I have a 99 Accord V6 with 110,000 miles. The Malfunction Indicator
Lamp came on, and I ran the code and got P0401 Insufficient EGR Flow.
I took it into the dealer and they said that the car has already had
the service bulletin # 99-085 done to it (Must have had it done before
I took ownership of the car). The wanted to charge me $300 to clean
the egr valve and surrounding areas.

My question is, Should they fix it for free since it supposedly was
already fixed previously? Also, Is there a way to verify that the car
does indeed have the bulletin # 99-085 done to it? Can I view the
pipe/kit?

I was under the impression that once the car got the kit, this problem
would no longer occur.

Thanks for the help!!!

 

I think the EGR extended warrenty was for 80k and you are far past that. If
the dealer wants too much go to a qualified service shop or pull it yourself
and clean it. It probably won't fix your P0401 error as your Cat is probably
bad


<shiftyeyes@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 99 Accord V6 with 110,000 miles. The Malfunction Indicator
> Lamp came on, and I ran the code and got P0401 Insufficient EGR Flow.
> I took it into the dealer and they said that the car has already had
> the service bulletin # 99-085 done to it (Must have had it done before
> I took ownership of the car). The wanted to charge me $300 to clean
> the egr valve and surrounding areas.
>
> My question is, Should they fix it for free since it supposedly was
> already fixed previously? Also, Is there a way to verify that the car
> does indeed have the bulletin # 99-085 done to it? Can I view the
> pipe/kit?
>
> I was under the impression that once the car got the kit, this problem
> would no longer occur.
>
> Thanks for the help!!!
>

 

I think the EGR extended warrenty was for 80k and you are far past that. If
the dealer wants too much go to a qualified service shop or pull it yourself
and clean it. It probably won't fix your P0401 error as your Cat is probably
bad


<shiftyeyes@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1143939501.646759.76740@e56g2000cwe.googlegro ups.com...
>I have a 99 Accord V6 with 110,000 miles. The Malfunction Indicator
> Lamp came on, and I ran the code and got P0401 Insufficient EGR Flow.
> I took it into the dealer and they said that the car has already had
> the service bulletin # 99-085 done to it (Must have had it done before
> I took ownership of the car). The wanted to charge me $300 to clean
> the egr valve and surrounding areas.
>
> My question is, Should they fix it for free since it supposedly was
> already fixed previously? Also, Is there a way to verify that the car
> does indeed have the bulletin # 99-085 done to it? Can I view the
> pipe/kit?
>
> I was under the impression that once the car got the kit, this problem
> would no longer occur.
>
> Thanks for the help!!!
>