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Urgent Help Needed - Cat Converter Failure

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  • 27-02-2006 10:05am
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    kmcgrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭


    Hi Guys,

    I need some advice. I have a 2002 Seat Ibiza (New Model), bought it decemeber 2002 so it's on the road just over 3 years. It was fairly sluggish for a week or 2 so i brought it to a Seat service center and got it serviced, it was still sluggish, so i brought it back 3 more times to the same garage, each time they said thet could not find a problem, they told me to wait until it got worse and then come back. So about 5 days after that i was driving on the M50 when a light flashed up on my dash, i check the manual and it said Electrics failure in engine!!!! I brought it back to the garage the following day. They now tell me that i need to replace the Cat Converter. This seems alarming for a 4 year old car with only 24k Miles on the clock. Any ideas if i have a leg to stand on regarding warranty on the Cat? The car warranty was only 2 years, so i'm outside of that? Am i right in saying the warranty on the cat should be longer that 2 years? i found some info on google but nothing specific. Any help appreciated..


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    It is a wear item so it would be unlikely that it was covered by your warranty anyhow.
    What you should do is find out if there were any emission based recalls for your car. Then research similar cases using google. If a pattern emerges then contact Seat.
    However, I presume you will need to pay for it yourself


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Bad news this. A cat is a very expensive item. Bad luck.

    Ask Seat will they contribute to the cost on an ex gratia basis?


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    kmcgrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭kmcgrane


    Not the replies i was hoping for, but cheers anyway. I have contacted the garage and asked them to contact seat about a goodwill gesture, not expecting good news though. €851 to get it replaced... 610 for the part....


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    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,393 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    It would be worth your while shopping around for a cat from the likes of GSF car parts and get a non franchised garage to fit it. I priced cats before and the price of a cat was hundreds cheaper than what the main dealer was charging.


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    mondeoman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭mondeoman


    my friend is the manager of a fast fit (kwik fit) & he was telling me that they replace more cats on VW(seat etc) cars than any other make:eek:
    common fault with VW's i believe.
    shop around & don't pay main dealer prices would be a good bit of advice.


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    kmcgrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭kmcgrane


    Thanks for the help lads. I just got a quote from Fast Fit in Finglas for 250 euro, so Seat Finglas can kiss my Ass.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    A decent price. Well done.


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