Re: Cat failure

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

If you have an automatic transmission, there was a recall for this.  If
you have a manual transmission (I believe all of the 90Q's after 93 had
manual?) then you're out of luck (even though it's fairly common).  Talk
to your dealer, though, because there's a possibility that if enough
manual transmission owners report the problem the recall could be
expanded.
-- 
Elliott

"To do this, we use the Behold Method."
	--George Cain


Remi Kwan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Recently I noticed a rattle on acceleration in my '94 90Q.  Sounded like
> something loose in the exhaust.  Turns out it was the catalytic converter.
> 
> My question is this, the (just new to me) car has only ~65000 kms on it.
> Is it normal for a cat to fail this early?   I've heard of cat failures
> if you overfill oil (I guess there's no way to tell if the PO did this)
> etc... and I just wonder if there's anything else I should check before
> the car goes off warranty!
> 
> Thanks
> Remi