Smog check failed by MIL/function failure

"doosy" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

WHAT'S THE NUMERIC CODE???? Jeez people, you're told a code, cough it up!

WHAT'S THE NUMERIC CODE???? P0420? Something else? What is this, some kinda secret?

i got to the bit about leaving the mil light unfixed for "nearly a year", then stopped...

Fault Codes was P0420: Cat Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 1)

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"doosy" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

jim beam wrote in news:DMOdnYT1c-idaDzZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:

There is a girl with whom I work. She has a '99 Civic and she too has been driving around with her MIL on for a good year. I keep telling her she won't pass smog with it on and she just says, "Oh, I'll deal with it when the time comes. The car's running fine...".

the thing is, people worry about the cost of repair and don't realize something like this is actually costing them considerably worse gas mileage and therefore money to /not/ fix, plus, they're experiencing increased rates of engine wear. but hey, it's not my car and it's not my money.

Thanks for the info. The web site explained well.

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