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| Is anyone's Catera ageing gracefully? I still love mine,but it gets very gentle use by my wife..Our 2001 has only 33,000 miles since new...I love the way it drives...I am stunned,though,how many unhappy posters I see on various sites... | |
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I have a 1998 catera last year my water pump went out and I took it to get replaced well the tech did not reconnect my hoses and BOOM engine out I have tried for the past year to find an engine or see if someone would buy it off me and people just laugh the funny thing is I see them all over the place out there.I loved the car but it cost me a fortune to mess with and I dont have the luxuary to fix it it has 101000 leasther in great cond.carpet in great cond. what I want to know is if I can put a 2000 engine in it or is it even worth fixing. Please give me some advice 
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Replying to: golfchic (Apr 13, 2006 8:15 am)    I have a 97 Catera with 88,001 miles. I just bought it in January and from what it looked like that it was really well taken care of. So far I have put in $1300+ just this month. So first there was a rattle in the exhaust system $650 muffler replaced cat converters still good. Had to take it back the next week because it kept shuddering in idol and would feel like the whole car would lift up and then the check engine light came on so I took it in again. $600 to replace the coil pack and fuel injector cleaner. Drove it a day and then the light came on again took it back and replaced all the spark plugs. $110. Got it back and it was still not as much but still shuddering in idol at times. Then took it on the freeway about 10 miles it lost power the check engine light came on and then it started to shudder even when you press the excellerator. They came and picked up the car and it has been hooked up to the machines for two days like a hospital patient. The diogastic tests keep coming back as a miss fire PO33, Check of spark plugs check of ignition and wires, noted rear set has a dead ignition signal #3. They think that it might be the computer system and need to rebuilt or replaced. They said that the fuel injectors are still good everything else seems to check out and with everything that they have just replaced it feels like the car has basically been overhauled. HELP PLEASE! if anyone has had simular problems and have been able to fix it please let me know!
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Replying to: dray1997 (Apr 17, 2006 6:50 pm) |
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Replying to: cadcadgirl (May 12, 2006 6:36 pm)
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Replying to: j5f (May 17, 2006 12:30 pm) |
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I'm absolutely amazed at the number of unhappy Catera owners...In Europe the Omega was a pretty reliable car. Under new car warranty,our 2001 was towed twice out of our garage. They gave me a $50 deductable two year warranty for free. That was a year ago...so far,nothing has happened. I've decided to at least keep it while it's got one more year of extended warranty.....But the problems I read of are beyond belief! But still, I love mine-it drives great! |
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I acquired a '97 Catera 6 mos ago with, get this, 113k miles on the oddmeter. I too am amazed at all the trash talk about this model. The fellow I purchased from,used of course, went over the car in detail and is well versed in German machinery having serviced VW's most of his working career. In the time I have owned it nary a problem has cropped up. He did itemize his service efforts and from this list I have to assume people in this forum are over- looking " regular maintenance ". The V6 installed in the car is potent in the German version but de-tuned in the N/A copy, and as such timing belts, ignition timing and verility of spark have to be spot on. The Coil pack goes, given where it is located. Timing belt at 100k mi. is a must these days and fuel filters for sure. Heat is definately a issue in these cars since German engineers like to heat 'em quick, so make sure the rad is transferring all the heat and degrease the engine regularly. The only faults I can find are: the memory programming is quirky at times ( mirrors and seat pos.) and the tolerance on the door hinges is so tight that its hard to lube them. Hence I have one sloppy door. Also the factory CD changer should be more ubiquitous. By all means rave on but N A cars are worse when neglected only thing is that replacement parts are more obtainable. Feel free to comment on my comments. nogm4me 
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Replying to: nogm4me (May 23, 2006 7:53 am)  Don't get me wrong I absolutely love the car despite the problems that I have had with it because of all the options. The thing is now I have had it since January and about $2000 later how do I know that down the road something else is not going to pop up and cost me another 2 grand. The mechanics said that they did not have to replace the computer system but they did find 10 separate problems! I would love to keep the car but I am afraid that my pockets are not that deep. I don't know if it will run for years now or if it is just going to break down again as soon as I get it back from the shop. To keep or not to keep.....
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Replying to: cadcadgirl (May 23, 2006 9:11 am) I have heard so many stories about the Catera being a money pit as it ages, but ours only has 34,000 miles on it. I'll try it for at least another year or so.. What is the highest milage 2001 on this board? |
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