The first thing it says is this is not a recall, and don't automatically take the car in. It goes on to say that the failure rate on the left OR right catalytic converter is high, and they are extending the warranty on them. If you have already had them replaced, they have a reimbursement program.

Not sure if I should sent it back stating something like, "thanks, but the stock cats have been in a box in the garage since the car was about a year old. I will make you a great deal on them."

I'd carry them in and ask them to exchange them. Tell them "they might have been bad if they were on the car and I want new ones".

More info is here:

http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?showtopic=8796

Got the same letter. I'm thinking of sending them a letter back saying that I replaced the convertors already . . . with 3" pipes!

Yeah I need to see if I can get some money back. I replaced both of them this yr.


John

Yeah, I can't help but wonder what % of owners, like myself, chuckled when they opened that letter.

I'm starting to think I must be the last guy on the planet with my cats in place and intending to keep them there.

Maybe not the last, but most of those remaing are AARP elligible.

I pulled the cat off of my '89 Formula, added a Dynomax exhaust (3") and lost HP. I guess I am getting old, I didn't want a loud exhaust on this car either, which explains why the stock exhaust is on there.

Ouch

That's ok, Mitch is older than I am.....

I still have mine. Stainless headers might be on the someday list, but aren't likely to hit the short list anytime soon.

mebbe so, but there are no cats on any of my F-Cars ....

See, I'm just trying to pull the average age back in line.....

If it helps, my Formula still has cats, it's just the Firehawk that's catless.

I can see why Mitch got rid of them, he doesn't have a good track record with cats anyway....

I've got mine F-Stock!

I also got that letter in the mail. The dealer already replaced my driver's side cat a couple of years ago. Warranty FTW!

I got two of them, one for each car. I threw them away thinking it was more of those stupid extended warranty offers.

Gee, thanks GM! My extended warranty ran out before I even got the letter.

123,000 miles and counting on my 2000 TA.

You must not drive much. I have 156K on my 99 Formula

This thread is worthless without cat pics.

Poor cat's having to drink mediocre beer. C'mon Mitch give it some of that high-test you brew!

I learned in college cats*on*drugs*bad when mine tried to run through the sliding glass door...

Once, while consolidating several boxes of ammunition, I had to stop the cat from chewing on the lead bullets. Then I realized, if a cat had brain damage, how could you tell? Maybe you've answered the question; or, maybe not

I had a bunch of .308 cases that were resized and primed and sitting in a tray on a box in the corner of my computer room. I then started to notice that they were migrating into my bedroom. I have a cat that likes to bring me tools and other items out of my computer room. He had started bringing me cases as "gifts". I decided that I had to move those to higher ground before he found the powder and bullets.

Unfortunately, that stuff corroded away the glass it was stored in. But it would make you knicker and run the fence ...

Yea, and I'm apparently going to have to come all the way to Texas to get some of it.....

I just got this letter a couple of days ago myself. Coincidentally, my 2k Z28 has been throwing codes for the driver side after-cat O2 sensor (P0137), could this be a sign of the cat failing?

Probably so. Mine has been doing the same thing for a year. I have replacements, but I'm really not looking foward to working on it. I hate bolts on exhaust systems...

Is it giving you the "low catalyst efficiency" or whatever code?

It's something about low voltage readings.

Yeah, low switching voltage. Apparently, that's the code for "bad cat". I need to look in the service manual to be sure though, unless someone else knows for sure.