I'm on my seventh week waiting for a cat. One came in after two weeks, and I'm still waiting on the other. I brought it to the dealership because the power was surging. They first replaced the fuel pump, regulator and filter ($1300), then they said it will need new cats. (I test drove it after the fuel system was replaced and it was still surging, BTW, so I've got to fight them on that charge.) Searching this forum, I found a post of someone waiting five months for a cat, and they were still waiting!

I'm fairly sure there is an FTC regulation that requires manufacturers to have parts available after a car goes out of production (8, maybe 10 years, and possibly more for emission related parts); wouldn't that regulation define a reasonable time to be able to get that part? Waiting five months for a part of a vehicle that is only five years out of production... seems to me that breaks the boundaries of the accepted definition of the word "available".

My cats are being covered under warranty, I believe the Federal Clean Air Act requires emission related parts to have extended coverage.

-Scott
'00 Ironman