1998 Cadillac Catera complaints

THE HEATING ELEMENT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE LEATHER TO MELT. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICE UNUSUAL WEAR TO FRONT TIRES VEHICLE WAS SERVICE BY DEALER TECHNICIAN NOTICE INDEPENDENT FRONT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO GET VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE, THE MANUFACTURER HAD A PROGRAM TO REPAIR 1998 CATERA'S BUT SINCE THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGED TITLE THE DEALERSHIP WAS RELEASED FROM ANY RESPONSIBLITY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT NO COST.*AK *NLM

AFTER REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION AND EXITING VEHICLE, VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACK INTO A PLAYGROUND AREA. DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED IN ANY GEAR. CONSUMER ADDS THAT IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 45" TO 20" FOR KEY TO CYCLE ON THE IGNITION. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED 4 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST, ALSO THIS PROBLEM DID CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *TT

CONSUMER RECEIVED LETTER FROM MANUFACTURER WARNING HIM THAT CAMSHAFT/TIMING BELT IDLER ,AND PULLEY COULD FAIL, RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLS AND SURGES, INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND CRANK SENSOR AS THE PROBLEMS. *YD

DUE TO A DEFECT IN FRONT ALIGMENT TIRES WORE EXCESSIVELY.*AK THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND RESURFACED SEVERAL TIMES. THE BRAKES PULSATE, SQUEAK AND GO TOO LOW TO THE FLOOR. THE THIRD SET OF TIRES THAT WERE ON THE VEHICLE WERE WEARING OUT DUE TO AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, ALSO ANOTHER TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR. THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE AND THE DRIVER'S REAR DOOR HINGE WAS UNSTABLE, ALSO THE DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK STICKS. THE WIPERS SCRUB. THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES NOISE. THE RIGHT SIDE HEAD LIGHT SHINES TOO HIGH. *YH

ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND RESURFACED TO FREQUENTLY.*AK

TIRES ARE WEARING OUT ON REAR MORE THAN OTHERS. ALSO, FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING OUT. *AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT DEALER INSTALLED 4 NEW TIRES, HOWEVER THE TIRES WORE OUT IN 10,000 MILES. DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING MORE REGARDING THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH VEHICLE, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *TT

AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. $7,440.00 DAMAGE MY VEHICLE. OTHER VEHICLE (2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM) WAS TOTAL LOSS. *AK

KEY CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF IGNITION IN ANY GEAR. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT DEALER CONFIRMED THAT LOCK AND UNLOCK SWITCH WERE BAD, CONSUMER SATED THE GEAR WAS IN PARK AND THE KEYS WERE IN HER PURSE, AND 5 TO 10 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A SMALL FENCE.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE CUT OFF. MECHANIC STATED THAT TIMING BELT BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION.*AK

WARPED TIRES FROM ALIGMENT CAUSED VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL ALIGMNENT, DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL TIRES NEED REPLACED EVERY 18000 MILES, CONSUMER USES GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA, P225/55R16, DOT NUMBER E130294097 TIRES. *JB

TIMING BELT TENSIONER FAILED AT 51,000 MILES (WARRANTY ENDS AT 50,000 MILES) CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VALVES AND GEARS. REQUIRES NEW VALVES, TENSIONER, HEAD GASKET, BELT, ETC. SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM SPECIFIC TO THE CATERA. HE SAID THAT TENSIONER SYSTEM IS UNIQUE TO CATERA. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULTY SYSTEM. OTHER CADILLAC MODELS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME TIMING BELT SYSTEM. QUOTED REPAIR COST IS $4,800. THIS IS NOT JUST A TIMING BELT PROBLEM, WHICH IS A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR PROBLEM. MOST CAR OWNERS EXPECT TO REPAIR TIMING BELTS SOME TIME DURING THEIR OWNERSHIP, IF THEY KEEP THE VEHICLES LONG ENOUGH. HOWEVER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A $40,000 VEHICLE. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT EXPECT SUCH A COSTLY PROBLEM TO OCCUR ON THIS CAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME, IF EVER. HOPEFULLY, ONCE REPAIRED, THIS WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN. MOST CONSUMERS CAN NOT AFFORD AN UNEXPECTED $4,800 REPAIR BILL ONCE, LET ALONE EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE TENSIONER MUST BE FAULTY OR HAVE A FAULTY DESIGN. THE EDMUNDS WEBSITE SHOWS MANY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS COSTLY PROBLEM. WHY HAVEN'T THEY MADE SOME PROVISION FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM?*AK

