2001 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

MY WIFE DROVE TO THE STORE AND WHEN SHE LEFT, THERE WAS NO REVERSE GEAR. A STRANGER HAD TO PUSH IT BACKWARDS SO, SHE COULD GET IT HOME. THE TRANSMISSION SUN SHELL GEAR WAS BROKEN SO THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

DT: THE CAR IS SHUTTERING AND WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE. WHEN TRAVELING UPHILL IT SOUNDED LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING A GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. THE TRUCK WAS IN MISSOURI, FORCING THE CONSUEMR TO GET A LOANER TO GET BACK HOME. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FLUID IN THE TRANSFER CASE. THE CAUSE WAS THE SLIP STICK OF THE CLUTCH PLATES IN THE TRANSFER CASE CLUTCH PAD. THE GEAR WAS STRIPPED IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIX THIS UNTIL THURSDAY. THE CAR WAS UNSAFE. THE CONSUMER HAS TALKED TO OLDSMOBILE, AND WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO CALL BACK.*AK

OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA HAS SERIOUS TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMITION PORBLEMS. NON ABUSE FAILURE OF BOTH ITEMS EVEN WITH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. NON ABUSE FAILURE OF THE REVERSE GEAR IN BRAVADA TRANSMITION. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED IN OUR PREVIOUS 1996 BRAVADA AND NOW IN THE 2001 BRAVADA, BOTH WITH 70,000 TO 80,000 MILES ON VEHICLES.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2001 OLDS BRAVADA AND RECENTLY MY COMPLETE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. LAST YEAR I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE OLDS DEALER COMPLAINING OF STRAINING TO CHANGE GEARS. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT MY TRANSMISSION, BUT A PART OF THE EMMISSION AND THEY WERE FIXING THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED THE GMPP (GOOD THING I DID). A YEAR LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED AND I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE OLDS DEALER AND BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN "A FEW DAYS" PAST THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION DATE, THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. SO, I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO AN OUTSIDE DEALER WHO HAD TO REPLACE MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FOR $1700! NOW, MY OXYGEN SENSOR HAS GONE OUT AND MY GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK. SINCE, I AM STILL RECOVERING FROM THE $1700 TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION, I AM UNABLE TO GET THESE TO NECESSITIES FIXED RIGHT AWAY. I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN OLDSMOBILE AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER OLDSMOBILE AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW NOT TO PURCHASE AN OLDSMOBILE!

THE AWD SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, THIS CONDITION PREVENTED THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE FROM ENGAGING WHILE DRIVING UP SNOWY INCLINE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *JB

1) RIGHT HAND TURN AT INTERSECTION; 2) LOUD POP, ENGINE REVED, TRANSMISSIONWILL NOT SHIFT. NO 4TH GEAR, NO REVERSE GEAR 3) TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED $1300++; WAS RUNNING PREFECTLY, IS WELL MAINTAINED ONLY 58300 MILES. *AK

THE FRONT DOOR HINGE PINS HAVE RUSTED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO MISALIGN. THE HINGE PINS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A DANGER OF THE DOOR FALLING OFF, AND/OR DAMAGE TO THE DOOR AND/OR DAMAGE TO THE LOCK/CATCH. *JB

2001 OLDS BRAVADA (APPROX 36000 MILES) HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVE SHAFT REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME. THE 1ST INCIDENT (2003) THE SHAFT ACTUALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THE CAR MADE A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPAIR. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A DRIVESHAFT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS. *AK

THE VEHICLE I HAVE IS AN OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA HAS A 60000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE GAS PEDAL WAS STICKING SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO GET IT FIXED. THE DEALER (MARTIN BUICK OLDSMOBILE, THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MARTIN NAME IS [XXX] MY INVOICE NUMBER IS [XXX]) CALLED ME LATER AND SAID THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM. AFTER REVIEWING WARRANTY BOOK AND OWNERS MANUAL (NEITHER BOOK MENTIONED CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY AS A ROUTINE OR NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM) I ASKED FOR A PHONE NUMBER AT GM TO ASK THEM ABOUT IT. THE NUMBER I WAS GIVEN WAS [XXX]. I FIRST TALKED TO A [XXX] AND AFTER GIVING ME A SERVICE NUMBER [XXX] SHE CALLED THE DEALER WHILE I WAS ON HOLD. AFTER RESUMING THE CONVERSATION I WAS TOLD BY HER THAT THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM. AND GM WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. I THEN ASKED TO SPEAK WITH HER MANAGER. [XXX] ANSWERED SHE SAID THAT GM DID NOT HAVE ANY SPECIALISTS AND THEY RELIED ON THE DEALER TO TELL THEM WHAT IS NORMAL MAINTENANCE. AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY DOES NOT SEEM TO ME AS A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM. THE REAL PROBLEMS I HAVE ARE FIRST: WHEN A GM WANTS TO STOP OR AVOID PAYING FOR THE WARRANTY SERVICE ON A VEHICLE THEY CAN JUST SAY THE PROBLEM WAS JUST A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM AND THEREFORE JUST DENY THE CLAIM FOR SERVICE AND THIS WOULD MAKE MY OR ANY ONE ELSES WARRANTY USELESS. AND HAVE THEY DONE THIS TO OTHER CUSTOMERS. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MARTIN SAID HE HAS SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM ON MANY CARS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ITEM AND A PERMANENT FIX TO ALL OF THE CARS OR AT LEAST GM SHOULD SEND A NOTICE TO ALL OF THE OWNERS OF THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR THREE WEEKS, THE BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE ROTORS. *AK *CB *JB