2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ELEMENT IS BROKEN INSIDE CAUSING RATTLING. CAR HAS BEEN ON ROAD FOUR YEARS IN NOVEMBER 2004. GENERAL MOTORS AND DEALER STATED THERE IS NO DEFECT, THIS IS NORMAL. COST OF REPAIRS ESTIMATED BETWEEN $750 AND $1,000. BELIEVE THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. PREVIOUS OWNED GM CARS OWNED HAVE IN EXCESS OF 150,000 WITH ORIGINAL EXHAUST COMPONENTS.

WHEN ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WITH ITS NOSE UP VEHICLE ROLLED. UPON BEING IN A PARK POSITION IT TORQUED DOWN. CONSUMER SPOKE WITH OLDSMOBILE REGARDING THE ROLLING PROBLEM WHICH RECURRED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND HE REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK SOMETIMES, IT REQUIRED TO PRESS ACCELERATOR PEDAL HARD TO BLEND WITH HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN SPEED BETWEEN 30 TO 50 MPH. *LA

2000 BRAVADA IS LEAKING OIL. *MR THE OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE EACH TIME THE OIL AND FILTER WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE OIL COOLER HOSE (P/N 15194578 PIPE AND 15194579 HOSE) LEAKING. *SC *JB

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING, AND THE PLATE STROKE THE DRIVER IN THE EYE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

RIGHT UPPER BALLJOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR. I TURNED A CORNER GOING SLOW AND FELT A BUMP. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT TURNED STAIGHT, BUT THE BRAVADA WAS GOING STRAIGHT.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 MODEL YEAR OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. YESTERDAY THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT FOR THE AIRBAG CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I LOOKED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL WHICH INDICATED THIS SHOULD BE CHECKED IMMEDIATELY BY A GM DEALER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FIRST THING THIS MORNING AND THEY INDICATED THE "AIRBAG MODULE" UNIT (AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT) HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY THE FAILURE FOR NO REASON OF A CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONENT ON MY VEHICLE SINCE UNTIL IT IS FIXED, THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK AND THIS DEFECTIVE SAFETY FEATURE PLACES ME AND PASSENGERS AT RISK. I COMPLAINED TO GM BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM CONCERNED AND COULD NOT GIVE ME THE NAME OF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO CONTACT TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN JUST MY VEHICLE, IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN TO OTHER CAR OWNERS WITH THIS SAME AIRBAG MODULE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED TO INITIATE A RECALL OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

I JUST PURCHASED MY 2000 BRAVADA IN DECEMBER OF 2002 AND IT HAD LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON IT. I DO NOT DO HEAVY DRIVING, MOSTLY OPEN ROAD AND NO TOWING, AND WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT TWO MONTHS AND 1,700 MILES AFTER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TALKED TO THE REPAIR PERSON HE KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG EVEN BEFORE I TOLD HIM (THE REVERSE AND OVERDRIVE WENT OUT BUT THE OTHER DRIVES WERE FINE) AND HE SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH BRAVADAS. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE! THEN OLDSMOBILE INDICATED THEY WOULD ONLY PAY FOR 50% OF THE REPAIR. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO COVER IT ALL BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, BUT NOW THAT I LOOK ON THE INTERNET THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE COMPANY SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THIS.

I HAVE NOTICED IN 2003 THAT ON TRIPS OF 2 HOURS OR MORE THAT OUR BRAVADA WILL STALL AND I'LL PULL OVER FOR 5-10 MINUTES LETTING IT REST AND THEN WILL START IT BACK UP AND THEN ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR DOWN THE ROAD IT WILL STALL AGAIN. MOST NOTICEABLY THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON DECEMBER 27, 2003 DURING A ROAD TRIP BACK FROM VIRGINIA TO GEORGIA WHERE THE VEHICLE STALLED 5 TIMES. THIS WAS VERY FRUSTRATING AND TAKES AWAY MY CONFIDENCE TO TAKE THIS VEHICLE ON LONG TRIPS. *LA

I HAVE HAD MANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT (NEW!). I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE THE OXYGEN SNESOR WAS BAD, I CURRENTLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DOME OVERRIDE SWITCH. IF I HAVE IT ACTIVATED, PUSHED IN, IT WILL CAUSE MY LIGHTS TO STAY ON AND ALSO CAUSES MY PERSONAL ALARM (LIKE THE ONE ON MY REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY) TO GO OFF QUITE OFTEN. WHEN THE DOME OVERRIDE IS DISENGAGED, ALL SEEMS FINE. THE MOST RECENT ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS WITH THE HEATING SYSTEM. THIS ONE'S A WINNER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS WINTER AND SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURE SEASON, HERE IN THE NORTHEAST. I HAVE LITTLE OR NO HEAT. I DRIVE AN AVERAGE OF 110 MILES PER DAY. WE HAVE FLUSHED THE SYSTEM, REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND I AM LUCKY TO HAVE HEATED SEATS, BECAUSE I'D PROBABLY HAVE HYPOTHERMIA BY THE TIME I GOT TO WORK IF I DIDN'T. I HAVE OWNED THREE OTHER OLDS BRAVADAS AND I HAVE STOOD BY THEM, HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THE VEHICLE HAD TO OFFER. AFTER THIS ONE IS PAID OFF, I STRONGLY DOUBT THAT I WILL EVEN LOOK AT PURCHASING A GM VEHICLE AGAIN! *AK