1998 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS STARTED LAST WINTER. OLDSMOBILE TOLD THE CONTACT THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. HE CITED A RECALL. *AK *NM

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 OLDS BRAVADA. FIRST THE BLINKER SOUND WON'T SHUT OFF. WHEN THE AC IS ON FOR MORE THAN 25 MINUTES THE MOTOR GETS REALLY LOUD AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTS JUMPING. FINALLY MY BRAKES GET STICKY WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE THEN THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND IT FEELS AS IF THE BRAKES AREN'T GOING TO ENGAGE AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTS GOING CRAZY AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHUTS OFF AND STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN EVERY TIME I START THE VEHICLE. *JB

DT: 1998 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADO, WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED. TOOK TVEHICLE TO THE DEALER ,WHERE CONSUMER BOUGHT THE CAR, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS, BUT IT COULD BE THE MODULE AND THEY COULD REPLACE THE MODULE AT THE COST, OF $200.00. DID NOT HAVE THE WORK DONE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 13 MONTHS AND NOW IT IS STARTING UP AGAIN. TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY COULD NOT HELP CONSUMER. THEY CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS, AND THERE WERE NONE.*AK

UNIROYAL LAREDO AWR P235/70R15 TIRE SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ON SUV TRAVELING AT 40MPH. THIRD TIME WITH THIS BRAND OF TIRES ON SAME VEHICLE IN WHICH A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT HAS OCCURED.

CONSUMER HAD FRONT STEERING COMPONENTS ON OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA REPLACED. *MR THREE BALL JOINTS, IDLER ARM, AND PITMAN ARM WERE ALL REPLACED. THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE USED (ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON IT). ROUGHLY 4 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I WOULD TURN THEM OFF AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO GO, SOMETIMES I WOULD USE MY SPRAYERS TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WIPES WOULD WIPE 14 TIMES (I COUNTED). SOMETIMES I WOULD TURN THEM ON AND THEY WOULDN'T COME ON AND OTHER TIMES I WOULD TURN THEM OFF AND THEY WOULD STOP RIGHT IN MY VIEWING AREA OF THE WINDSHIELD. HAPPENED QUITE FREQUENTLY.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE, WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. *JB WIPER MOTOR FAILED DUE TO A CRACKED WELD ON THE MOTOR. *TC

SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. WHEN THEY DO WORK THEY USUALLY STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF RAINING. I THINK THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I KNOW ANOTHER PERSON THAT OWNS A BRAVADA THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS RIDING ON THE FREEWAY BEFORE IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM, I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I AM ALMOST SCARED TO DRIVE WHEN THE FORECAST SAYS RAIN BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE GOING TO WORK.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING RAINSTORM. HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY. WIPERS WORKED AGAIN AFTER WEATHER CLEARED AND VEHICLE SAT FOR AN HOUR. CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER BRAVADA OWNERS INDICATE THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM. ARE THERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM? IS THE ACCESSORY CONNECTION BOX PROBLEM RELATED TO THIS TOO? *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM NEED TO CONTACT GENERAL MOTORS (OLDSMOBILE), I SPOKE WITH A WOMAN THERE, SHE SAID THEY WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. EVERYBODY EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM SHOULD CONTACT THEM BECAUSE THIS IS A SEVERE HAZARD AND THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. I HAD THE WIPER MODULE REPLACED (MY EXPENSE) AND THE SAME THING WAS WRONG WITH IT THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE BLAZERS THEY HAD RECALLED FOR DEFECTIVE WIPERS. YOU CAN CONTACT THEM BY THE FOLLOWING: EMAIL: [email protected] OR CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE (ASK FOR THE MANAGER)@ 1-800-442-6537 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8:00 TO 11:00 EASTERN TIME. PLEASE CALL AND LET THE MANUFACTURER NOW ABOUT THIS, THEY SAID IF MORE PEOPLE CALL THEN MAYBE IT WILL BE RECALLED!!!! THANKS GW