1999 Cadillac Catera sport from North America - Comments

We bought the car for my mother dealer was asking 5,900 after a quick look-over it was apperant that the car had under gone some engine repair the dealer deninned any major work (said the hood lifts were replaced and that was it, but for some reason he agreed to drop the price to 4,500. 5,100 after ttt. When my mother returnd from the test drive she couldnt get the sunroof to close. when the dealer got in the car closed first try.

One week after buying the car we moved, while the car was packed with stuff a brake calibur popped of the mount after removing the tire I found a bolt missing in the driver calibur mount. easy fix, but what would have happend if I was stoping to avoid a accident.

Then my little sis test drove it the steering wheel locked up (something in the blinker switch) it quickly released a few days later I test drove the car. no appernt trouble at first, but after pusting the cars performace for a short bit the wheel locked up resulting in slight fender bender into a clay rut. after that insadent we removed some broken plastic from the blinker switch no troubles, but you gota turn the blinkers off ever turn.

A few weeks after that we started to loose a little oil maybe a quart a few days and after about 6 days the radiator blew up on my mom, after popping the hood a local gas station OMG. To say the least we found out were the oil was going. it looked like a 6000 pound baby had the runs under the hood there was probaly about 3qts of oil stuck to the under the hood and about another 3qts every where else in the motor compartment. I've repaced a oil cooler 2 radiators (one defective and not cheap) and several hours of cleaning the cooling system we still have no heat. none of the fans work and the car over heats ever doing the repairs myself its still proiving to be costly.

Lol a caddi comercial just came on stating their reliability what a joke.

The car still needs a few sensors that have to be orderd from cadiliac and we wounder if it will ever run worth a crap. I would not sugest buying one unless its mine. lol.

Good looking car. decent handling once we found the sport button on the shifter we were satisfied with the performance over all a not bad car just VERY VERY unreliable. thinking about maybe putting a roll cage in it and make a demolition derby car out of it.

I recently purchased a Catera knowing I was going to have issues. A buddy and I tore the engine down and put new heads on along with a complete gasket set of course. I found that the car is quite comfortable and with a classy look. I love the performance with this car, it's not on the low end of the scale, but it doesn't compare with some other cars I've previously owned. Also, for future posts, you should really learn to prove read your comments. Doing so makes you look more professional and easier to convince the audience.