I had this happen to my 99 accord in 2003 or 2004. My cat was replaced
under some emission recall or Honda emission TSB. I don't remember what my
check engine code was. You may want to hunt these links for your problem.
$1000 is what the dealer told me it would cost if I had to pay.

http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/A...999/tsbs.shtml
http://www.hondaaccordforum.com/reca...sbs/browse.htm




"Steve" <srl1215@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:GbednQ4Epa4pgHTanZ2dnUVZ_tajnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>I bought my daughter a 99 Honda Accord. It's a real clean car with 86K
>miles.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Do Accord cats really fail at 90K miles?
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