04-30-2010, 03:06 PM
As most of you know, I have a 2008 Malibu. It's got a shitton of miles on it for its age, but with 100k powertrain warranty, I assumed I had no worries.
CEL comes on a few days ago. I thought it was loose gas cap, so i filled it up, tightened, left it alone. Two times now, while the car was in cruise control going down the highway, the car starts stuttering like a gear is slipping, and the little computer in front says "Service ESC soon." So I am like well this effin' blows, and I went to Pohanka chevy today to get it checked out, thinking it's gotta be a warranty issue, right?
Well, after I told them "CEL is on..check it out, let me know" two hours later they come back with "The Cat is clogged, and that's causing your problem, oh, and you've got an O2 sensor throwing codes"....
"oh, and it would be 480$ for the parts, and it's out of warranty for the cat"
So I basically said that sounded pretty suspicious, told them to put it back together, and left.
Question: What possible, conceivable reason could a clogged cat make the car rev and stutter and shit just like a gear was losing teeth? AND making the computer tell me in the dash that the ESC needed servicing?
CEL comes on a few days ago. I thought it was loose gas cap, so i filled it up, tightened, left it alone. Two times now, while the car was in cruise control going down the highway, the car starts stuttering like a gear is slipping, and the little computer in front says "Service ESC soon." So I am like well this effin' blows, and I went to Pohanka chevy today to get it checked out, thinking it's gotta be a warranty issue, right?
Well, after I told them "CEL is on..check it out, let me know" two hours later they come back with "The Cat is clogged, and that's causing your problem, oh, and you've got an O2 sensor throwing codes"....
"oh, and it would be 480$ for the parts, and it's out of warranty for the cat"
So I basically said that sounded pretty suspicious, told them to put it back together, and left.
Question: What possible, conceivable reason could a clogged cat make the car rev and stutter and shit just like a gear was losing teeth? AND making the computer tell me in the dash that the ESC needed servicing?
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