TIMING BELT TENSIONER PULLEY BEARING IS PREMATURELY FAILING AND CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE VALVE TRAIN. IF THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THIS DEFECT RESULTS IN THE CUSTOMER HAVING TO PAY A REPAIR BILL OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. IF THE DEFECT IS FOUND SOON ENOUGH IT STILL COSTS THE CUSOMER OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CADILLAC THE TIMING BELT WAS SUPPOSE TO LAST AT LEAST 100,000 MILES AND NOW I HEAR THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY (P/N9120501) WITHIN 60K. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH IS SOME CARS HAVE THE PROBLEM BEFORE 60K. THE WARRANTY ON THE REPLACEMENT PARTS IS 12 MONTHS/12K. THERE ARE ALSO NO PROCEDURES TO ASSIST THE CUSTOMER IN REDUCING THE COSTS OF THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. THE EDMUNDS WEBSITE LIST MANY CUSTOMERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE ALL CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. AS FAR AS I KNOW ALL YEARS OF THIS MODEL CAN EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. ALSO THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE PRONE TO FAIL AT THE SAME RATE AS THE ORIGINAL PARTS SINCE THE DESIGN HASN'T BEEN IMPROVED. *AK

WATER VALVE FAILED RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER REPLACED VALVE AND REFILLED SYSTEM, OIL COOLER LINE LEAKING, DEALER RESEALED HOUSING AND REPLACED COOLANT BRIDGE OIL LEVEL SENSOR SHORTED . NLM

TIRES PREMATURELY WEAR OUT ON INSIDE EDGE OF THE REAR TIRES. THIS CANNOT BE NOTICED DUE TO THE LOCATION. CADILLAC SAYS THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS CONDITION . THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/55/R16)

THE CADILLAC CATERSA HAS A DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSES THE TIRES TO WEAR RAPIDLY. THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A PROBLEM I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE CAR AND TOOK THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED. I WAS TOLD THE TIRES WERE WORN OUT AND THERE WAS NO NEED TO ROTATE OR BALANCE. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 17,000 MILES ON IT AND YOU COULD SEE THE CHORDS ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE. FRANK KENT REPLACED THE TIRES AND I WAS TOLD IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BAD SET OF TIRES BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE WAS WITHIN SPECS. IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, MY WIFE TOOK THE CAR IN TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED BEFORE GOING ON A TRIP TO OKLAHOMA. AGAIN, WE WERE TOLD TWO OF THE TIRES WERE WORN OUT AND THERE WAS NO NEED TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES ON IT. THIS TIME FRANK KENT TELLS ME THE CATERA IS WITHIN PRESCRIBED SPECS BUT, IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THE SPECS, SPECIFIED FOR THE REAR TOE IN, CAUSES THE CAR TO WEAR OUT TIRES IN UNDER 20,000 MILES EVEN IF ROTATED EVERY 6,000 MILES. FRANK KENT REPLACED TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES AND ADVISED ME CADILLAC WILL NOT REPLACE ANY MORE TIRES AFTER 30,000 MILES, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 6,000 MILES. THEIR MANUAL SAYS 10,000 MILES. THIS VEHICLE HAS A DESIGN FLAW. THE WINDOW STICKER LULLS CUSTOMERS INTO BELIEVING THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE WARRANTED FOR 50,000 MILES AND THEN THEY WEAR OUT AND BECOME DANGEROUS IN 20,000 MILES OR LESS. WORN OUT TIRES CAUSED BY THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE COULD CAUSE BLOW OUTS A

BRAKE INSP.BRAKE REPLACED3/9/00;CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON 5/12/00-FUEL INJECTOR DIRTY, REPLACE SENSOR; LEFT WINDOW SLOW IN OPERATION - 6/23/00;INGINTION REMOTE KEY NOT WORKING- TWO REPLACEMENT 6/23/00;CAR JERKING IN SPORT MODE, PRBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS, SUNROOF SLIDES BACK AN FORTH WITHOUT TURNING DIAL,RECALL ON ENGINE CHECK PULLEY 7/05/000; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CAR STALLS7/31/00; VIBRATION ON ACCELERATION TOLD NOTHING WRONG WITH CAR BUT TIRES, REPLACE TWO FRONT TIRES, I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE TIRE RODS. I ASK FOR A REA SUSP. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT NECESSARY AND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DO IT THAT DAY. RIGHT FRONT HEADLAMP OUT 3/01/01; LEFT HEAD LIGHT OUT 4/13/01;CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, SUNROOF OPENS WHILE DRIVING W/O TURNING DIAL,5/24/01; REMOTE KEY NOT WORKING REPLACE KEY , CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, 6/21/01; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON , SLOW PICKUP, REAR SUS. ROUGH RIDE HELP-RECALL EMISSION 7/26/01; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CONTACT DEALER ON MY WAY OUT OF TOWN TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TO ADJUST THE KNOB ON THE GAS TANK BY TURNING IT SEVERAL TIMES. 8/6/01; CAR WILL NOT START BATTERY DEAD, SUNROOF NOT WORKING. CONTACT TOW SERVICE THEY REFUSE TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER. TOW SERVICE BOOST CAR BATTERY AND LEFT. SUNROOF REFUSE TO OPERATE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON 8/13/01-CAR PARKED GOING ON VACATION; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON RETURN FROM VACATION 8/23/01-HELP- DOING THE FIRST YEAR OF 1999 I HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BREAKS THOSES DOCUMENTS WERE DESTROYED IN A HOUSE FIRE. MY HOUSE CAUG

WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING LINKAGE ON DRIVER SIDE SNAPPED WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT A SLOW SPEED. I NEED TO KNOW IF THE SAME TYPE OF FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON OTHER CADILLAC CATERA'S OR OTHER MODELS BUILT SINCE 1997.*AK

SUSPENSION WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT. HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AT 13,000 MILES WITH REALIGNMENT AND CURRENTLY IS IN THE SHOP TO REPLACE ALL TIRES AND HAVE ALIGNED AGAIN. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SPECS OR THE VEHICLE. NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE FOR SAME PROBLEM.*AK (TIRESIZE: P225/55R16)

TIRES WORN OUT ON INSIDE. NOT READILY VISIBLE. SAFETY ISSUE. GM WILL NOT REPAIR. CAR MISALIGNED FROM FACTORY. TECHNICAL BULLETIN ISSUED.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES; FIRST TIME AT 40 MPH VEHICLE SPUTTERED/ STALLED SECOND TIME WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, AND THEN STARTED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE, TOLD CONSUMER HE COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE TALKED WITH A PERSON A COLE VALLEY AND HE SAID THAT MY CAR AND OTHER LIKE MINE HAD THE SAME THING GO WRONG WITH IT IN ONE CASE SOME ONE HAD TO BUY A NEW ENGINE FOR A 1997 AND A 1998 DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE HE'S TALKING ABOUT BUT MY GUESS ITS UP THERE . *AK (TIRESIZE: 23540ZR18)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23540ZR18 )

VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT. DEALER CLAIMS THEY ARE GOING BY GMC SPECS. BUT ALIGNMENT IS OFF, CAUSING INNER EDGE OF TIRES TO WEAR DOWN TO STEEL.*AK THERE WAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF SHIFTING OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF SHOP MORE THAN TEN TIMES FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. AL FOUR TIRES HAD BE TO TEPLACED DUE TO FACTORY RELATED ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. *YH

TIRES ARE WEARING OUT AT INSIDE, IT'S NOT NOTICEABLE ON OUTER TIRE. CONSUMER HAS HAD 10 TIRES PUT ON VEHICLE, AND THEY ALL WORE OUT ON INSIDE RIGHT TO STEEL BELTS.*AK TIRES ARE GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA, SIZE P225/55R16, CONSUMER STATES THAT GOODYEAR OR CADILLAC HAS A SOLUTION, POSSIBLY A SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *SLC

TWO TIRES LOST PRESSURE IN LAST TWO MONTHS. GOODYEAR, RSA TIRES, MTS P225/55R16 94H. FIRST TIRE WAS 2 MONTHS AGO, FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. SECOND TIRE WAS A WEEK AGO, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. *AK HEATED SEAT IS INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED HEATING ELEMENT. *SLC

A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE: FOG LIGHTS BURNED OUT FAST/ RADIATOR LIGHTS CAME ON/STEERING MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED, AND TIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED A FEW TIMES. TREAD SEPARATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE TRYING TO REMEDY PROBLEM. CONSUMER WANTED DEALER/MANUFACTURWER TO BUY BACK VEHICLE. *AK

A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY OF 1999 THAT RONT END ALIGNMENT WAS CAUSING TIRE WEAR. AUTO SHOULD BE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. IF TIRES ARE WORN DUE TO ALIGNMENT, REPLACE TIRES. MY TIRES WERE WORN AND REPLACED AT 17800 MILES. THE REPLACEMENT TIRES NOW NEED REPLACING AFTER 18000 ADDITIONAL MILES. ALIGNMENT IS OUT FREQUENTLY, FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING, CAR IS REAR WHEEL DRIVE. I BELIEVE A FRONT END PROBLEM EXIST CREATING THE TIRE WEAR. *AK

THE REAR WHEELS WILL NOT LINE UP ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO WEAR OUT. *CJ CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, HOWEVER NO REMEDY HAS BEEN MADE. *SLC

VEHICLE WILL PULL TO LEFT OR TO RIGHT WHILE DRIVING OR APPLYING BRAKES. CONSUMER MUST HOLD WHEEL IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC. *AK

