"loub" <ljbuban@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1157322443.005989.249420@
74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:

> I have a 99 Odyssey with 114k miles. At 103k miles the MIL came on
> with the codeP0420.I recently had a timing belt service done by a Honda
> dealer, they said I needed a new catalytic converter. I have been
> driving since 1968 and have favored Hondas. I have never needed a cat.
> before and I am starting to lose confidence in Honda's supposed "great"
> reliability. Could the cat. really be bad or could it be something
> simpler like an oxygen sensor?
>


It could. See Elle's link.

Government emissions requirements these days are stupidly strict. Strict to
the point that some components are operating close to their capability
limits, and failures are common. Ten years ago, your cat would have very
handily met the emissions limits in force at the time.

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