1999 Cadillac Catera complaints

VEHICLE STALLS FREQUENTLY AT SLOW SPEEDS, TAKEN TO DEALER 8-10 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *YH

AS CAR CAME TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FOREWARD. IT JUMPED A CURB WENT THROUGH SOME LANDSCAPEING AND CLAMMED INTO A BRICK BUILDING. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER THE CRASH AT ELEVATED RPMS. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STOP, VEHICLE LURCHED FOWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*JB

DOOR CLOSER BUTTON WORKS WHEN IT WANTS, TO LOCK OR UNLOCK VEHICLE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WALK AROUND THE FINE A WEAK POINT, WHEN IT WORKS YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE.

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING . DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE LEAKED OIL, CAUSING SPARKS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY DASH LIGHTS WILL BECOME INOPERABLE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS DRIVER DOES NOT KNOW SPEED VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES WERE SHOWING TREAD SEPARATION. METAL WAS SHOWING ON INSIDE OF TIRES. ALL TIRES WERE SHOWING WEAR AND TEAR. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6T4 TIRESIZE: P225/55R16)

ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SHOWING TREAD SEPARATION. METAL WAS SHOWING IN FRONT OF TIRES. ALSO, REAR TIRES WERE SHOWING WEAR AND TEAR ON INNER SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK DEALER REPLACED TWO TIRES, HOWEVER WOULD NOT AND HASNOT REPLACED THE OTHER TWO, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT THE OTHER TWO TIRES BE REPLACED, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. HOT WATER VALVE LEAKING COOLANT, DEALER REPLACED *SLC

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES SYSTEM LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A COLLISION IN WHICH VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL, BECAME AIRBORNE, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THIS VEHICLE AFTER BEING AIRBORNE, HIT A FENCED LOT AND DAMAGED THE HEAD LAMP. *YH

I CONTACTED THE BBB AUTO LINE AND SOMEONE FROM GM(MS CASS BRASS) CALL ME OFFERED ME AN EXTENDED WARRANTY> THEN ASK ME IF I WAS TAKING THAT AS A SETTLEMENT ADVISE HER NO. I WANT MY CAR REPAIRED R REPLACED. SHE ADVISE ME 2 DRIVE D CAR 2 C IF HAPPEN AGAIN. I EXPLAIN 2 HER I'M REALLY SCARED 2 DRIVE MY CAR . I'M SCARED THAT IT MAY STOP ON ME AND SOMEONE HIT ME & I CAUSE A ACCIDENT> I EXPLAIN THE SAME THING 2 D DEALER WHEN I TOOK IT EACH TIME IT CUT OFF. ON MY 1ST NOTES I EXPLAIN THAT MY CAR JUST CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IT ON 5-20-00 I WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN MY DASHBOARD LIT UP AND IT JUST CUT OFF IT DID IT 3 TIMES WITHIN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. THE 1ST TIME IT CUT OFF WAS 3-7-00 5896 MILES ON CAR, NEXT TIME 4-28-00 , THEN 3 TIMES ON 5-20-00 THE DEALER SD THEY REPLACE PCM/VMC ALSO SAID PCM REPROGRAMMED, MYT CAR DROVE FINE UNTIL 12-20-00 WHEN IT CUT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING THEN ON 12-30-00 IT STALL GOT REAL SLUGGISH LIKE IT WAS GOING 2 STOP BUT DIDN'T. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS CAUSING CONSUMER TO PUMP THE ACCELERATOR. NLM

ACCELERATOR DOES NOT GIVE POWER FROM STOP POSITION UNLESS THE PEDAL IS FLOOR BOARDED. IT WILL THEN CREEP UP TO DESIRED SPEED. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL AS ENGINE LIGHT. THE CAUSE HAS BEEN UNDETECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE PRBLEM MAY LAST A DAY, MAYBE MORE MAYBE LESS, AND THEN CORRECT ITSELF . YOU HAVE NO WARNING AS TO WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. IT STARTS FROM THE STOP POSITION EVERYTIME BUT ONCE. THAT TIME I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE

ENGINE STALLS CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.*ET

ELECTRIC BRAKE FAILURE ON ABS CAUSING THE PEDAL TO STIFF AND NO FLUID APPLIED TO THE SLAVE CYLINDERS.

THE DAY AFTER THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, THE LIGHT CAME ON SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MAIN COMPUTER AND SOME SENSORS WENT OUT, THE BAD MAIN COMPUTER WAS ALSO CAUSING VEHICLE VIBRATION. *SLC

THE ENGINE VALVES KEEPS BREAKING. THE CD PLAYER KEEPS READING ERROR. THE RIGHT FRONT FOG LIGHT FELL OUT OF ITS SOCKET. THE STEERING WHEEL CAN NOT TURN RIGHT OR LEFT WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. NOT TO A DEALERSHIP.

