Thread: Threw a code!

Without know what it is, I'm going to guess because that's more fun. It's a bad catalytic converter. How do I know? MAGIC.

I am going to say you have a bad knuter valve.

The car should still be under warranty. Take it back and let them deal with it.

Originally Posted by TFBuckeye

I dropped the car off at the dealer last night. They called at 7:25 this morning and asked what was wrong with it. I told them it had a CEL, they said they'd get on it right away. They called about 8:15 and said it was done. Bad thermostat was the issue. Interesting.......

Glad to hear it's working. As you can tell by the time it took them, they probably charged you 1 hour of labor and $20 for the thermostat, close to $100. Not to rain on your parade, but for less than that, you could have bought a ODCII code reader, posted a message with the code here, and we could have told you what was wrong. I got a 180* thermo and gasket for under $10. And then you'd STILL have a reader you could use in the future. If you've got several cars and want to save yourself a few bucks, get a reader!

Originally Posted by TFBuckeye

I didn't pay a dime for them to fix it. I picked it up on Saturday, this was the next Friday! They added on 3 months 3k for additional warranty as part of the sale.

Fair enough. Juts saying a code reader is a good purchase if you plan on keeping cars past warranty periods. The problem with Advanced Auto is all they will tell you in most cases is the code. They won't diagnose the problem because if they are wrong, someone might sue them. But they are still helpful for reading the code number.