2002 Oldsmobile Bravada Brakes Problems

DT: THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE BRAKES WERE MAKING NOISES DUE TO RUST AND CORRODED ROTORS. THE REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE.*AK

MY 2002 OLDMOBILE BRAVADO HAS LESS THAN 36000 MILES ON IT AND ALL THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO A REPUTABLE AUTO REPAIR PLACE IN CADILLAC MICHIGAN AND THEY TOLD ME MANY OF THESE CARS WERE SUPPLIED WITH CHEAP ROTORS FROM CHINA.

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WAS HARD TO PUSH DOWN AND RECEIVED LESS BRAKING POWER FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY THROTTLE STICKS IN THE UP POSITION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CONTAINER HOLDING THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID ALLOWED THE FLUID TO LEAK. THE CONTAINER WAS REPAIRED. *TC

I WA DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WAS GOING DOWN A HILL. I WENT TO PUT ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN WITH THE REST OF TRAFFIC, NO URGENCY, NO SUDDENNESS, JUST NORMAL SLOW DOWN. WHEN I PUSHED THE PEDAL, IT DID NOT RESPOND AS USUAL. AT FIRST IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ABS WERE ENGAGING, WHICH REALLY DID NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT INSTEAD THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. THERE WAS NO SPONGINESS OR SOFTNESS, JUST TO THE FLOOR TO THE POINT WHERE I STOOD UP. AT THIS POINT, I WAS PROBABLY GOING 40-45 MPH AND NOW ACCELERATING DOWN THE HILL. THERE WAS A A LARGE PICK-UP TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE LANES AND FORTUNATELY PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. I LET GO OF THE PEDAL AS I WAS CHANGING LANES, AND I AS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT, I TOUCHED THE BRAKES AND THEY WERE NORMAL AGAIN. THIS PROBABLY ALL TOOK PLACE IN A MATTER OF 20 SECONDS AND, NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY PASENGER WAS AS WHITE AS A GHOST. I MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME ABOUT 6 MILES AND CALLED SERVICE THE NEXT DAY. I DID DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER SERVICECENTER ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM AND LEFT THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER'S. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT HIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. IN THIS LATEST INCIDENT, SERVICE HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND A CODE TO RELATE TO THE PROBLEM. I MIGHT ALSO ADD THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND SPECIFIC CODES FOR PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. WE ARE NOW AT A STANDOFF. MY HUSBAND REFUSES TO TAKE THE CAR BACK BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS/IS NOT THE PROBLEM AND TOLD THEM THEY NEED TO CALL GM TO FIGURE WHAT THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS PARTICULAR BRAVADA IS. TWICE IN MAY OF 2003, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. IN OCTOBER OF 2003, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE AIRPORT AT MIDNITE BY MYSELF, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND SERVICE BRAKE LIGHTS ALSO CAME ON. I ONCE AGAIN HAD NO KIND OF BRAKE. IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK

05/13/02, 6,000MILES, GOING 65MPH ON INTERSTATE MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED 'SERVICE BRAKES NOW', ENGINE SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY, COASTED TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY.TRIED RESTARTING,WOULDN'T TURN OVER,ALL POWER GONE.CALLED ONSTAR#1025168 FOR TOW.RESTARTED .5 HOUR LATER AS TOW ARRIVED.ABS LIGHT REMAINED ON,CAR WAS TOWED.DEALER REPLACED RIGHT REAR ABS WHEEL SENSOR.SERVICE MGR INDICATED ENGINE IS DESIGNED TO SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY WHEN THIS FAULT APPEARS.ON 07/05/02, 8,175MILES, WHILE DRIVING, 'LOW OIL PRESSURE' DISPLAYED ON MESSAGE CENTER, ENGINE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN,OIL PRESSURE WENT TO 0, COASTED TO STOP, TRIED TO RESTART AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE REMAINED AT ZERO.CALLED ONSTAR. ONSTAR COULD NOT DIAGNOSE AS CAR WOULD NOT START NEEDS TO BE RUNNING TO DIAGNOSE.#10399689. TRIED STARTING .5 HOUR LATER, OIL PRESSURE REGISTERED AS KEY TURNED ON,OIL PRESSURE GUAGE FINE, CANCELED TOW, NO LOSS OF OIL. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE.BOTH INCIDENTS ARE RELATED AS THE ENIGINE SHUTS DOWN IMMEDIATELY WHEN THESE FAULTS APPEAR AND CAR LOSES POWER.*AK

THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE HAS FALLEN TWICE IN A YEAR. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE SNOW THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE FAILED TO RESPOND WHICH IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIX SO THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BUT CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE ON THE VEHICLE. TS DEALER CHECKED AND RESET WHEEL ALIGNMENT TO SPECS. INSPECTED DRIVELINE AND FRONT END. CONSUMER ALSO STATED VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE STEADY IDLE. GM CURRENTLY WORKING ON IDLE CONCERN. WINDSHIELD MOULDING ON PASSENGER SIDE COMING OFF AND REPLACED. BRAKE PEDAL FADES AT STOP AND CLUCK INSIDE RIGHT REAR DOOR PANEL. NO PROBLEM FOUND. 4X4 LIGHT STAYED ON. 4WD SWITCH REPLACED. *TT

THE 4WD STOPPED OPERATING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FISH-TAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *NM THE VEHICLE HAD THE TENDENCY TO SPIN WHEELS/FISHTAIL AND WOULD SLIDE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND THAT WHEN THE FIX IS FOUND, THERE MAY STILL BE A POSIIBILITY THAT THE PROBLEM WILL RETURN. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT. THE BOOT WAS FOUND BLOWN WHILE BEING LIFTED AT THE SERVICE DEALERS GARAGE, THE GAUGES (FUEL AND TEMPERATURE) READ "HIGH." THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM THE AWD LIGHT WAS DUE TO THE ENCODER MOTOR, THERE WAS A WHINE NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION,THE GROUND CORODED AND THE TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR WAS INOPERATIVE DO TO THE AWD, WHEN THE AWD LIGHT WOULD COME ON THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE BODY CONTROL WAS UPDATED, AND THE FRONT PADS WERE WORN OUT AND THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND PITTED. *SC

THE VEHICLE HAS FAULTY MIRROR WOULD NOT HOLD SETTING, AND WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE BRAKES SQUEAK WHEN BACKING. THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENT. THE BACK TAILGATE DOOR AND THE BACK PASSENGER SQUEAKS. THE RADIO GOES OUT, THE DOOR LOCKS AND UNLOCKS AT WILL, THE SEAT HAS MALFUNCTIONED, AND CANNOT LOCK THE PASSENGER DOORS FROM THE MASTER CONTROL ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. SCC