Quote Originally Posted by Jefftowz View Post
We see a lot of Toyita trucks missing catalytic converters, I guess your lucky, that's a bitch when they get stolen, they use portable chow saws and cut the pipes.
Quote Originally Posted by 28eliminator View Post
At $1800 for a CARB certified, OEM cat, you bet you do. I had to replace mine at 81,000 miles.. fought with Toyota for 2 months, and they told me to pound sand. I'll never own another Toyota.
For some reason, stolen cats seem to be a bigger problem with Japanese imports that anything else, and Toyotas more than the others. Maybe its because they are more prone to failure and need replacing, and their cost is higher. Don't know, but seems to be the case with stolen cats. They tag a co workers Toyota van while he was in the grocery store.

Depending on the year of the car/truck, you could have notified the state and the feds about Toyota's refusal to replace it. New cars and trucks by law must pass smog certification for 100,000 miles with no charge to you except the cost of the testing. This even includes sparkplugs, wires, coils injectors, what ever. The car/truck passes, or they fix it.
My aunt had this problem, and I simply told her to take it to the dealer for smog certification, and if they ask you for more money than the test cert, turn them into the state/feds. When she picked it up, the charge was for the test only. But they did install a new cat.