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My wife calls me at work and says that while she was out and running errands, the check engine light came on in her vehicle. She was relatively close to a place we normally take our vehicles for tires, oil changes, and other maintenance needs so she went there for them to check it out.
They put the vehicle on the machine to test and see what the light was indicating. They came back to her and explained it may be the catalytic converter going bad. They said that they reset the light, and for her to continue driving. There is a possibility that it was a fluke, and no maintenance would be needed. However, if the light came back on, for her to come in and they would check the 02 sensors and the converter again. More than likely if the light came back on, it would require a converter change. Around $800. They said they could get a refurb part, and have subcontractor weld it in for about half that if we chose to do so.
She left, expecting the light to come on in a couple of days, or at least make it until the next week until we could get it into the shop for repairs. The light came on about an hour later. She went back to the shop to have them check the o2 sensors like they said, only to have them tell her there was no reason to do so, that it must be the converter, and the sensors would have to be changed no matter what, when the converter was changed.
Frustrated, she left and called me again to tell me what happened. I told her we would just wait, and try and get it in next week during Spring Break. She decided to reduce her driving of the vehicle to just minimal errands until it could be fixed.
A couple of days later she calls me again, this time to tell me that the light went off while driving, and hasn't come back on since.
What would you do in this situation? We have been going to this particular shop for a couple of years now and feel they are pretty trustworthy. But we are slightly sceptical now due to the odd circumstances.
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