Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

If it's on the recall, it should be replaced.

Tell them you want the old cat, I hear they can be worth up to $100

Kate

"bspear78" <bspear78@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1168821217.680621.16330@51g2000cwl.googlegrou ps.com...
>I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
> under the recall notice??
>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

If it's on the recall, it should be replaced.

Tell them you want the old cat, I hear they can be worth up to $100

Kate

"bspear78" <bspear78@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1168821217.680621.16330@51g2000cwl.googlegrou ps.com...
>I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
> under the recall notice??
>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

If it's on the recall, it should be replaced.

Tell them you want the old cat, I hear they can be worth up to $100

Kate

"bspear78" <bspear78@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1168821217.680621.16330@51g2000cwl.googlegrou ps.com...
>I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
> under the recall notice??
>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:34:25 -0500, Jeffrey DeWitt
<JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>I got a recall notice for my 96 Cherokee, they wanted to flash the
>computer and would replace the cat if it was rattling. The problem was
>that the computer wouldn't pick up a failing cat.
>
>Well my cat DID rattle, but it stopped about 200,000 miles ago, and I
>figured the stuff had fallen out of it, but the check engine light never
>came on.
>
>OK, so I probably have a bad cat and the computer didn't know it. If
>I'd taken it into the dealer they would have "fixed" the computer but
>would not have replaced the cat because it didn't rattle. So I would
>have driven in the dealership in a good, healthy Jeep and driven out
>with the check engine light on.
>
>Needless to say I did not take it in!

Well that was pretty smart.

Had you read the recall, you would know that the warranty on the cat
would be extended to 12 months or 12,000 miles from the date the
recall was performed.

>
>I hope you didn't get caught in that, if you did you probably need a new
>cat, if they really did plug the downstream O2 sensor back in.

Yeah, you sure wouldn't want to get caught in getting a free cat
converter...

>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>bspear78 wrote:
>> I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>> under the recall notice??
>>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:34:25 -0500, Jeffrey DeWitt
<JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>I got a recall notice for my 96 Cherokee, they wanted to flash the
>computer and would replace the cat if it was rattling. The problem was
>that the computer wouldn't pick up a failing cat.
>
>Well my cat DID rattle, but it stopped about 200,000 miles ago, and I
>figured the stuff had fallen out of it, but the check engine light never
>came on.
>
>OK, so I probably have a bad cat and the computer didn't know it. If
>I'd taken it into the dealer they would have "fixed" the computer but
>would not have replaced the cat because it didn't rattle. So I would
>have driven in the dealership in a good, healthy Jeep and driven out
>with the check engine light on.
>
>Needless to say I did not take it in!

Well that was pretty smart.

Had you read the recall, you would know that the warranty on the cat
would be extended to 12 months or 12,000 miles from the date the
recall was performed.

>
>I hope you didn't get caught in that, if you did you probably need a new
>cat, if they really did plug the downstream O2 sensor back in.

Yeah, you sure wouldn't want to get caught in getting a free cat
converter...

>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>bspear78 wrote:
>> I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>> under the recall notice??
>>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:34:25 -0500, Jeffrey DeWitt
<JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>I got a recall notice for my 96 Cherokee, they wanted to flash the
>computer and would replace the cat if it was rattling. The problem was
>that the computer wouldn't pick up a failing cat.
>
>Well my cat DID rattle, but it stopped about 200,000 miles ago, and I
>figured the stuff had fallen out of it, but the check engine light never
>came on.
>
>OK, so I probably have a bad cat and the computer didn't know it. If
>I'd taken it into the dealer they would have "fixed" the computer but
>would not have replaced the cat because it didn't rattle. So I would
>have driven in the dealership in a good, healthy Jeep and driven out
>with the check engine light on.
>
>Needless to say I did not take it in!

Well that was pretty smart.

Had you read the recall, you would know that the warranty on the cat
would be extended to 12 months or 12,000 miles from the date the
recall was performed.

>
>I hope you didn't get caught in that, if you did you probably need a new
>cat, if they really did plug the downstream O2 sensor back in.

Yeah, you sure wouldn't want to get caught in getting a free cat
converter...

>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>bspear78 wrote:
>> I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>> under the recall notice??
>>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:34:25 -0500, Jeffrey DeWitt
<JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>I got a recall notice for my 96 Cherokee, they wanted to flash the
>computer and would replace the cat if it was rattling. The problem was
>that the computer wouldn't pick up a failing cat.
>
>Well my cat DID rattle, but it stopped about 200,000 miles ago, and I
>figured the stuff had fallen out of it, but the check engine light never
>came on.
>
>OK, so I probably have a bad cat and the computer didn't know it. If
>I'd taken it into the dealer they would have "fixed" the computer but
>would not have replaced the cat because it didn't rattle. So I would
>have driven in the dealership in a good, healthy Jeep and driven out
>with the check engine light on.
>
>Needless to say I did not take it in!

Well that was pretty smart.

Had you read the recall, you would know that the warranty on the cat
would be extended to 12 months or 12,000 miles from the date the
recall was performed.

>
>I hope you didn't get caught in that, if you did you probably need a new
>cat, if they really did plug the downstream O2 sensor back in.

Yeah, you sure wouldn't want to get caught in getting a free cat
converter...

>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>bspear78 wrote:
>> I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>> was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>> will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>> under the recall notice??
>>

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

Yes, they will replace it.

On 14 Jan 2007 16:33:37 -0800, "bspear78" <bspear78@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>under the recall notice??

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

Yes, they will replace it.

On 14 Jan 2007 16:33:37 -0800, "bspear78" <bspear78@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>under the recall notice??

Re: catalytic converter recall otice 1997 jeep wrangler
 

Yes, they will replace it.

On 14 Jan 2007 16:33:37 -0800, "bspear78" <bspear78@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I brought my 97 wrangler TJ for a cat recall notice the dealer said it
>was ok, but now I am gettin a check engine light indicating a bad cat.
>will the dealer replace my cat. converter for me?? do they have to
>under the recall notice??