Uuugghhhh...Missed Chryslers warranty by 5K

Pote · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:51 pm

Well, lo and behold, I missed my Chrysler warranty on exhaust systems by 5000 miles....they stop it at 80K.....and my catalytic converter pooped on me. oh boy, $1200 dollars for the whole assembly (an impressive looking part) and another 150 in labor. They replaced it all, and wouldn't you know it, the heat shield on the new part rattled like a tin can! I went back a day later and they put a whole new part on as they couldn't shape the heat shield any better to not rattle....in the end, all was fixed and my KJ is now quiet and rumbling away.....but not out of the woods....LOL. I went out to warm up the jeep last saturday (it was 2 degrees outside) and I started it up. Put the heat on 3 and shut the door and went back in the house. I came out to drive 5 minutes later and daaaammmmn, my car was cold inside! I then realized NOTHING was coming out of my vents. I flipped the heat to 4 on a whim and it began blasting heat....1, 2, 3 settings just dead. Called the same shop up and he knew right away I had a bad blower resistor (this was Xmas eve) He ordered the part, threw it in the day after christmas in about 20 minutes and I was on my way with heat....so much for getting all my holiday shopping expenses out of the way over the summer and thinking I was ahead of the financial game for Christmas.....couple the 1600 on the KJ with a SS fridge dying the the week before and I had a merry $4000 christmas present to myself. ugh.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:02 pm

too much for me if I ever have to do it, aftermarket high flow cats and custom exhaust :wink:

Pote · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:48 pm

tommudd wrote:

:shock:

too much for me if I ever have to do it, aftermarket high flow cats and custom exhaust :wink:

now you tell me....LOL. I dont even want to think what I COULD have under there now....doh!!!!!

DryBones · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:15 pm

yep, that would have been the perfect excuse to get the Magnaflow from headers to back bumper!

HoppedUpOnGoofballs · **Joined:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:36 pm **Posts:** 203

DryBones wrote:

yep, that would have been the perfect excuse to get the Magnaflow from headers to back bumper!

I second that.. When it gets warmer out, I think my Jeep is going to "accidentally" hit a sledgehammer - cats first.

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:59 pm

Pote wrote:

tommudd wrote:

:shock:

too much for me if I ever have to do it, aftermarket high flow cats and custom exhaust :wink:

now you tell me....LOL. I dont even want to think what I COULD have under there now....doh!!!!!

should of asked first...a cat would be about 100 dollars and somone to put it in shouldn't be any more then 80.00...you got had my friend

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:56 pm

Gosh, dont tell him that.. He will be sick.. :shock:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:56 am

Could of saved some coin by buying here for your cats for your '03.................
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=700+4294923429+4294838974+4294908280+115+4294905222

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:16 am

I'm curious, how do you know when your catalytic converter is shot?

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:30 pm

a rattel noise, tone difference, clog pipe could be running hot or turn colors

flair11111 · **Joined:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:00 am **Posts:** 25

ohv_kj wrote:

a rattel noise, tone difference, clog pipe could be running hot or turn colors

could this also sound like a low sounding muffled popping noise? my wifes has started to do that and i was thinking the cat might be bad.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:18 am

flair11111 wrote:

could this also sound like a low sounding muffled popping noise? my wifes has started to do that and i was thinking the cat might be bad.

That sounds normal.Having a '06 if your cat is bad already you been running alot of junk through your fuel system,Oh wait you have with that hydrogen snake oil concept which can cuase all sorts of problems.

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