I have a 1998 Catera. Yeah, I am not happy. I have had the car for about one and a half years. Not many problems except expensive tires, oil filters, and gas.
In the past month I have had to pay $2300 dollars for 2 different problems. Problem #1 Head Gasket leaked into the spark plugs damaging the boot and the wire and shorting out the Ignition coil.
Problem #2 Entire car turns off while driving. No power, No steering, radio, electronics, nothing at all. Took it to Firestone they could not find a problem with the car even when it turned off on them. The car gave no reason. Took the car it worked for a couple of days no problems, it died again. We then had it towed to the Cadillac Dealer where it the was discovered that the Crankshaft and rear oxygen sensors were bad. This cost $1063 to fix.
I am scared that this is not the end of problems for this car. This car is nice that it didn't cost a lot to buy, but the repair cost are out ragious.
