Used 1997 Cadillac Catera Consumer Reviews
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Buy Two for The Parts You will Need
caddyattack, 12/19/2003
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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This is a great driving car and still looks good. It is the worst mechanical nightmare ever designed. The engine has been rebuilt 2X by Cadillac at no charge after the warranty because they were so embarrassed. Every repair is serious, frequent and costly. Truly an engineer's disaster. Should never have been made.
Junk Car
allendr, 11/26/2002
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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Terrible workmanship. How many parts are there that could break.
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morourke, 05/08/2002
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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A good German built Opel nicely dressed and rebadged as a Cadillac. It has very comfortable front and rear seats. Many good standard features: autolevel suspension, traction control, 4 wheel disc / antilock brakes, memory seats and mirrors, fold down rear seats or center (40/20/40), autolights, all windows auto up and down. I think this car is undervalued in the US market.
LLLLLLLLLLLemon
phy, 08/04/2002
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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Waste of money big time. Last 8 months I spent $13,500 for repairs. Total time the car spent in the dealership- 71 days. Final result- I have a car with non-working transmission (after 3 transmission repairs in Cadillac of Las Vegas and total cost for them about $3,000) staying in my garage. I am tired of all this.
Replace car before Timing belt gets you
TheeWhitehouse, 01/21/2003
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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Yes a great driver but unscheduled repairs will double the cost of ownership. With less than 35K miles, this car has had the following problems. Failed ignition coil, lost break lights twice, once was all the lights the other was just the $360 one on the truck. $230 wheel speed indicator to TCS/ABS. $2600, yes $2600 to repair/replace timing belt/tensionor and associtated damages. Ask Your Deaaler about it and pick out another car while you are there!!! Driver door leaks air and is annoying at highway speeds.
lousy
a.nicol, 02/19/2003
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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this car was great to drive, however i had to install two timing belts, one transmission, the previous owner also rebuilt the transmission. The drivers side heat and heated seat did not work.The price and convience of repairs were ridiculous. So much for German engineering and quality, stay away.
Cadillac Catera
ronjc, 06/09/2002
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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I bought this car as a dealer demo with 5000 miles on it. The dealer delivered the car in mint condition even repairing small dings on the doors. I have not had any major problems with the car. I drove the car in excess of 20,000 miles a year and found the experience to be wonderful. The timing belt went out after the suggested 60,000 miles and was a covered item under my extended warranty. The dealer was great and took care of me and the car with uptmost service. The car has 80,000 miles on it and I have not had any other major problems with it.
Don't get caught
Mad as Hell, 08/31/2002
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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My father has purchased nothing but Cadillacs for as long as I can remember. You can imagine how excited I was to purchase my first. Low mileage and every feature I wanted. Well, it would be nice to drive the car instead of repairing all the time. Leaks in power steering, ABS, Traction control and to top it off $400 for brake pads. This car has been a nightmare. I want out and can't get enough for it to pay off the loan!
glassjaw
rainman, 07/09/2003
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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It has had nearly all of the interior plastic knobs and parts replaced. Brake job at 23k mi. Door lock on driver side easily gets out of sync and freezes. Leaks oil currently. I have had it at the dealership just about every 3000mi for an oil change and something else that has gone wrong. But it was usu. under the extendend warr. With all of this I still love the car.
Great Catera
Dorothy, 08/24/2003
1997 Cadillac Catera 4dr Sedan
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Had planned on replacing my Catera with the new CTS until I saw the CTS, then decided to keep the Catera. We like the exterior lines of the Catera much better than the CTS and we are completely satisfied with everyting about it, so concluded we had no reason to update.