1.0 focus catalytic converter price

[Ghs]

Ford are quoting £1,500 fitted , has anyone had one fitted , does that sound about right ?
Thankyou

[Master Bean]

You could get a non oem one for £300 then it's labour costs from a garage.

[vw_99]

Is it the cat or the flexi that needs replaced.

[Ghs]

Master Bean said:

You could get a non oem one for £300 then it's labour costs from a garage.

Thanks I look into that

[Ghs]

vw_99 said:

Is it the cat or the flexi that needs replaced.

I’m told cat by original garage , no mention of flexi pipe , Ford have said they want to do there own diagnosis as there’s no eml light on at present ( £160 ) , then £1340 ish if there diagnosis says cat .

[stevemcs]

We did one a few weeks ago, it worked out around £1000 fitted - depending how easy it comes apart roughly 1 to 1.5 hrs

You are better off getting used one from eBay

[Ghs]

stevemcs said:

We did one a few weeks ago, it worked out around £1000 fitted - depending how easy it comes apart roughly 1 to 1.5 hrs

You are better off getting used one from eBay

Thanks , will look into a used one .

[stevemcs]

Just to add the aftermarket ones are rubbish, they do not line up. They don’t normally fail, this was replaced because it failed the emissions and eml was on. Is there is a reason why it needs replacing

[Ghs]

Ok won’t get a aftermarket one , thankyou
Story starts 6 months ago with a eml light comming on , diagnosed as catalytic converter issue , warranty people asked for more tests but then the eml light went out so we decided to drive it and see what happens .
6 months later the eml light came on and again was diagnosed as catalytic converter issue , they went back to warranty people but in meantime I went to Cornwall , eml light on the 300 miles down there , car running fine , 2 days into the hol the light went out and stayed off for rest of the week & the 300 miles home , then a day later came on , stayed on for 2 days then went off & has stayed off since , garage then said warranty people were refusing claim ( still wrangling about this ongoing) .
I then thought I’m not going to get anywhere with the warranty as it’s done 100,000 + theres a part that says not covered due to general wear & tear , so went to fords to just see what they cost , they said they won’t fit one without diagnosing the fault themselves as I might be wasting 1,000 + on a catalytic converter while it’s not the issue , mechanic had a quick listen and said car sounds fine , and noted no eml light on , but said it needs a proper diagnosis , that’s where we are .
Nb but I’ve no idea if it’s related but the car has had 3 lots of oxygen sensors in my 3 yrs of ownership
Mot is not due until end of sept but I’ve booked it in a week to just see what it does emissions wise .

[Ghs]

The eml light has now been out for 2 weeks so decided to put car in for mot to see what other work it may need on top of catalytic converter ( assumed it would fail mot on emissions ) to see if worth fixing or not .
Car failed mot on 1 buckled wheel , no mention of emmisions
Not sure what to make of it , but will just use car now .

[stevemcs]

That must be really bad to fail on a wheel, it’s normally cracked or bulges on tyres that result in failures

[Ghs]

stevemcs said:

That must be really bad to fail on a wheel, it s normally cracked or bulges on tyres that result in failures

Obviously I can’t see the back , mot says road wheel badly distorted , n/s front .
But I was told this wheel was buckled when I had a new tire fitted 6 months ago , they said it would be fine , I can’t remember going over / hitting any pot holes in the last 6 months to make it worse but there is always that chance I have .
The garage has just started to straighten wheels so maybe they fancy a bit of practise .