1997 Cadillac Catera lighting problems
20 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 1997 Cadillac Catera, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 7% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
1997 cadillac catera problems, vehicle was in the shop for repairs 4 times in the 6 weeks of ownership, right side front door would not open, left side front door would not open, tail light assembly out, engine caught on fire while driving on beltway (insurance estimate a total loss)
The aiming mechanism on both headlights on my 1997 cadillac catera failed and left me with the headlights aimed at the ground and unable to re-aim the headlights. This is extremely common on these headlights, and there is no fix from GM except to buy entire replacement headlight assemblies at $500 each. The replacement units are made entirely differently (and do not fail) so it obvious GM knows the original design was defective.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Cadillac Catera
- Engine 68 complaints
- Electrical system 29 complaints
- Suspension 24 complaints
- Brakes 18 complaints
- Steering 16 complaints
Lighting problems in other years
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997