Oldsmobile Bravada Years to Avoid and Recalls

Which Oldsmobile Bravada years should you avoid?

Going by 962 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Oldsmobile Bravada years to avoid are 2002.

2002238 complaints, 3.5× a typical Bravada year, most often about the transmission.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2004	13	2	2	4	Unknown or Other	Routine
2003	27	7	1	3	Electrical System	Routine
2002Avoid	238	10	7	18	Electrical System	Above average
2001	33	1	1	3	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Routine
2000	76	3	4	3	Electrical System	Routine
1999	60	0	1	6	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Routine
1998	98	2	2	3	Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor	Routine
1997	104	3	7	6	Electrical System	Routine
1996	77	5	1	5	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1995	2	1	—	1	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1994	91	3	3	13	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Fatalities reported
1993	43	2	6	6	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1992	56	2	2	10	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1991	44	3	2	4	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2004

Unknown or Other

Routine

2003