2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

THE HINGES ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOORS WERE DETERIORATING. WHICH MADE THE DOORS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. THE DEALER HAVE INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ALL FIVE DOORS WILL EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A MY2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME, I REALIZED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT FUNCTION. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT THE HAZARD FLASHERS ALSO DID NOT WORK. I FOUND A RECALL NOTICE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE WHICH COVERS THIS VEHICLE, WHICH DESCRIBES THE MALFUNCTION PERFECTLY. UPON CONTACTING THE OLDSMOBILE DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS, I WAS TOLD BY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION HAD BEEN REPAIRED IN 2001 AS REQUIRED BY THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. WHEN I INFORMED THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THE VEHICLE AGAIN HAD THE SAME MALFUNCTION, I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE GM HAD SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ALREADY, IT WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND HAVE IT REPAIRED AT MY COST. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE LIKELY OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM REPAIRED BY A GM DEALER, AND ARE UNAWARE THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS AGAIN WITH THEIR. DRIVING A VEHICLE WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN, AS THE 'FIX' PERFORMED DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM LONG TERM.

WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. OWNER HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP.*AK THE THROTTLE BUTTERFLY PLATE BECAME STUCK IN THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL WAS REQUIRED. THE THROTTLE THEN SNAPPED OPEN AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. *TS *NLM

BRAKE ROTOR FAILURE AFTER A LITTLE OVER 40,000 MILES MY BRAKES STARTED PULSATING AND I HAD, AT BEST, 60% OF THE NORMAL BRAKING POWER. BRAKING IS SO POOR THAT ABS WON'T ACTIVATE EVEN WITH FULL BRAKING ACTION. I REMOVED THE PADS AND ROTORS ONLY TO FIND THAT THE ROTORS WERE DISINTEGRATING. APPARENTLY, ON MANY MODELS INCLUDING THE 2000 BRAVADA SUCH AS MINE, GM IS USING A BI-METAL ROTOR. AFTER 30,000 MILES OF BRAKING THE HEAT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE SEPARATION OF THE TWO METALS AND FLAKING OF THE SURFACE OF THE ROTOR ALONG WITH ABNORMAL RUSTING AND PITTING ON THE ROTOR SURFACE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REVIEWS POSTED ON EDMUNDS.COM STATING THE SAME PROBLEM. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE DENIES ANY PROBLEM AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND IS UNWILLING TO FIX IT. *LA

SERVICE AWD LIGHT COMES ON, WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ONLY FOR THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. HAD TO TAKE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. *AK THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST POWER WHEN TURNING CORNERS AND THEN STARTED AGAIN. *SCC *JB

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, CAR SLID, I DID MANAGE TO MISS THE SEMI'S TIRES THE CAR WAS HEADED FOR. AFTER CHECKING THE NTSA WEB PAGE I FIND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS/RECALS ON THE BALL JOINT AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM, I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION REGUARDING THIS. I DID PAY DEARLY TO HAVE THE ONE SET OF BALL JOINT REPAIRED. IS THE RECALL STILL AVALIABLE FOR THE REST OF THE BALL JOINTS AND THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. MY CAR ONLY HAS 38K MILES ON IT AND IS FALLING APART. PLEASE HELP.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TURNING STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT STEERING LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

VEHICLE HAD BAD PULSATION IN BRAKE PEDAL AND WHOLE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN BRAKING, DEALER SAID FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED, REPLACED FRONT ROTORS W/ 46,900 MI, STILL HAD SMALL VIBRATION AND W/IN 2 WEEKS PULSATION STARTED AGAIN AND CONTINUED TO GET WORSE, TOOK TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO SAID FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AGAIN, BACK ROTORS ARE LITERALLY DISINTEGRATING. I HAVE 132,000MI ON MY NISSAN AND HAVE NEVER HAD WARPED ROTORS OR HAD ROTORS REPLACED SO I KNOW IT'S NOT MY DRIVING. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD BE HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AROUND CORNER