TIRES WERE CHECKED DURING 3000 MILE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE WEAR WAS REPORTED AS NORMAL. 900 MILES LATER WE EXPERIENCED A SHIMMING WHEN DRIVING AT AROUND 70 MILES AN HOUR. STOPPED TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED AT GOODYEAR DEALER AND THE TIRES WERE WORN DOWN TO WEARBARS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCH STRIP ON EACH OF THE FRONT TIRES. GOODYEAR DEALER STATED AND CADILLAC CONFIRMED THAT CADILLAC CATERA IS NOTED FOR ALIGNMNENT PROBLEMS CAUSING UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IN LESS THAN 900 MILES A TIRE CAN WEAR TO A SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS LEVEL. RESEARCH VIA VARIOUS WEB SITES INDICATES MANY CATERA OWNERS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH DANGEROUS TIRE WEAR AND WHEEL ALIGNMENTS. (TIRESIZE: P225/55R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/55R16 )

IN JANUARY 1999 I RECEIVED A SERVICE BULLETIN # 81-31-02 FROM CADILLAC MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION INFORMING ME THAT THE CATERA HAD A TENDENCY TO "...DRIFT OR LEAD TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND/OR THE FRONT TIRES APPEAR TO BE WEARING MORE ON THE INNER SHOULDER." I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN THE REPAIR PER THEIR REQUEST BUT THE TIRES CONTINUED TO WEAR ON THE INNER EDGE TO THE POINT OF STEEL TREAD SHOWING THROUGH BUT STERLING & CADILLAC MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION NOW SAY THERE'S "NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT". IN THE MEANTIME I NEED 4 NEW TIRES. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE NONMENCLATURE OF THIS VEHICLE CAUSING PREMATURE BREAKDOWN OF THE TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/55-16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/55-16 )

I JUST BOUGHT THE SEVENTH NEW TIRE SINCE I BOUGHT THE CATERA. I WAS TOLD THE ALIGNMENT WAS SET WRONG AT THE FACTORY. CADIALLAC REPLACED THREE TIRES. THEY JUST KEEP WEARING OUT. I'VE HAD THREE BLOWOUTS. JUST LUCKY I DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I AM SELLING THE VEHICLE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/55R16 )

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIED DUE TO A FAULTY TIMING BELT. DEALER HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY.*AK

CONTACTED DEALER IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF RECALL NOTICE FOR ENGIINE PROBLEM-WAS NOT ADVISED OF ANY IMMINENT DANGER-LOST POWER STEERING-CAR OVERHEATED & ENGINE FAILURE, BRAKES CONTINUE TO SQUEAL INTERMITTENTLY, STEERING PULLS TO SIDE. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INTERIOR SIDEWALL OF TIRES; I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION WHICH HAS TOO MUCH CAMBER IN THE DESIGN FOR AMERICAN TIRES. THE PREVIOUS TECHNICAL NOTICE SEND OUT WAS FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND WAS PROBABLY THE WRONG DIAGNOSIS. *AK

ERROR IN DIAGNOSIS PROVIDED TO NHTSA. REQUEST TO PURGE INFORMATION SUBMITTED ON INITIAL CONTACT. *ML

INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. COMPLETE FORM. *AK

THE REAR DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

FRONT END MISALIGNMENT CAUSED PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. YH

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS. *AK

TIRE FAILURE ADDMITTTEDLY DUE TO FRONT END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. SERVICE BULLETIN DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AS TIRES WERE UNUSABLE AT 30,000 DEALER ADJUSTED ALIGNMENT AS PER SB. THE REPLACED TIRES WERE IN IDENTICAL CONDITION AT 60,000. GOOD YEAR WOULD NOT HELP BECAUSE THE BELTS HAD WORN THRU INSIDE OF TIRES DUE TO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS (IDENTICAL PROBLEM)...( DOT NUMBER: )

POWER STEERING FAILED. YH

ONGOING/ INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GOING OUT WHILE IN OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY AT NIGHT AND COULD CAUSE A VEHICLE COLLISION. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH SERPENTINE BELT FELL OFF, CAUSING POWER STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. CRANKSHAFT/PULLEY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS PARKED OVERNIGHT IT WOULD FAIL TO RESTART AGAIN. WOULD HAVE TOW VEHICLE TO DEALER EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, 8 TIMES SO FAR. MECHANIC WOULD REPROGRAM KEY; REPLACED BATTERY/FAULTY FUEL INJECTORS AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. GMC EPURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN OCTOBER, 1999 FOR THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE LESS $400.OO *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

ALL FOUR TIRES WORE WITHIN 1/64" OF WEARBAR AT 20000 MILES. GOODYEAR MADE ADJUSTMENT ON REPLACEMENT TIRES. HOWEVER DURING REPLACEMENT IT WAS NOTED TWO FRONT TIRES HAD A 1' WORNBAND AROUND INSIDE EDGES TO THE EXTENT THAT FABRIC ( INTERNAL SUPPORT) WAS EXPOSED.EITHER ONE OR BOTH TIRES WERE ABOUT READY TO FAIL( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/55R16 )