Cadillac Catera
Owners filed 468 complaints across 7 model years of the Cadillac Catera. The 1997 drew the most (163); the 2002 the fewest (2).
Model years7
Complaints468
Recalls0
Fires9
Deaths0
Every Cadillac Catera model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery | Routine | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 2001 | 30 | 0 | — | 4 | Tires | Routine | |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1998 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1997 | 163 | 0 | 3 | 8 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine |
Which Cadillac Catera years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1997 is the weakest year on record, with 163 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.