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1997 Cadillac Catera air bags problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1997 Cadillac Catera7% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Air Bags complaints
7%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
6 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While starting passenger's air bag deployed. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic refused to inspect the vehicle. *ak

    filed Jul 28, 2004

  • This car was taken to dealer on 2/8/04 for recall 2041, 1037. Two days after picking up the car, the low coolant light came on my way home from work. My husband checked the coolant reservoir and it was over one inch below full, he also checked the driveway for any antifreeze and checked where you…

    filed Jun 26, 2004

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other Catera years

YearReportsShare
2001 Catera310%
2000 Catera812%
1999 Catera23%
1998 Catera97%
Catera air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.