Tensioner Pulley Failure, Blown Engine

10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$3,930
Average Mileage:
118,150 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. replace motor (2 reports)
1999 Cadillac Catera engine problems

engine problem

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1999 Cadillac Catera Owner Comments

problem #2

Dec 172008

Catera SE 3.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 117,232 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

If GM does not help the dozens of us that had to replace our engines out of pocket then they deserve to fall like Goliath with David in the biblical days of yore!!!!!!!

- pshaw1313, Windsor, MO, US

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problem #1

Dec 122006

(reported on)

Catera 3.0

  • Automatic transmission
  • 119,000 miles

After filing a complaint with the NHTSA I am trying to get GM to do the right thing and help me with the cost of replacing our 3.0 engine. Whe the Tensioner pulley froze up, it caused the engine to completely fall apart. Before the failure, there was nothin wrong with our car.

- Phillip S., Windsor, MO, US

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