2002 Oldsmobile Bravada Complaint Log

COMPUTER COMMAND CONTROL MODULE IS A SYSTEM THAT TRACKS EMERGENCY VEHICLE, AND CONTROL ARM OF SUSPENSION. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CENTER REAR SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK. RATCHING MECHANISM IN SEAT CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN WHEN PUT IT ON UNTIL IT'S TO MUCH PRESSURE. *AK GENERAL MOTORS COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY EXPLANATION OR LOGIC FOR WHY THE CENTER SEATBELT WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN ALL THE OTHERS IN THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS NOT SAFE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO ABOUT 3-5 MPH AND FELT VERY SLUGGISH ALTHOUGH THE DRIVER WAS GIVING IT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GAS, THE NEXT DAY IT WAS RUNNING FINE, A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE BATTERY BUT WAS NOT 100 PERCENT SURE, THE CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE REPAIR AND IS REQUESTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM

I PURCHASED THIS CAR ON JUNE 13,2001 AND HAVE CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE AND ACCELERATION OF THE CAR. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE TO CHANGE LANES THE RPMS RESPOND, BUT THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE IT IS AS IF THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO COMPONENT IS MALFUNCTIONING. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 4MONTHS AND IT HAS BEEN 17 DAYS IN THE REPAIR AT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE CONCERN THAT WITH THE CAR INSTANTLY DYING THAT I COULD BE THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT, AND RESULT IN INJURY TO MY FAMILY, OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY OR MYSELF. OLDSMOBILE NEEDS TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND IDENTIFY A SOLUTION BEFORE THERE IS SERIOUS INJURY FROM THIS POWER TRAIN FAILURE.*AK

VERY POOR TRACTION AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE IN SNOW,WITH LOSS OF CONTROL ON UP-HILL DRIVE .DEALER AND OLDS AMMITTED POSSIBLE FAULT WITH FACTORY TIRES, ALTHOUGH SINCE TIRES NOT DEFECTIVE ,WOULD NOT REPLACE WITH A TIRE MORE SUITABLE TIRE FOR A SUV. THE PRIMARY REASON FOR PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE WAS THE MANUFACTURES CLAIM OF IT'S "SMART-TRAC" ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM, AND THE DEALERS ASSURANCE OF GOOD PERFORMANCE IN POOR WEATHER/ROAD CONDITIONS. OLDSMOBLE WILL NOT OFFER ANY FUTHER ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER, ALTHOUGH WE FEAR USING OUR NEW (AND EXPENSIVE ) ALL WHEEL DRIVE SUV IN THE NEXT SNOWSTORM.

MEMORY MIRRORS DO NOT RETURN TO PREVIOUS POSITION UPON UNLOCKING VEHICLE. MIRRORS CONSTANTLY CHANGE POSITION AND POSITION THEMSELVES SUCH THAT THE DRIVER DOES NOT HAVE VIEW OF ADJACENT/REARWARD VEHICLES WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

WHEN DRIVING FUEL GAUGE READS THAT THERE IS GAS IN VEHICLE, WHEN IN FACT VEHICLE HAS NO GAS IN IT. TOOK TO DEALER. PROBLEM HAS NOT RESOLVED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL SHUTDOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN AWARE OF PROBLEM. THIS HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES, AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING.*AK

WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE, VIBRATES, AND SLOWS DOWN LIKE IT IS GOING TO STOP. DEALER CONTACTED. CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK REFER TO NHTSA ID 01V126000 (SUSPENSION RELATED) NOT READING THE ENCODER, ELECTRICAL FAILURE-WHICH HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED TWICE AND HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY FIXED. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON THE PASSANGER SIDE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR

WHEN TURNING INTO A SHOPPING CENTER, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING BOUND UP AND A LOSS OF POWER ALMOST CAUSED CONSUMER TO ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WAS A VERY HEAVY VIBRATION AND POUNDING COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WAS ERRACTIC AND A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER.*JB *DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENTIRE CAR.CONSUMER WILL ADD MORE INFORMATION.DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS. MR

