On Mar 25, 11:43 am, "Steve" <srl1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I bought my daughter a 99 Honda Accord. It's a real clean car with 86K
> miles.
>
> I recently put $1300+ dollars into it for the Timing belt/Water pump and
> all belts replaced as well as completely new front brakes and rotors.
>
> No sooner does she start using it again then the check engine light
> comes on. The garage we take it to says they need another $1000 to
> replace the Catalytic Converter. They told me the codes read that the o2
> sesor was bad and the Cat was bad.
>
> This smelled a little to me, like one of those "oh, it might be the 02
> sensor, or the cat, but we just rerplace everthing and make more money
> that way" kind of answer.
>
> Do Accord cats really fail at 90K miles?

You should get the exact codes that were pulled. maybe take it to
Autozone, they pull them for free. Then you can check. If a cat goes
bad, it's usually that the innards break up, which can cause rattling
and driveablility issues. It may simply be the O2 sensor. At any rate,
aftermarket cats are significantly cheaper than OEM - which it sounds
like your guy was quoting.

Dan D
'07 Ody EX
Central NJ USA