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JerzLT1
05-23-2009, 08:23 AM
How long do dealers warranty emissions equipment? my car only has 42k miles and my CEL came on for the cats. cant i get the cats replaced for free? or am i doing exhaust on the car that i was hoping to leave mostly stock
NJ Torque
05-23-2009, 10:20 AM
8 years or 80k miles on cats.
BonzoHansen
05-23-2009, 10:33 AM
Wasn't there some kind of recall on 4th gen cats?
NJ Torque
05-23-2009, 10:42 AM
Wasn't there some kind of recall on 4th gen cats?

I believe it was just a TSB for 4.2 gens... and only during your regular warranty...?
88IrocVert
05-23-2009, 12:44 PM
All new vehicles come with an eight year or eighty thousand mile warranty on the catalytic converters, pcm, and pcm updates.

Time to see the dealer..
BonzoHansen
05-23-2009, 02:27 PM
96+8=out of warranty?
sweetbmxrider
05-23-2009, 05:43 PM
yes....
maroman88
05-24-2009, 02:34 AM
we just got a new cat on my sisters 02 3.8 camaro under warranty
NJ Torque
05-24-2009, 07:17 AM
we just got a new cat on my sisters 02 3.8 camaro under warranty

02 would be less then 8 years...
Mike
05-24-2009, 07:48 AM
I believe it was just a TSB for 4.2 gens... and only during your regular warranty...?

All new vehicles come with an eight year or eighty thousand mile warranty on the catalytic converters, pcm, and pcm updates.

Time to see the dealer..

96+8=out of warranty?

yes....

86 formula bought a ls1, and in the first post he mentioned leaving a car close to stock.....since his 96 is already not close to stock i believe he was talking about the ls1
myfoot2020
05-24-2009, 08:01 AM
2000 to 2002 warranty extended to 10 years 120k service bulletin #05513 dated 12/06.
I had both cats replaced on my '00 SS, the first I paid for then was made aware of the wty, it took three months to get a check from the dealer. When the second one failed they were ready to charge again, so I had to school the service writer....what a shame, no ones got my back execpt for the guys at LS1tech.com....more info there.
Good luck.
JerzLT1
05-24-2009, 11:18 PM
86 formula bought a ls1, and in the first post he mentioned leaving a car close to stock.....since his 96 is already not close to stock i believe he was talking about the ls1

yeah the a dealer would laugh at me as soon as they heard the 107LSA cam in the 96 lol

2000 to 2002 warranty extended to 10 years 120k service bulletin #05513 dated 12/06.
I had both cats replaced on my '00 SS, the first I paid for then was made aware of the wty, it took three months to get a check from the dealer. When the second one failed they were ready to charge again, so I had to school the service writer....what a shame, no ones got my back execpt for the guys at LS1tech.com....more info there.
Good luck.

nice looks like ill be hitting up a dealership since my car is a 2000 :) thanks for the info