Cadillac Catera

When the battery is dead in a 97 Catera, the electric locks will open manually with the key.

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There is no dipstick, it's a sealed transmission, nearly impossible to check yourself. The procedure involves removing a bolt in the transmission housing with the car running in park and dipping your pinky in the hole to see if there is fluid. Take it to transmission shop to be sure, much safer and easier, and most quick lube places won't touch it.

check the fuse box or it could mean the alternator is broken i checked the fuses and alternator they are both fine

Could be that your motor has a rev limiter. Does it only do it in park or neutral? My grand prix has a rev limiter of 3000 rpms. It seems like the motor starts stuttering like you are hitting the gas an letting of repeatedly. This should only happen in park or neutral though. Could be worth taking a look at though.

If the coil is behind the intake, it is easiest to remove wiper arms and cowl below windshield. At least you will be able to see the ignition coil. After that have fun.

No where! It doesn't have one. The transmission is a sealed unit. Tha vehicle needs to be raised and level. There is a plug on the right side of the pan that needs to removed, the oil level is chaecked and refilled at that point.

Due to the way GM decided to do the control of the heaters in the seats. It's what's called bang-bang control. The control system turns on the seat heaters and when the desired temp is reached, turns it off. This is very hard on the heaters. Bet you'll find the seat side of the heater open. Best solution, I believe, is to replace with an aftermarket seat heater.

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Trouble code P0100 means:Mass or volume air flow circuit malfunction

The water pump for a 1998 Cadillac catera should be on the front of the engine. It is located near the center.

On exhaust, in front of each cat. convertor

it might be your fuse. Does your seat warmer work?

passenger side front wheel well

It all depends on the State that you are in. For example, in Florida you can have a restricted license at 15 and get the original one at 16. In New Jersey you have to be 18 years old.

go inside the trunk unbolt the top. go under the car and unbolt the bottom bolts. FYI, the 04-and up GTO shocks are a simple bolt on for an upgrade, I used the KYB gr2's. stiffer ride however, means loosing the auto leveling.

If it cranks but doesnt start it could be your fuel pump relay or your fuel pump could be bad.

The Cadillac Catera, while a beautiful car, suffers from listed "recall" issues regarding failed bearings in their DOHC timing belt tensioners. (There are two) The L81 V-6 engine designed (used in this car as a 3.0, and 3.2 liter offerings) suffered of this mostly because the valve to piston clearance is "crush" configuration so that when the belt slipped or broke, the engine was damaged. (Holes being punched through a piston or bending a valve, thereby cracking a head) They are a distributor less engine, so the problems you are having could be indicative of bad spark plugs or wires, fuel filter flow, (dirty fuel filter) or regrettably, a stretched or worn timing belt/ tensioners. It would be advisable for you to take it to the dealer to have them check to see if it was part of the recall, or to your local mechanic for repairs. Other issues like the failing of sensors or the computer modual are beyond the scope of a "Shade tree mechanic" so it isn't recommended that you attempt to make these repairs yourself.

at the top behind brake pedal, don't remove the lower switch it for the cruise control

on the driver side between the dip stick an oil cap under the head gasket it might be easy to acess enter threw the wheel whale

The marks should be on the timing cover, there should be 4 grooves on the timing cover at the top, 2 on each side, then you align the cam gears with the marks. Make sure the numbers on the gears are in their respective places- 1,2,3,4.

The S button on top of the gear shifter stands for sport mode. it makes the car shift smother in faster take off

The rear metal timing belt cover has a notch behind each of the camshafts. Use these notches to put the mark on the camshaft gear starting from passenger side with the #1 on the camshaft gear, then 2,3, & 4 in order. On the crankshaft you must remove the 6 bolt holding the pulley and remove pulley so that you may access the mark on the bottom gear. One you locate that mark that one should be aligned at 6 o'clock position with a recess on the front right underneath that gear. At this point cylinder #1 is at top dead center. If you had removed the timing Gears, Install the gear so the alignment pin on the cam is in the correct, numbered alignment slot on the cam gear, to prevent a 180 degree out cam timing.

If you are refering to control of the blower moter, defroster, heater controls, everything related to climate control. It is in the top portion of the central trim section that surrounds the radio, its called the ECM.

Your oil cooler is leaking, Caddy dealer quoted $2500 to completely repair, (they recommend new hoses when this happens). i got the parts on eBay for about $400, get the complete kit, and it is a semi-advanced repair. the oil cooler is located in the bottom of the V in your engine, so you'll be taking lots of parts off, and remember to mark all your vacuum lines.