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Service bulletins for the 1997 Cadillac Catera

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

62 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Bulletins, newest first
0109002000-10-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT REGARDING RUPTURED AIR HOSE REPLACEMENT. *TT
00042A2000-10-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING CRANKSHAFT HARMONIC BALANCER PULLEY FAILURE - INSPECT / REPLACE. *TT
00042A2000-10-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE ADHESIVE BOND BETWEEN THE RUBBER HUB AND METAL RIM OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT HARMONIC BALANCER PULLEY MAY FAIL. *TT
000422000-07-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH THE ADHESIVE BOND BETWEEN THE RUBBER HUB AND METAL RIM OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT HARMONIC BALANCER PULLEY (TORSIONAL DAMPNER) MAY FAIL. *TT
1202991999-05-05. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. REPAIR GUIDELINES FOR THE CATERA CUSTOMER LETTER REGARDING TIRE WEAR / LEAD RIGHT (SERVICE BULLETIN 81-31-02). *TT
8183111999-03-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION OF THE ELECTRONIC CLIMATE CONTROL (ECC) HEAD BECOMING BLANK AND INOPERATIVE ON AN INTEMITTENT BASIS. *YC
988196141999-01-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. CONCERNS OF POOR RADIO RECEPTION. *YC
9707017550041997-11-13. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM. EXPERIENCING SQUEAL NOISE FROM REAR BRAKES ONLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *YC
970501796011997-11-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. VARIOUS NOISES ON LOWER FREQUENCIES OF THE AM BAND OF THE RADIO. *YC
9705017181061997-11-06. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. CONCERNS WITH SLAPPING OR FLOPPING NOISES FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *YC
7161141997-08-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE TIMING COVER (FRONT ENGINE AREA) (SERVICE PROCEDURE). *TW
7190051997-07-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. CLUNK NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS DISENGAGED WITH BRAKE PEDAL (RECALIBRATE CRUISE CONTROL). *TW

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.