2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

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 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

TIRES ARE WEARING UNEVEN, CANNOT BE BALANCED. TIRES WERE REPLACED, SHOCKS AND STRUTS REPLACED TWICE. CV JOINT WAS REPLACED AS WELL. DEALER IS UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*JB OIL LEAKING FROM FRONT SHOCK, SHOCK WAS REPLACED. BANGING NOISE ON DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. STRUT WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISON. BRAKE PDAL FEELS MUSHY. PASSENGER SIDE FOG LIGHT OUT. BLOWN FOG LAMP BULB REPLACED. REPLACED FAILED PASSENGER FRONT TURN SIGNAL BULB. DRIVER AND PASSENGER POWER MIRROR WILL NOT MOVE LEFT OR RIGHT. MIRROR SWITCH REPLACED. FRONT BUMPER COVER IS LOOSE AND RATTLES. GRINDING, CLUNKING AND WHINING WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR MAKING TURNS. STEERING SHAFT REPLACED. TRANSMISSION LEAKING. REPLACED REAR MAIN SEAL, REMOVED 02 SENSOR AND CONVERTER DUE TO DAMAGE. SURGING PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE.

INCIDENT #1: DEFECT IN WIRING OF ENGINE CONTROL MODULE CAUSED ECM TO SHORT OUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL. FROM TALKING WITH OTHER OWNERS, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON EARLY VEHICLES. INCIDENT #2: INTERNAL COMPONENT OF ENGINE DISINTEGRATED CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE BEING REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. GM AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH EARLY PRODUCTION VEHICLES.

WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER NOTICED THE ABS FAIL LIGHT COME ON, BRAKE FAILURE WARNING FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE ENGINE SHUTDOWN, VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING, BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY STIFF,SERVICE TECH COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE COMPUTER MEMORY SHOWED NO FAULT OR PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. *JG

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT HIGH SPEEDS, LOST OF POWER & STEERING. ALL DASH LIGHTS AND BRAKE WARNINGS ON. CAN USUSALLY RESTART BUT SPEEDOMETER AND INSTRUMENT PANEL UNOPERABLE. COUPLE OF TIMES THE ENGINE HAS RACED AT HIGH RPMS WITH NO SPEED. HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP 3 TIMES, NEW PCM (COMPUTER) HAS BEEN PUT IN TWICE.HAVE HAD A CASE NUMBER, SAID THEY WEREN'T GOING TO REPLACE CAR, THEY WERE GOING TO FIX IT AND PUT IN THE 2ND PCM. ON PINS AND NEEDLES WAITING FOR IT TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, VEHICLE STARTED TO BOUNCE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY IN THE REAR SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE ACCELERATION BECAME DIFFICULT. *YH

MIRRORS CONSTANTLY LOSE MEMORY POSITION AND TEND TO WANDER UPON REMOTE UNLOCK. IF NOT IMMEDIATELY NOTICED, CAN CAUSE VIEW PROBLEMS LATER DURING THE DRIVE AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

SIDE AIR BAG TO DRIVER'S DOOR DIDN'T DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. DEALER STATED IF THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO B-PILLAR IT WOULD NOT DEPLOY UNLESS VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT HIT FROM ENDING OF DRIVERS DOOR TO THE BEGINNING OF PASSENGERS DOOR. *AK *YD

REAR VIEW MIRROR MEMORY FUNCTION DOES NOT WORK. MOST TIMES IT ADJUSTS THE MIRRORS TO AN ODD POSITION. SOMETIMES MAKES RATCHETING SOUND. REQUIRES READJUSTMENT OF MIRRORS ON NEARLY EVERY LOCKING, UNLOCKING OF DOORS. *AK