2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

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

BOTH REMOTE MIRRORS WILL NOT HOLD THEIR MEMORY. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE INTO SERVICE FOR THIS PROBLEM FOUR TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE MIRRORS MOVE WHEN THE KEY IS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION BEFORE STARTING THE CAR. ALSO, BOTH MIRRORS WILL NOT HOLD THEIR POSITION AFTER BEING PROGRAMED IN EITHER THE NORMAL DRIVING MODE OR THE "REVERSE-BACKING UP" (CURB VIEW ASSIST) MODE. I HAVE TO MANUALLY MOVE MY MIRRORS EACH TIME I GET INTO MY CAR TO DRIVE, EVEN IF ONLY LEAVING IT FOR A FEW MOMENTS. I HAVE HAD ONE MINOR ACCIDENT DUE TO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE MIRRORS MOVING. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU.

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 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

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP POWER STEERING LAPSED UNTIL THE TURN WAS MADE. THIS POWER STEERING PROBLEM OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED THE LOWER PINION BEARING. *AK

THE PAINT ON THE FLANGES IN FRONT OF THE BACK WHEELS IS CHIPPING OFF. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2002 BRAVADAS THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ONLY ON ROAD AND UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE DEALER JUST CALLED ME AND SAID THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM AND I SHOULD PUT MUD FLAPS ON THE VEHICLE. AT THIS RATE, THE FLANGES WOULD BE DOWN TO BARE METAL IN A SHORT TIME. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PAINT DEFECT AND HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE TOWN HALL MESSAGE CENTERS ON 2002 BRAVADAS. I TOLD THE DEALER HIS RESPONSE WAS UNACCEPTABLE, BUT I AM GETTING THE RUN AROUND HERE. A FACTORY REP IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT TOMORROW, BUT THE DEALER HELD OUT LITTLE HOPE. HELP

MY MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN THE PAINT. 2 PAINT JOBS LATER ON THE LOWER HALF OF CAR - PAINT STILL LOOKS LIKE CRAP. I CAN SEE THE EROSION BEGINNING AGAIN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE ON REAR DOOR LOWER WHERE THE BODY FLARES (DESIGN ERROR I'VE BEEN TOLD). I'VE NOTIFIED OLDSMOBILE WHO STATE THAT IT'S THE ENVIRONMENT I'M DRIVING IN, NOT THE PAINT. WHY THEN, DOES NOT EVERY CAR IN NEW ENGLAND LOOK LIKE MINE? I AM PLANNING ON RUNNING BOARDS - DON'T WANT TO BUY THEM - BUT TRYING TO SAVE THE PAINT.

DOOR BLEW OPEN, 37 MPH WIND GUST, BENT DOOR POST AT UPPER AND LOWER HINGES. BOTH DOORS AT OPEN POSITION FLEX DOOR POST. OBVIOUS FACTORY DEFECT. DOOR POST NOT STIFF ENOUGH. REPAIR DOES NOT FIX PROBLEM. DOORS WILL FAIL IN FUTURE!

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

MY 2002 BRAVADA HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT OVER 60 MPH TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 4500 MILES, THE 2ND AT 24,000 MILES. BESIDES THE INCONVENIENCE (WE WERE 400 MILES FROM HOME, HAD TO BE TOWED 150 MILES TO A DEALERSHIP, RENT A CAR, DRIVE HOME, THEN RETURN TO PICK UP THE CAR. SECOND TIME WE WERE HEADING OUT OF TOWN ON A VACATION- HAD TO BORROW A CAR), I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, SO THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME. THE PCM MODULE WAS REPLACED BOTH TIMES. THE SECOND TIME THE DIAGNOSIS SAID THAT THE SPEED SENSOR CAUSED THE FAILURE; HOWEVER IT WAS NOT REPLACED. NEITHER GM NOR THE DEALERSHIP WILL DO ANYTHING FURTHER. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT. I FOUND 28 COMPLAINTS IN YOUR LOG OF THIS EXACT PROBLEM. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE GM WILL DO ANYTHING? I AM SURPRISED THAT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. A CAR GOING 60 MPH ON A BUSY FREEWAY THAT SUDDENLY LOSES POWER, STEERING AND BRAKES IS DEADLY. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK