Called the service department at the dealer. They stated that since the cel went out, everything reset and not to worry about bit.

 

Spark plug fouler does the trick. Same issue for my car no problems now

 

I installed with spark plug foulers, not working for me.

 

Take the cel fix with a grain of salt. It's a hit or miss type thing. Some people run into issues and some are lucky and have no issue at all. Me personally I am running a circuit werks test pipe with an extended bung already welded on and have no issue at all.

 

Its hit or miss, I throw the cel it resets overnight or while I am driving and then pops up again.
I am going to change it out to the oem cat until I can get it tuned.

 

Really?? For someone who lives in a non-attainment area (needs emission testing) and would like to keep their warranty (therefore cannot flash the ecu to turn off rear o2 and readiness), this is hardly a grain of salt. If aftermarket cats can't keep the cel off, they are WORTHLESS to most buyers. Again, had I known the turboxs cat pipe would light the cel, I'd have spent $100 less and effed around with non foulers and a test pipe.

 

Why would the flash void your warranty? Can't you just flash back to stock before heading to the dealer? (assuming you have OP 2.0 or Cobb AP) Legit question, had an '08 at dealer half a dozen times after flashing my ROM (i.e. removing tuned ROM, replacing with stock ROM) with no problems. That car is gone, back in the market. Curious if the newer model years (been out of the game since '12) have something special going about them.

I ran an HFC because I can't stand the smell of the exhaust without a cat. And neither could people behind me, especially under boost. Cruising mates would make comments. Regardless, sitting in traffic was nauseating. And that thing would have a no chance of passing emissions (talking about mine). Have you gotten an HFC through GA emissions before? I've always had to run the stock cat to pass.

 

...to pass emissions in the states I've lived.