| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006070167 | Incident Date: Jun, 11 2006 |
| Consumer's City: WHITEHOUSE | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CATERA | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: W06VR52RXVR | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 04 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 1997-1999 cadillac catera door latch failures. per the yahoo group web site i belong to, catera owners, this vehicle suffers chronic door latch failures, trapping occupants inside or not latching. this can be an extremely dangerous situation. my own vehicle has suffered this defect. the latches have plastic that breaks and jams the mechanism. or simply fail to latch or unlatch. i have had both situations. the doors will not open or will not close (latch). i feel this defect has by pure luck not caused (any known) fatalities, but, only a matter of time and warrants a look. *nm |
