why is this happening to me? SES, Traction, ABS, Stability
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im just so frustrated right now. im losing my job on the 14th (its official), i have a replacement job, but its only 2 days a week (only job thats shown any interest in me). ive really got only one potential buyer for my car, and i just spent $800 replacing the wheel bearings and catalytic converters. i went out last night to get some taco bell for nancy, and i get SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM on the DIC in conjunction with TRAC OFF and the ABS light. all together.
drove my friend to get his car today (about a 30 min drive, he was too drunk last night to drive so he called me to pick him up), on the way back i get SERVICE ENGINE SOON light. im thinking "not a big deal, probably just related to the other problem" -- so i go to get the code ran, and the code is P0420. . .
i just had the catalytic converters replaced on the 15th (and the shop i took it to took a 150 mile test drive, filled my tank with 87 octane gas, and broke the gas cap . . .).
any ideas on what these problems are?
im already losing at least $4000 to get rid of this car . . . now this on top of it, with no income and tuition and books and bills . . . im getting really worn here.
drove my friend to get his car today (about a 30 min drive, he was too drunk last night to drive so he called me to pick him up), on the way back i get SERVICE ENGINE SOON light. im thinking "not a big deal, probably just related to the other problem" -- so i go to get the code ran, and the code is P0420. . .
i just had the catalytic converters replaced on the 15th (and the shop i took it to took a 150 mile test drive, filled my tank with 87 octane gas, and broke the gas cap . . .).
any ideas on what these problems are?
im already losing at least $4000 to get rid of this car . . . now this on top of it, with no income and tuition and books and bills . . . im getting really worn here.
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Originally Posted by jwakamud
i just had the catalytic converters replaced on the 15th (and the shop i took it to took a 150 mile test drive, filled my tank with 87 octane gas, and broke the gas cap.
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I replaced my front hubs a couple of months ago, and am now starting to get the stability system warning on occasion also. It often resets the next time the car starts, and seems to have no rhyme or reason as to when it will go off again. I suspect one of the hubs having an intermittent sensor. Some have had problems with that code showing up after replacing the cat. Some of them have had the code programmed out of the PCM.
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Originally Posted by Hans
high flow cat yields a P0420 about once a week on my car...I'm using the 3" magnaflow.
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Yeah i had a guy look at my car because i also have the trac off, anti-lock, lights on with all of my hubs and wiring harness replaced. Figured out my front right hub was sending a faulty signal to my ABC module. He said its about $1500 to replace, so Im on the fense to get it fixed. I had to pull my ABS fuse and i havent noticed any huge differences.
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