PART VERY LOOSE, NO WAY FOR DEALER TO REPAIR. DT

CONSUMER FEELS THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE IN SNOWY CONDITIONS. WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN IN THE SNOW THE VEHCILES BACK END STARTS TO SPIN. ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING UP A HILL, THE REAR WHEELS SLIP. *JG *JB

FRONT PASSENGER SEATPROBLEMS. ALSO, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT ONCE IS PULLED FORWARD. IT NEEDS TO BE UNBUCKLED, AND THEN BUCKLED AGAIN TO GO BACK TO A NORMAL POSITION. TS..*AK

SUV FAILED TO START. SUV HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST THREE TIMES. AT FIRST. DEALER WASN'T ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. SECONDLY, DEALER FOUND A CAUSE WHICH WASN'T THE ACTUAL PROBLEM, AND THIRDLY, DIDN'T PERFORM ANY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. RETURNED SUV TO OWNER. GMC REPRESENTATIVE STATED "THEY WERE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUV WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BUMPER.*JB

THE FRONT BUMPER FELL OFF THE VEHICLE.*JB

THE VEHICLE JERKED, THEN SLID AND BECAME STUCK IN THE SNOW.*JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BACK SEAT PROBLEMS.*AK *JB

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

WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP HAD SERVICED THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

VEHICLE ENGINE FAILURE. *MR (MANUFACTURER DEFECT/RECALL GEARSHIFT DEFECT #03V075000) *SCC *JB

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THERE IS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO CORRECT. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA ENGINE IS DEFECTIVE.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICED WHICH MADE HIM VERY WEARY ABOUT HIS VEHICLES' ENGINE. THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO EVERYONE IN GM AND WAS ONLY BE OFFERED A LONGER WARRANTY. *PH *JB

THE RELAY BLEW, AND STARTED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR. *MR THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER UPDATE THE SECURITY SYSTEM WHICH WAS ADDED TO THE EXISTING GM SYSTEM FOR EXTRA PROTECTION. THE SYSTEM LEFT THE VEHICLE DOWN AND COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE RELAY HAD BLOWN AND STARTED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REMOVE THE SYSTEM. *SCC *JB

2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA UNSAFE VEHICLE.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ALL 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADAS OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER IN JUNE 2003 OF RECALL NOTICE 003019. THE NOTICE STATED THAT THE ENGINE MAY BE DEFECTIVE AND SUBJECT TO TOTAL AND COMPLETE UNEXPECTED FAILURE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT OLDSMOBILE BRAVADAS SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD UNTIL THE ORIGINAL ENGINES ARE REPAIRED/REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON 4 RELATED INVESTIGATIONS. *PH *NLM *SC *JB

VEHICLE HAS SELF ADJUSTING MIRRORS WHICH ADJUST WHEN REVERSING. AFTER REVERSING THE MIRRORS DO NOT GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

DANGERS ON OUR HIGHWAYS 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. *MR FATAL ENGINE DEFECT. GM REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE(S) AND WILL ONLY EXTEND THE WARRANTY. *SC *JB

THE OWNER WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN ONE OF THE WHEELS THAT HAD SMARTTRAK KICKED IN AND SPUN THE VEHICLE AROUND. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A CAMPER PARKED ON THE STREET. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS NO 4-WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED. THE SAME PROBLEM RECURRED THREE MONTHS LATER. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT WARNED THE CONSUMER OF THE SMARTTRAK FAILURE. *JB

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

ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES ON SNOW COVERED ROADS WHILE GOING UPHILL, STARTING FROM A STOP AND DURING SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. *LA (IN RE: SMARTRAK ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM) THE REAR WHEELS WOULD SPIN, THEN THE AWD WOULD REPEAT THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING. *SC

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR RATTLED AND THE DRIVER COULD HEAR AIR WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER HAS TO BANG ON THE DOOR TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *NM

DANGERS ON OUR HIGHWAYS REGARDING 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. *MR GM SENT ALL OF THE OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE LETTERS DECLARING THAT THESE MODELS MAY HAVE FATAL ENGINE DEFECTS. GM REFUSED TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE ENGINES. GM'S CURE WAS TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY. *SC *JB