"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.
>
> 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?
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So the saga on this continues somewhat, I had the CAT replaced and
although I asked for an aftermarket there was none available. Another
factor is that about a month prior I had the timing belt changed and
also all the other belts and water pump, plus new front brakes and
rotors.. $1300.

So, we had the work done and they replaced the CAT and associated
hardware and the total bill was $1386!!

So, put on a few hundred miles and it was fine, and then .....yep...
check engine light. Only now my daughter has moved out of the area and
she is in New Jersey. So she gets an appointment at a dealer down in new
Jersey, D&C Honda and she drivers over there.. to get them to read the
code.. just before she drives in, the Check Engine light goes out.

The Service Manager tells me there is no sense in reading the code as it
is "probably a gas cap code" but also that if the light is off, the code
isn't stored. he says on a 99 it isn't stored.

Any idea on that from anyone?

Anyone buy the "Gas cap theory"... feels like a blow off to me.

Thanks,

Steve

PS She is in Leonia NJ, anyone have a suggestion for a good service
place down there?