Six problems related to gasoline engine have been reported for the 1997 Cadillac Catera. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Vehicle will not start on a regular basis, was towed to dealer, who started vehicle, but could not find cause. Next day vehicle would not start again.
This seems to be becoming a common problem that Cadillac will not address. I have counted at least 15 failures reported to the NHTSA.
Consumer states that the vehicle quit running. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and later informed that the engine had blown.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Car was in to dealer on 5/25/1999 (mileage 7876) when I complained of engine squeal, nothing done.
When consumer gets inside of vehicle and tries to start it, it won't start. So consumer tried to jump start it, but it did not work.