Catalytic converter cost re-imbursement?

[Mase]

Does anyone know if California will re-imburse a driver on the cost of replacing a catalytic converter on an unmodified engine? A friend of mine could really use that kind of info if such a thing exists.Thanks.

[Psychobroker]

Quote, originally posted by Mase »Does anyone know if California will re-imburse a driver on the cost of replacing a catalytic converter on an unmodified engine? A friend of mine could really use that kind of info if such a thing exists.Thanks.I'm not so sure that they will. The fact that the engine is unmodified is beside the point of C.A.R.B. and their emmissions concerns

[joatmon]

I'm out of waranty and looking at needing to replace the cat converter on my car, and the GM dealer wants $442.US + tax for one. Toyota, on the other hand, wants $1100.US for one for a Matrix.So, if your friend has a Matrix, perhaps he ought to look into buying the replacement from GM instead.Also, not that according to http://www.epa.gov/OMS/cert/factshts/catcvrts.pdf it is illegal to sell a used catalytic converter unless it has first been tested for properr operation, so as a consquence, junk yards ( at least the ones near me) won't bother, and won't sell them

[jake75]

I thought there was a longer warranty mandated by the feds on emission parts like that catalytic converter.

[joatmon]

I'm about 25K miles past what i think is an 80K mile warranty on the converter