2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

FRONT BUMPER DESIGN IS DANGEROUS. GM INDICATED TO ME THAT THE CLEARANCE OF THE TRUCK'S PLASTIC BUMPER IS EIGHT INCHES. BUMPER FELL OFF BACKING OUT OF 6-8" OF SNOW ON DRIVEWAY SURFACE. DANGEROUS DRIVING ON WINTER ROADS WITH LOW FRONT BUMPER CLEARANCE. OTHER: TRANSMISSION VIBRATION. EVIDENT WHEN VEHICLE PUCHASED ON 8/29/02. AWD LIGHT APPEARED ON AND OFF BEGAN DEC. 25, 2002. DEALER SAID AWD LIGHT PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED ON JANUARY 7, 2003.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. THEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL A HOUR. TS

ON 12/11/02, I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WAS TRAVELING IN THE PASSING LANE GOING AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO 30 MPH AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYED : SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTACT ONSTAR DISPLAYED ALSO. I, SOMEHOW, MERGED TO THE RIGHT LANE OF THE EXPRESSWAY AND AT THIS TIME, MY BRAKES WERE STILL TO THE FLOOR AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS CONTINUING TO DECLINE. STEERING WAS DIFFICULT. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD, BUT THE CAR STOPPED ITSELF WITHOUT ME APPLYING BRAKES. I PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND THE CAR AT THIS TIME WAS STALLED. I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE DUE TO THE CAR BEING "DEAD". I CONTACTED THE GM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOLL-FREE # TO NOTIFY THEM OF MY PROBLEM AND THEY SUPPLIED ME WITH A # TO REFER TO IN CASE A TOW VEHICLE DID NOT ARRIVE. APPROXIMATELY, 30 MINUTES LATER A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO YARK OLDSMOBILE. I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER- ANTHONY AND HE DOCUMENTED MY CONCERNS AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR WOULD BE SERVICED AND THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. I ALSO TOLD HIM THE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE INCLUDED: REAR SUSPENSION DEFECT 7/2001, LOSS OF BRAKES IN 8/2001, CAR FAILING TO START AND NEEDING TOWED OR JUMPED 3 TIMES SINCE 8/2001. ON 12/12, THE SERVICE DEPT CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL FAULT CODES...ONE BEING A FAULTY SPEED SENSOR. THEY PULLED SEVERAL CODES: C0236-CIRCUIT FAILURE VSS AND C0237- A COMMUNICATION ERROR. I TOLD SERVICE THAT I ALSO HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND JIM STATED THEY WOULD LOOK INOT IT BUT IT IS HARD TO FIND AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG SYSTEM. I WAS INSTRUCTED THAT MY CAR WAS ABLE TO BE PICKED UP ON 12/13/02. I DID SO AT THAT TIME, BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY VEHICLE. YARK IS AWARE OF ABOVE.

2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA, LOOSES POWER AND SHUTS DOWN. FIRST OCCURANCE HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 3, 2002. THE SECOND OCCURANCE HAPPENED DECEMBER 12, 2002. THE FIRST OCCURANCE HAPPENED AT 68 MPH IN THE PASSING LANE OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 94. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT ITSHELF DOWN. THE SECOND OCCURANCE HAPPENED AT 25 MPH ON THE CITY STREETS OF SPARTA. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT IT SHELF DOWN.

CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, DEALER WAS NOT UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM OR DETERMINE CAUSE. PH SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ODOMETER IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT IS RECORDING MORE MILEAGE THAT IS BEING DRIVEN WITH THE VEHICLE. PH

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A SERIES OF ELECTRICAL DEFECTS SINCE PURCHASED. IN PARTICULAR, THE TRUCKS MAIN COMPUTER REPEATEDLY FAILS RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY STALLING WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *NLM

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

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEAT BELT CAME COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE'S INTERIOR FRAME WHILE CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO SECURE CHILD IN BELT. TS DEALER FOUND REAR SEAT BELT SHOULDER ANCHORS WERE LOOSE AND WERE REPLACED. *TT

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE FRONT WHEELS FELT LIKE THEY WERE LOCKING UP, CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY MORE GAS TO GET THEM TO UNLOCK. TOOK TO OLDSMOBILE AND THEY FLUSH THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM FLUID. CONSUMER FEELS THAT MAD PROBLEM WORSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR