1997 Cadillac Seville SLS from North America - Comments

I own a '99 Seville SLS. I make payments on my SLS, but I can't drive my SLS, because it needs new head gaskets ($4000.00). Cadillac made a mistake somewhere, therefore no wonder people don't buy American cars. Got to go; I can't miss the bus.

You want to drive the second most powerful front wheel drive car ever made, you want to do-it in luxury, and feel good driving something above most of the cars around, well you have to pay for it. People buying a Cadillac don’t look for a cheap impersonal mean of transportation.

I bought my ’97 STS almost 3 years ago with about 55 K on it, I was only looking for ’97 STS period. I used the car ever since as a daily driver and I enjoy every single part of it. Now it has about 105K and runs excellent to say the least. Of course I had my fair share of issues with the car (struts, water pump, fuel pump, etc.), of course it uses about 1.5 quarts of oil between changes, but also has 300 HP, power everything, looks and s.o. I cannot complain about anything on this car, is one of the best ever made and I plan to keep it forever.

Should you buy a Cadillac, if you want performance and luxury YES YES YES, if you are more the concerned about the budget character, maybe you will be better off, the only thing GM can do without is another confused customer who bought the wrong car for his needs. If you want to buy a budget car there are plenty of cheap boring but reliable cars out there. Keep in mind everything comes with a cost, either money or luxury power and beauty.

Also remember, a person not having issues with the car will most likely not bother posting a positive comment, but the 5% of the unlucky owners are most likely the ones posting comments (negative), and this is what you read. So for every negative comment you see, 15 other owners are happy with their car.

A proud Cadillac owner.

My 97 Cadillac Seville SLS (129,000 miles) is in the garage today. I had to put a new radiator on it last year. I put a new alternator on it 6 months ago and a new battery last month. I never know when it will start, something zaps the juice out of my battery. I can jump it and it will run fine for 2-3 days then one morning when I'm leaving for work it won't start. I am thinking it is a shortage somewhere but decided to take to the garage hoping they will fine out what the problem is and it won't cost an arm and a leg. I have decided to sell it once I have it running dependable again. But I have enjoyed this car, great ride and powerful. I will miss it once it is sold.

The guy with the 97 Cadillac SLS with the battery going dead every few days! Disconnect the disc player in the trunk, that will cure your problem with the battery going dead!!!