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Hi all, I'm in dire need of some help. I've had terrible mileage on my truck since I got it brand new in 2004. 98L tank and I get 400KM of city driving, so for sometime I have been looking to do some mods, dual exhaust, cold air intake and performance chip to improve the mileage.
A month ago I had a stainless steel dual exhaust added as my first step for $1200 for a repectable aftermarket company. A week after the install the engine light came on and I brought it back. They put a new CAT on and a week later the CEL came back on.... they put a different style CAT on...a week later the CEL came back on, 2 days later and some sensors were replaced (ERG I think)....then 3 days later again CEL on and they replaced the Oxygen sensors with the Dodge recommended solution. And yes, 1 month to the day, guess what, the CEL is back on and it is going back to the installer on Monday.
He has installed dual exhaust on hundreds of trucks over the past 5 years and has never had seen this....just my luck, I love that truck... it is mint...he wants to fix this as he understands that my walking away with this problem unresolved is not good for his livelihood....guess that is one less thing I have to worry about.
I've been searching the internet all day and found people that had to replace the CAT a few times, the sensors, broken wires...but nobody has had this much trouble.
I'm almost at the point of saying that this mod is not compatible with my truck and demand that he remove it and put things back the way they were...but that just seems way too rare/extreme.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remedy this?
Also, how does this affect my warrantly, as I am also thinking that I bring it to the dealership and let them fix the problem (charging it back to my installer)?
A month ago I had a stainless steel dual exhaust added as my first step for $1200 for a repectable aftermarket company. A week after the install the engine light came on and I brought it back. They put a new CAT on and a week later the CEL came back on.... they put a different style CAT on...a week later the CEL came back on, 2 days later and some sensors were replaced (ERG I think)....then 3 days later again CEL on and they replaced the Oxygen sensors with the Dodge recommended solution. And yes, 1 month to the day, guess what, the CEL is back on and it is going back to the installer on Monday.
He has installed dual exhaust on hundreds of trucks over the past 5 years and has never had seen this....just my luck, I love that truck... it is mint...he wants to fix this as he understands that my walking away with this problem unresolved is not good for his livelihood....guess that is one less thing I have to worry about.
I've been searching the internet all day and found people that had to replace the CAT a few times, the sensors, broken wires...but nobody has had this much trouble.
I'm almost at the point of saying that this mod is not compatible with my truck and demand that he remove it and put things back the way they were...but that just seems way too rare/extreme.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remedy this?
Also, how does this affect my warrantly, as I am also thinking that I bring it to the dealership and let them fix the problem (charging it back to my installer)?
