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Cadillac Catera Maintenance & Repair

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#452 of 1431 Re: 2001 Catera Money Pit [jkdm7153] by catera70124

Dec 28, 2007 (6:28 pm)

Replying to: jkdm7153 (Dec 06, 2007 7:24 pm)
Just picked up my 2001 Catera from the shop - same symptoms as yours. Just as bugkill1 said, it was the MAF sensor.
 
The shop had my Catera for almost 2 days before calling to tell me that neither they nor the nearby dealership had any idea what was wrong. All diagnostics came up normal and yet the car sputtered, misfired, etc. They had placed a call to Cadillac and were waiting for an answer. 10 minutes of research on the Internet and I turned up several reports of what they were calling "lumpy start-up syndrome"; same symptoms as both you and I experienced, and the MAF sensor was the cause. I called the shop, they changed out my MAF sensor, and two hours later I was driving off in my now smooth-running Catera.

#453 of 1431 Re: 2001 Catera Money Pit [catera70124] by caterajunk

Dec 28, 2007 (8:47 pm)

Replying to: catera70124 (Dec 28, 2007 6:28 pm)
hI, I just ran across my receipt , it was a sensor I'm not sure which one but the mechanic wanted to charged me 350.00 for the part alone but i found the part for 50.00. Have your sensors checked as I bet thats the problem. I did get it from a dealer too. Sorry I couldnot be of more help. Good Luck and let me know . I got tierd of spending money so i got rid of my catera. BUT YES IT'S A SENSOR. I'LL LOOK AGAIN AND SEE IF IT STATES WHICH ONE BUT I DOUBT IT.

#454 of 1431 Re: 2001 Catera Money Pit [catera70124] by acurry

Dec 29, 2007 (10:05 am)

Replying to: catera70124 (Dec 28, 2007 6:28 pm)
by any chance where is the maf sensor located on the car and another question the speed sensors is there one or two of them and are they really located on the rear axels? please help if anyone knows

#455 of 1431 Re: 2001 Catera Money Pit [acurry] by bradcad

Jan 02, 2008 (11:58 am)

Replying to: acurry (Dec 29, 2007 10:05 am)
The maf sensor is typically located in the air inlet just upstream of the air filter. Some info on it can be located at;
 
www.autoshop101.com/forms/h34.pdf
 
If cleaning the maf sensor will help... the following might help;
 
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cleanmaf.htm
 
Typically, they shouldnt be too expensive, especially if you can buy the part and install it yourself. Good luck.
bradcad

#456 of 1431 Re: 1998 Catera Electrical Problem [thomas22] by parisdad

Jan 02, 2008 (7:39 pm)

Replying to: thomas22 (Sep 09, 2006 3:10 pm)
I had the same problem with my grandfathers 98 Catera, it turned out that the wires for the lights run under the front carpet right were your feet would and up over the tranny hump. There were about 20 rotten wires that we had to replace but it work goods now. To check which wires are rotten simply give them a little tug and they will break. If you are going to repair this yourself be sure to cut the wires back far enough to get all the green out and the solder and heat shrink the connections.
Hope this helps you out.

#457 of 1431 2000 caterra, need to jump start! by mdisco

Jan 04, 2008 (12:36 pm)

Replying to: josiechapman (Dec 24, 2007 12:05 am)
My caterra recently had a new alternater put in to potentiall correct this prob (not by dealer) and something is draining the battery (which is new) and i pretty much have to alway jump start it! The first problem leading up to this was that the spedometor stoped working, which still doesn't work. I was told i new a new computer main "brain" that would cost a fortune, but bottom line, i'm wondering if anyone else experiened this? something draining the battery and speedometer not working? i have already sunk so much money into this car, is there any easy fix?

#458 of 1431 2000 caterra, need to jump start! by mdisco

Jan 04, 2008 (12:46 pm)

My caterra recently had a new alternater put in to potentiall correct this prob (not by dealer) and something is draining the battery (which is new) and i pretty much have to alway jump start it! The first problem leading up to this was that the spedometor stoped working, which still doesn't work. I was told i new a new computer main "brain" that would cost a fortune, but bottom line, i'm wondering if anyone else experiened this? something draining the battery and speedometer not working? i have already sunk so much money into this car, is there any easy fix?

#459 of 1431 Re: 2000 caterra, need to jump start! [mdisco] by blk00catera

Jan 04, 2008 (12:50 pm)

Replying to: mdisco (Jan 04, 2008 12:46 pm)
I remember reading a while back in this forum about a common problem with the rear window defroster staying on. Just my two cents.

#460 of 1431 Re: 2000 caterra, need to jump start! [mdisco] by acurry

Jan 04, 2008 (12:52 pm)

Replying to: mdisco (Jan 04, 2008 12:36 pm)
nothing easy to fix and yes it does cost alot of money to repair my speedometer has stopped working which the dealer told me to same thing need an new computer also which is high had to replace the alternator but had no promblems with draining the batt.

#461 of 1431 Re: 1997 Cadi Catera owner need advise [caterajunk] by emmanuelm

Jan 04, 2008 (2:05 pm)

Replying to: caterajunk (Dec 23, 2007 10:17 pm)
Thanks guy? Where will I get the parts?

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