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#1 of 3 catera 99 by sandball Apr 03, 2009 (7:11 am)
Ok I’ve had this catera since 03 and have made some major repairs. It started blowing fumes from the air vents. So it sat for 6 months or so. When I took it to the dealership for repair I noticed a slight miss which wasn't there before parking. After having a dealership replace the water pump and heater core the car at to the tune of $1800 I was told that it had a miss on cylinder 4. Which of course for $350 more they would diagnose. The car began starting hard right there at the dealership and then wouldn't start at all after I got it home. It had started easily before. I purchased a service Manuel, scanner and started with the obvious fix. I changed spark plugs and it still doesn't start. My problem is now without the engine being run you can't get a reading from the scanner. I've invested over $6000 in this car since I've had it replacing any number of things. I really would hate to sell it because if someone fixes it they shouldn't have any major problems cause of all my repairs. So If someone could give me a suggestion what to try next I'd love it. If there isn't any inexpensive suggestions what would be a good selling price. This baby is as sweet as it came from the showroom floor. Help!
#2 of 3 catera 99 by avojtasek Apr 27, 2009 (4:18 pm)
i have just got done changing the heater core in a 99 catera and when i put the steering wheel back in one of the main wiers to the starter got pinched i had to fix the wire then under the hood next to the main fuse box is a littleer fuse box that has 3 - 80 amp fuses check the middle one to see if it is blowen i couldnt start this cetera untill I changed theat fuse the fuse is $ 3.53 i think is what i paid that is the only thing I can tell you about that I hope that is the problem
#3 of 3 warning lights by avojtasek Apr 27, 2009 (4:23 pm)
I have a warning light on that is an s with a swiggley line around it thats flashing the car wont go any higher then 1500 rpms no matter how hard you push the gas the car has no power it can pull itself kinda but on any hill good luck you are better off pushing it yourself any ideas at what the problem may be or any way I can fix this the people I am working on it for have very little money and this is my first run in with the cetera and wow

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