P0420/P0430 typically indicates that the cat isn't performing at 95% efficiency, and it usually does not affect drivability. If the honeycomb structure in the cat were broken, that could cause issues, but as long as the cat is intact, it's just running at 0-94% efficiency.
You could swap the 02 sensor that goes the cat and see if that clears it up, but I would say 8/10 times the cat is bad. Unless you live in an inspection state I would drive the car like that and not bother replacing the cats on such an old car. 11-17 years on the original cat is when you accept the code will be there for the remaining life of the vehicle, as the cost of a new cat is usually significantly more than the car is worth many years later.
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***FCA cars are known to experience issues like this as they age, so it's not uncommon for their vehicles to develop a cat problem as they age out.***
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***FCA cars are known to experience issues with the cats as they age, so it's not uncommon for their vehicles to develop a cat problem as they age out.***
P0420/P0430 usually means the cat isn't performing at 95%+ efficiency, and usually does not affect drivability - if the honey comb in the cats were broken that could but as long as the cat is intact, it's just running at 0-94% efficiency.
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P0420/P0430 typically indicates that the cat isn't performing at 95% efficiency, and it usually does not affect drivability. If the honeycomb structure in the cat were broken, that could cause issues, but as long as the cat is intact, it's just running at 0-94% efficiency.
You could swap the 02 sensor that goes the cat and see if that clears it up, but I would say 8/10 times the cat is bad. Unless you live in an inspection state I would drive the car like that and not bother replacing the cats on such an old car. 11-17 years on the original cat is when you accept the code will be there for the remaining life of the vehicle, as the cost of a new cat is usually significantly more than the car is worth many years later.
***FCA cars are known to experience issues like this as they age, so it's not uncommon for their vehicles to develop a cat problem as they age out.***
P0420/P0430 usually means the cat isn't performing at 95%+ efficiency, and usually does not affect drivability - if the honey comb in the cats were broken that could but as long as the cat is intact, it's just running at 0-94% efficiency.
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You could swap the 02 sensor that goes the cat and see if that clears it up, but I would say 8/10 times the cat is bad. Unless you live in an inspection state I would just drive the car like that and not bother replacing the cats on such an old car. 11-17 years on the original cats is when you just accept the code will be there for the remaining life of the car as the cost of a new cat is usually a lot more then the car is worth that many years later.
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You could swap the 02 sensor that goes the cat and see if that clears it up, but I would say 8/10 times the cat is bad. Unless you live in an inspection state I would drive the car like that and not bother replacing the cats on such an old car. 11-17 years on the original cat is when you accept the code will be there for the remaining life of the vehicle, as the cost of a new cat is usually significantly more than the car is worth many years later.
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***FCA cars are known to experience issues like this as they age, so it's not uncommon for their vehicles to develop a cat problem as they age out.***
P0420/P0430 usually means the cat isn't performing at 95%+ efficiency, and usually does not affect drivability - if the honey comb in the cats were broken that could but as long as the cat is intact, it's just running at 0-94% efficiency.
You could swap the 02 sensor that goes the cat and see if that clears it up, but I would say 8/10 times the cat is bad. Unless you live in an inspection state I would just drive the car like that and not bother replacing the cats on such an old car. 11-17 years on the original cats is when you just accept the code will be there for the remaining life of the car as the cost of a new cat is usually a lot more then the car is worth that many years later.