In article <H53sb.22370$KN4.1464108@news1.news.adelphia.net >, "razingkane"
<razingkaneDELETEME@adelphia.net> wrote:

> There's an 8 year 80,000 mile warranty on the catalytic convertor. I'm sure
> there are others who participate in his newsgroup who can add substance to
> the warranty. Keeping that in mind here's my check engine light story.
>
> My 1999 Accord EX check engine light came on 3 different times but never
> flashed. The 1st time the check engine light came on I drove to my personal
> Honda mechanic. They ran the code and said I needed to take the car to the
> Honda dealer as the code is pointing towards a problem with the catalytic
> convertor i.e. warranty work on the CAT. My Honda mechanic reset the check
> engine light but they said they left the code so the Honda dealer could dump
> the code themselves. The 2nd time the check engine light came on was the
> day before my Honda dealer appointment. Sometime during the day the check
> engine light turned itself off. The next day the Honda dealer did their
> thing with the check engine light. Now seeing how this check engine light
> has had a mind of it's own it only stands to reason that the Honda dealer
> came up empty i.e. no code. Now I had the paperwork from my personal Honda
> mechanic from 2 days prior with the check engine light code pointing towards
> the catalytic convertor problem but the Honda dealer ignored it and sent me
> packing.
>
> Well months went by as did a couple thousand miles. All of a sudden the
> check engine light comes back on....and I was in the middle of nowhere;
> Grants, New Mexico. I called the Honda dealer in Scottsdale AZ. They said
> it would be OK for me to continue my road trip to Southern California. I
> took my car to Cush Honda in Escondido California. They dumped the code
> from the check engine light which said replace the catalytic convertor.
> Which they did under warranty (FREE). My mileage was around 72,000 miles.
> While this was all a complete pain in the ass and went on for quite sometime
> the upside is having a new catalytic convertor and I think they also
> replaced the O2 sensor(s) as well. I also saw a very nice increase in gas
> mileage as well.
>
> Good Luck with yours,
>
> Rick

Thanks for an interesting story with a happy ending.