1999 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Complaints

THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS (DRL) GOES OUT WHENEVER TURN SIGNAL IS TURNED ON CREATING UNSAFE DRIVING. YH

WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR ENGINE TOOK OFF AND SPEEDED UP AFTER FOOT WAS RELEASED FROM THE GAS PEDAL. DRIVER HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF WHILE IN DRIVE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK *ML

ON 2-12-1999 MY WIFE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVEN INTO A SEMI DURING A WHITEOUT ON I94 NEAR MARSHALL, MICHIGAN. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE DECIDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE OVER OUR OBJECTIONS SINCE THIS INVOLVED COMPLETELY REBUILDING THE VEHICLE AND INSTALLING A NEW FRAME. THE CAR WAS IN THE BODY SHOP 11 WEEKS AND WE TOOK POSSESSION ONLY WHEN THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THEY WOULD ONLY GUARANTEE TO REPAIR ANY FUTURE ITEMS. OUR FIRST NOTICABLE OBJECTION WAS THAT DOOR GAPS WERE 125% GREATER THAN OTHERS. THIS LED US TO INSPECT THE REST OF THE CAR VERY CAREFULLY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE OF CONCERN. I WILL ONLY GO INTO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER SAFETY ITEMS NOT COSMETICS. LOUD VIBRATION WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE HOOD LATCHS NEVER SECURED (THIS BOTHERED ME SINCE IT WAS INDICATIVE OF OTHER POSSIBLE FLAWS FROM BEING COMPLETELY REBUILT BY HAND. "GRABBING" DURING TIGHT TURNS - WAS REPAIRED TWICE UNDER BULLETIN 86-74-02 FOR "LAUNCH SHUDDER" - OUR STEERING PROBLEM IS NOT DURING TAKEOFF BUT ONLY THE TIGHT TURNS. THE INSTRUMENTS OCCASSIONALLY GO WACKO AND GIVE FALSE READINGS PARTICULARLY THE OVERHEAD. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH THAT DESTROYED THE FRAME. FROM ALL I HAVE READ TJHIS COULD REOCCUR IN A FUTURE COLLISION AND PERHAPS THE INVERSE COULD OCCUR AND PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT RESULT. BOTH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE BODY SHOP(OLDS DEALERSHIP) HAVE GIVEN ME LETTER ASSURING ME THEY WILL FIX ANY FUTURE DEFECTS BUT NOT GUARANTEEING THEY NOT OCCUR. ROB THE AGENT AT LES

WHENEVER THE SIGNAL LIGHT IS IN USE, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF. BEEN TO DEALER & INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. *AK

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AT 60 MPH, TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CHATTERS . ALSO, WHEN IN REVERSE AFTER APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE TWO TO THREE SECONDS, EVEN WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF EVERY TIME THE TURN SIGNAL IS USED. BEEN TO DLR AND WAS UNFORMED IT WAS DESIGNED LIKE THAT. *AK

THIS MODEL HAS AN OVERHEAD CONSOLE WITH A READOUT THAT PURPORTS TO TELL THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE. THE TEMPERATURE READOUT IS CONSISTENTLY 5-15 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE ACTUAL OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. BASED ON THE READOUT, THE CONSOLE SHOWS AN "ICE" WARNING WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT FOR THE FORMATION OF ICE. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS READOUT MIGHT SUGGEST THAT TEMPERATURES ARE 10 OR 15 DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING, WHEN IN FACT ICE MAY BE PRESENT ON THE ROAD. OLDSMOBILE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. IN TALKING WITH OWNERS OF "TWIN VEHICLES" (CHEVY BLAZER AND GMC JIMMY) OF VARIOUS MODEL YEARS, THEY REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS APPARENTLY BEEN PRESENT ON THESE MODELS FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MODEL YEARS.

THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DEALER HAS CHANGED AND BALANCED TIRES (5 TIMES), CHANGED TRANSFER CASE OIL, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS DUE TO POSSIBLE TRANFER CASE OR SUSPENSION FAILURE.*ET

TRUCK HAS A SEVERE "SHUDDER" ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. ACCORDING TO DEALER GM HAS RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF TRANSFER CASE FLUID WITH A "NOT YET MANUFACTURED" PRODUCT. PROBLEM IS MORE NOTICEABLE AS MILEAGE INCREASES.

WHILE DRIVING OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA AND SIGNALING FOR LANE CHANGE THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF. WHEN LANE CHANGE IS COMPLETE AND TURN SIGNAL IS BACK TO NEUTRAL POSITION RUNNING LIGHTS TURN BACK ON. I HAVE ASKED THE CAR DEALERSHIP TO CHECK THIS OUT AND THEY SEEMED BAFFLED BY IT, AND HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE BRAVADA. I HAVE TRIED TO CALL OLDSMOBILE BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO HELP. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THE LIGHTS TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AND SIGNALING. THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS SHOULD REMAIN ON DESPITE SIGNALING WHILE CHANGING LANES. PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.