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Old 08-24-2008, 06:55 PM
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Default Very bad sounding noise what is it?

I think the noise is a o2 sensor or the cat. the noise is like a lound rattleing that i can only hear when the car is not moving, on the highway you would never know, but when i stop its loud, at idle and if i raise the rpms the louder it gets what is this noise has anyone else had this happen they are all original parts with 80,000 miles thank you
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Maybe its an internally broken cat
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thats what im hoping i know its coming from the passengers side
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what would be a good replacement cat. im thinking magnaflow there probely the best deal for the money
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Have a gm dealer replace it for free!
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^^ how could he do that??
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GM has an 8 year 80k warranty on the cats. I'm sure it's the 8 year but the milage may be off, not sure. If so if you have a good dealer they can do some changing VINs and such if you are over the milage to get the cats for free. That just depends on the dealer though.
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I agree damaged cat or heat shield (if you have one)
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heatsheild? i dont think so its loud
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Originally Posted by mvvette97
GM has an 8 year 80k warranty on the cats. I'm sure it's the 8 year but the milage may be off, not sure. If so if you have a good dealer they can do some changing VINs and such if you are over the milage to get the cats for free. That just depends on the dealer though.
that would be nice
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Originally Posted by mvvette97
GM has an 8 year 80k warranty on the cats. I'm sure it's the 8 year but the milage may be off, not sure. If so if you have a good dealer they can do some changing VINs and such if you are over the milage to get the cats for free. That just depends on the dealer though.
I believe for the 2002's it was raised to 10 yr/120,000 miles.

At least mine was, I got the letter from GM right after I removed all my stock stuff for ARH headers...
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Originally Posted by Weezzer
I believe for the 2002's it was raised to 10 yr/120,000 miles.

At least mine was, I got the letter from GM right after I removed all my stock stuff for ARH headers...
i am not the original onwer does that matter? if i could get free ones that would be great.
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sounds like the honeycomb inside tht cat broke apart and is ratteling around
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Originally Posted by LS184
sounds like the honeycomb inside tht cat broke apart and is ratteling around
that was my thought
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Time to go to your local dealer for a new cat
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Originally Posted by 94'BLKBRD
Time to go to your local dealer for a new cat
im the 2nd owner does that matter? and if its 8 years 80k i have more like 81,461 miles
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It doesn't matter that you're not the original owner. I believe Weezzer is correct on the yr and mileage extension. I'm sure it's worth a trip or call to the dealer to find out for sure.
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yea it doesn't matter how many owners the car has had.
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If you want, PM me a VIN and I'll tell you the exact date/miles you're covered for.
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