (I didn't show them the stuff) they said the cats were 'fine'. I asked, how can they be fine if I have chunks of them in a baggie? So, I took the chunks in and after about 15 minutes, they agreed to replace the cats. 500 miles later the motor went south due to it being 2 1/2 qts low on oil due to the dealer...yes I should have checked the oil level.
thats allways a good way to catch them lieing, or going to like a muffler shop and having them check the cats and since they will need to order it from ford wont fix it that day u can then go to ford and see what they try and pull
Just Purchased (10/13/04) an....
1999 Ford Contour LX
Dark Blue
havent had the change to mod much, and not shure where to start, lol
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Originally posted by brapple:
any other thoughts about why the first time the cel turned on for a day then went off again, it was in teh computer as a stored code, then and now
My '99 acted the same way....the CEL would come on for a few days, then go off for a few more days, then back on again. Finally, it would stay on continuously. I think the reason the light went on and off was that the cat performance was marginal...under some circumstances the cats worked well enough to satisfy the computer, and other times, performance was just above the 'alarm' point.
My CEL has been on due to both precats being bad for the last 60,000 miles, and it will probably stay on until my car hits the junkyard.
-Mark-
'99 Mystique LS, totally original (including the original water pump and the premium stereo)! Bought new in December 1998 for $21,000.
208,000 miles
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WEll i took my car in and they didnt give me any problems. They said it was coverd under the 80/8. But im still haveing a sputtering problem and they said they think its my injectors, WE can clean then out for 129.95  , Never mind but thanks for changeing the cat. I will do that Myself.
Team Evo
Staz: You know why they call it Skunkworks?
Everyone: Why?
Staz: Because everything that comes out of it stinks!!!
Steeda-I hate you stazi
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Originally posted by I-Dom-In-8:
WEll i took my car in and they didnt give me any problems. They said it was coverd under the 80/8.
But im still haveing a sputtering problem and they said they think its my injectors, WE can clean then out for 129.95 , Never mind but thanks for changeing the cat. I will do that Myself.
HAHAHAHAHA! 
Congrats on getting it taken care of!!!
3.0 SVT hybrid...all the fixens...Track/Race ready very soon!!!!!! 20,000 + miles
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lmao I wish there were a Capital One commerical where the local Stealership uses their plastic to order all their parts (While angry customers charge from everywhere, Cobras burning out in the parkinglot). And when they go to swipe the card, it cuts it in half; they look up and see it's me, I smile, as we take back all the money they've owned us on.  I have yet to venture to my stealership. I'll let you guys know how it goes.
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