Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Oct 6, 1998NY
REPEATED ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS
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1997 Cadillac Catera complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Aug 28, 1998NY
ENGINE COOLANT LEAK.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Aug 14, 1998MI
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH BRAKE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY, IT APPEARS TO BE SKIPPING BEFORE IT STOPS. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND CONDITION CANNOT BE RESOLVED. ALSO, AT THIS TIME THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN NEED OF A COMPLETE BRAKE OVERHAUL, AND THE COST WOULD GO TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash3 injured
Filed Jul 7, 1998OH
SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION, ALSO NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed May 18, 1998NY
WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT LOW RPMS THE ENGINE DRAGS AND MAKES A STRANGE NOISE. DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL. *AK
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed May 15, 1998FL
DURING WET CONDITIONS THE DEFOGGER/DEFROSTER SYSTEM WILL FOG UP THE WINDOWS, ABSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly1 injured
Filed Apr 24, 1998UN
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 11, 1997CA
ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL.
Suspension › Front
Filed Dec 1, 1997NY
WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND TURNING THE WHEEL, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Tires
Filed Oct 31, 1997TX
EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, WHEN FRONT TIRES RUN OVER A LARGE CRACK OR SMALL POTHOLE ON THE HIGHWAY, MOST OF THE TIME THE PAVEMENT IS WET.
Steering
Filed Oct 22, 1997TX
ALARMING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, WHEN RIDING THROUGH PUDDLES OF WATER AT HIGHWAY SPEED ABOUT 60 MPH.
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jul 22, 1997TX
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INADEQUATE IN HEAVY RAINS, WIPER SPEED IS TOO SLOW.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 12, 1997PA
VEHICLE'S BRAKES ARE SQUEALING AND IF BRAKING HARD VEHICLE VILL PULL TO THE RIGHT. BRAKES WERE MADE IN GERMANY.
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