1998 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN ON & OFF AT WILL EVEN IN HEAVY RAIN. VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *AK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND WHEN IT DOES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BOUNCES AND PULLS TO ONE SIDE. WIPERS WOULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING, BUT BY THE TIME THE CONSUMER GOT HOME AND TRIED THEM AGAIN, THEY WORKED. *PH

CONSUMER STATED THAT WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING, WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK IN HEAVY RAIN , THE WIPERS HAD BEEN ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND HAD SUDDENLY GONE OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AGAIN ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THEE WIPERS WORKED AGAIN. *SCC *JB

I PURCHASED MY 1998 BRAVADA 4/02 AND SINCE THEN HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE (THEY WERE REPLACED AND APPROX 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN AND I WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE "FAULTY"). I HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES--HAD THEM FIXED , THEN HAD PROBLEMS AGAIN,TOOK IT BACK AND AGAIN IT WAS BLAMED ON "FAULTY" PARTS. THE BRAKES STILL SQUEAK BADLY, SO I'M SURE I WILL HEAR AGAIN THAT I HAD "FAULTY" PARTS. THE TREAD ON THE FRONT TIRES WORE UNEVENLY (THEY WERE PRO-RATED 80,000 MILE TIRES AND AFTER LESS THAN 3,000 MILES THE INNER EDGES WERE COMPLETLY BALD). SO OF COURSE, THE TIRES WERE SUPPOSEDLY "FAULTY". THE IGNITION MODULE GOES OUT EVERY 6 MONTHS WITH OUT FAIL. THE IGNITION WILL STICK IN THE LOCK POSITION AND THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED UNLESS YOU FORCE IT WHICH RESULTS IN THE BRAVADA BEING ABLE TO BE STARTED WITHOUT THE KEY. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A MEMO PUT OUT ON THIS PART, BUT NO RECALL. THESE ARE ONLY THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE REPEATEDLY DONE. I AM REALLY BEGINING TO WONDER IF MAYBE THE TRUCK IS "FAULTY" AND NOT THE PARTS. ALSO, I REFUSE TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE OLDS DEALERSHIP. I THINK THERE MOTO IS "IT ISN'T OUR PROBLEM", AND IF IT ISN'T, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THEY SAY IT ENOUGH. AND LETS BE HONEST--YES OLDSMOBILE, IT IS YOUR PROBLEM. YOU MAUFACTURED THESE VEHICLES AND NOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR THEM. MAYBE THEY SHOULD STAND UP AND ACTAULLY START TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. ANYONE ELSE AGREE?*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03V159000. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER*AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE, THEY NEVER WORKED ON FAST OR HIGH. *TS THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE ABOVE 75 PERCENT OR THREE OUT OF FOUR TRIES. GM REFUSED REPAIR. *SCC *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OCCASIONALLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD DURING STORMS, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I AM ABLE TO TURN THEM ON BUT NOT OFF! *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAINSTORM. *AK *TS *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST. SOMETIMES HAVE TO TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO GET THEM TO WORK. EXTREME HAZARD WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN. DON'T EVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. SAME PROBLEM ON GM S-10 (1989) WHERE THERE ARE TOO MANY DEVICES ON THE WIPER STEM.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THERE IS A HARD SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND SOMETIMES A SOMEWHAT HARD ONE FROM 2ND TO 3RD. THIS ONLY HAPPENS AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL YOU LET IT COOL DOWN. MANY BRAVADA OWNERS REPORTING SAME OCCURRENCES.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS HEARING A GRINDING NOISE FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER. HE FINELY TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT AXLE BEARING WAS BROKEN. ALSO, TRANSMISSION SUPPORT BRACKET WAS FOUND TO BE RUSTED , AND HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION.*AK