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2017 Dodge journey code p0420

Old Dec 9, 2023 | 02:50 AM
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I'm about to go on a road trip for family and medical reasons, so it's urgent and costly. I want to drive my Dodge journey. It's my primary vehicle and this code has been on and off for a long time...more than 40k miles. Every time I take it to a shop they have different fixes, none of which work to make the code go away... It's permanent. We've had new spark plugs, computer reset, idle relearn, and the cylinders cleaned.
I just poured a bottle of CataClean in the tank and someone at O'Reilly's advised me to replace the O2 sensors since one was about to go out, according to the code reader.
​​​​​​My question: will this be safe to drive about 700 miles in two days? It's not running rough and the engine light turns off occasionally.
 

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Old Dec 14, 2023 | 01:42 AM
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It’s primarily a catalyst efficiency code. Often a small exhaust or intake leak. I would drive it. There is a recall on the cats for some years, check into it.
 
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