REPEATED ENGINE STALL. EXHIBITED ONCE AT 70 MPH, TWICE AT LESS THAN 10. CAR WAS IN GEAR AND IN MOTION EACH TIME. DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER PER GM. CAR HAS STALLED ONCE SINCE DATE OF REPROGRAMMING. *AK

VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL/ ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. ACCELERATOR PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED HALFWAY DOWN IN ORDER FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO BE FUNCTIONAL WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND MIGHT RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CHARCTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE, AND THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT IT. DESIGN FLAW. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS REAR DOORS WERE NOT FULLY CLOSED AT A TIME WHEN CHILDREN WERE REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER PROVIDED NO INDICATION THAT THE DOORS WERE OPEN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF THE DOORS BEING OPENED, THE DOORS ARE SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCK ONCE THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, HOWEVER THE DOORS REMAIN OPEN AND UNLOCKED. CONSUMER HEARS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE CENTER DASH. THE SUNROOF STAYS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND MAKES A LOUD CRACKING NOISE, IT'S TAKEN 3 TIMES TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST DRIVEN, IT STICKS IN FIRST GEAR. THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER WHILE DRIVING. THE FRONT DOOR HANDLE STICKS, THE DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE ENGINE RACES WHILE COASTING DOWNHILL, THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. THE INTERIOR FLOODED, THE DEALER STATED THE THE HOOD DRAINS ARE CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. *SLC

THE STEERING SYSTEM LACKS EQUILIBRIUM, LACKS ON-CENTER FEEL AND HAS A TENDENCY TO WANDER. A LACK OF A STABLE STEERING SYSTEM CAUSES THE DRIVER TO HAVE TO APPLY TORQUE TO THE STEERING SHEEL TO KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD. THE CAR DOES NOT STEER IN A STRAIGHT LINE, A NEUTRAL STEER CONDITION DOES NOT EXIST. THE VEHICLE ROOLS IN A CIRCLE UNLESS THE DRIVER STEERS THE FRONT WHEELS BY APPLYING A TORQUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AND WILL LEAVE THE LANE WITHIN FIVE - EIGHT SECONDS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE ALIGNMENT IS WITHIN THE GM SPECIFICATION AND THE TIRES AND WHEELS HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR DEFECTS. THREE OTHER BRAND NEW 1999 CATERAS FROM OTHER DEALER INVENTORIES DO THE SAME OR WORSE. GM HAS SAID THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE CAR IS EXPECTED TO OPERATE, IT IS A TWO HANDED STEERED CAR. *AK

CAR STALLS OUT AND SHAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER SAID THAT WILL REPROGRAM COMPUTER IN ABOUT A MONTH. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD STALL NUMEROUS TIME. CURRENTLY THEY ARE RE-PROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER (ECU UNIT) AND CLAIM THIS WILL BE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. *YH

UPON ARRIVING AT THE BANK, I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR. USING QUITE A BIT OF FORCE, I MANAGED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND CLOSE IT. UPON RETURNING TO THE CAR, I WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR AGAIN. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THE LATCH ASSEMBLY WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. I CONTACTED ON STAR AND WAS INFORMED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE LADY FROM ON STAR THEN GOT A ROAD SIDE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ON THE PHONE WITH US. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED ME THAT "THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM" AND IT HAPPENS TO HIM "AT LEAST TWO TIMES PER YEAR". THE TECHNICIAN THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO "USE A SCREWDRIVER TO TRY AND FORCE THE LATCH INTO THE PROPER POSITION". WHILE ATTEMPTING THIS, THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND SCRATCHED THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE TECHNICIAN THEN TOLD ME HE WOULD COME OUT AND ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE DOOR. AFTER AN HOUR, THE TECHNICIAN SHOWED UP AND TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH A SCREWDRIVER FOR THE NEXT HOUR. HE FINALLY REMOVED THE RUBBER MOLDING FROM AROUND THE LATCH ASSEMBLY AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE DOOR TO CLOSE. HE THEN INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD "TAKE THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY REPLACED. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO RONALD MORAN CADILLAC AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND PLACED AN ORDER FOR THE NEW PART. WHEN ASKED ABOUT WETHER THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SUCH A SERIOUS PROBLEM, THE TECHNICIAN SAID NO. I THEN SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, MR. DAVID BOYD, WHO INFORMED ME THERE WAS NO RECALL

VEHICLE EXPEREINCED STALLING ON THE FREEWAY ON TWO OCCASIONS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP FOR INSPECTION / REPAIRS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK

MALFUNCTION DOORS - FILE ON REQUEST

CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. YH

FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINT TOO HIGH CAUSING DRIVER TO LEAN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR IN ORDER TO SEE AROUND THE RESTRAINT.