Consumer Complaint Detail

CADILLAC / CATERA / 1997

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002199289 Incident Date: May, 15 2002
Consumer's City: SEATTLE Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CATERA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: W06VR52R5VR Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 19 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: At 85,263 miles the car would not shift out of 1st gear. dealership analysis was "transmission coming apart internally". no parts available for repair. required a new transmission at a cost of $2997.86. there is no way a transmission should come apart with only 85,000 miles on it. 2nd major event for this car.