Driving to work this morning (fast), I suddenly heard a 'thud' under the car. Carried on thinking it may just be some debris but couldn't see anything on the motorway. After a while a red warning light came on the dash. After looking through some past posts I think it's the CAT overheating light (I have a Jap Spec TT). Anyway, got to work with no problems, got out and looked under the car to see a cable broken in half and hanging down. My questions is, my car does not have CAT's and the previous owner has confirmed this. What else can cause this light to come on? I will be taking her to the garage this week to have the cable checked/replaced anyway but I am just wondering what it could be as the car seems fine?

 

Do you think I should be okay driving back home?

it's probably the cable that used to go to the cats to detect over heating. There should be one for each side, and they go into the cabin to a little black box that sits under the centre storage compartment behind the handbrake.

 

not sure how it would have triggered the light though :confused: