1997 Oldsmobile Bravada complaints

THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH.*JB

MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS USED WITH 33,000 MILES, I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH HAS PAID FOR MANY REPAIRS TO DATE,MARCH OF 2002 MY VEHICLE HAD THE LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED UNDER THIS WARRANTY. I HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED PRIVATE GARAGE AND THEY NOTED LOWER BALL JOINT WEAR, I CONTACTED OLDSMOBILE BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE REPLACED AT AN OLDS DEALER THE MANUFACTURER OF MY VEHICLE INCIDENT NUMBER 1-65943454 THEY NOTED CONTACTING DEALER AND WOULD REPAIR VEHICLE,AND SINCE IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY I PURCHASED WOULD NOT COMPENSATE OTHER REPAIRS,I WANTED TO FILE COMPLAINT BECAUSE REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS ONLY LASTED A YEAR AND THAT THESE WERE ALSO DEFECTIVE PARTS. TS

1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA LIST OF REPAIRS AND COMPLAINTS SINCE PURCHASE IN 2000 PURCHASED USED FROM LOCAL DEALER WITH 30,000 MILES. 1)35,120 MILES,COMPLAINED OF SHIMMY IN FRONT STEERING. SERVICE PERFORMED,BALANCE TIRES,DRAIN AND REFILL TRANSFER CASE. 2)33196 MILES, AC NOT BLOWING COLD AIR,SERVICE TEDT SYSTEM,FOUND LEAK ON BACK OF COMPRESOR, REPLACE COMPRESSOR. 3)35338 MILESSES LIGHT ON, SCANNED FOR CODES, BANK 1 SENSOR 2 OXYGEN SENSOR, REPLACE BANK 1 SENSOR 2. 4) 35,338 MILES,CHECK AC, TEST FOR LEAKS,LEAKING OUT SEAL BACK OF COMPRESSOR,REPLACE AC COMPRESSOR SECOND TIME.REPLACE ORFICE TUBE. 5)ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, SERVICE SCAN FOR CODES, PULL AND CLEAN EGR VALVE. 6)39,434 MILES, FUEL SYSTEM WORK, FUEL GAGE ERRATIC, FUEL SENDER BAD, REPLACED 7)39,434 MILES, DOOR HINGE LOOSE,MISSING RETAINER CLIP, INSTALLED RETAINER CLIP. 8)45,361 MMILES CHECK AC, COMPRESSOR KICKS OFF AND ON RAPIDLY, AC SYSTEM IS LOW NEEDED CHARGE. 9)45,361 MILES, SERVICE COOLING SYSTEM (DEXCOOL) CHANGED COOLANT. 10)45,361 MILES, BRAKE SQUEEL, REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND SHOES. 11)47,577 MILES,ELECTRICAL ENGINE WORK,ENGINE STOPPED,ALTERNATOR TEST GOOD, REPLACED BATTERY. 12)47,577 MILES, CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM,CHARGING LIGHT ON, TEST THE SYSTEM, ALTERNATOR FAILED LOAD TEST, REPLACED ALTERNATOR. NOTE SERVICE ABOVE ! 13)48,222 MILES CHECK FRONT END WANDER, REPLACED BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS,LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING, REPLACE SEAL.OIL LEAK, REPLACED OIL COOLER LINES. 14)48,222 MILES, CHECK FRONT END WANDER, REPLACE IDLER

WINDSHIED WIPERS EITHER WON'T WORK AT ALL OR STOP FAIL AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING. THIS CAUSING POOR VISIABITY. HAD TO REPLACE MOTOR AT OWNER EXPENSE

POWER SEAT SHORTED OUT AND THE DEALER REPAIRED THE BURNED AND CHAFED WIRES, BELT TENSIONER WAS NOISY, THE REMOTE LOCKS SHORTED OUT AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE RECEIVER MODULE, INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT, REAR WIPER MOTOR SHORTED OUT, FUEL SENSOR SHORTED OUT, RIGHT AXLE SEAL FAILED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK, MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FAILED, THE TRANSMISSION HAD NO REVERSE, NO THIRD GEAR ONLY FIRST GEAR. NLM

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENLY NOW THE WIPER WON'T COME ON AT ALL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VIEW. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE DUE TO THE VIN DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

THIS VEHICLE IS PRONE TO MULTIPLE COMPONENT FAILURES.

VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES. O SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

UNKNOWN AS TO BEGINNING DATE OF "PINION SEAL LEAK" RESULTING IN VIBRATIONS AT 45 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR, AND FUEL GUAGE INACCURATE SINCE AROUND 60,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

INTERIOR LIGHTS SOMETIMES STAY ON WONT SHUT OFF, DIGITAL COMPASS, TEMPATURE SCREEN WONT KEEP MEMORY--BROKEN FUEL PUMP, LEAKED GAS---DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT SHUT, FRAME AROUND DOOR LATCH TO CRACK & BREAK---REAR WIPER DOES NOT MOVE---FACTORY DECK SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK---CD PLAYER WONT WORK AT ALL---SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON---KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION--AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK DOES NOT WORK---LOUD KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNING

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE CONSUMER RAN HEAD ON INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONTACTED DEALER.*JB

UPPER BALL JOINTS WENT BAD, MAKING IT HARD TO STEER VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WIRING WAS PINCHED AGAINST FLOORBOARDS AND DRIVERS SEAT MOUNTING FRAME, WE HAD REPAIRED AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, 7 HOURS OF LABOR @ $55.00/HOUR - PRICE FOR THE PART -$5.53. PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED W/ IT, DRIVER SEAT ADJUST INOPERABLE, INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH, DOOR LOCKS LOCK/UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. IS IT A DEFECTIVE OR INCORRECTLY INSTALLED WIRING? HOW IS THE OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR WIRES GETTING CRIMPED WHEN ADJUSTING THE SEAT? WE DID NOT INSTALL THE WIRING, THE MANUFACTURER DID. IT WAS NOT ABUSED. WE DO NOT FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR WIRING INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER GETTING CRIMPED IN BETWEEN THE FLOOR BOARD AND DRIVE SEAT WHEN WE ADJUST IT.

ELECTRICAL SENSOR MONITORING FUEL LEVEL COMMENCED TO PROMOTE FALSE FUEL LEVEL DISPLAY AT ABOUT 41,000 MILES. PROBLEM WOULD MANIFEST UPON FUEL LEVEL REACHING 1/4 FULL; FUEL GUAGE WOULD MOVE TO NEAR FULL. RESEARCHING INTERNET CAR WEBSITES THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT AMONG OWNERS OF 1997 BRAVADA, JIMMYS AND BLAZERS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY DEFECT CAUSING OPERATOR TO RUN OUT OF FUEL BELIEVING VEHICLE HAS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1/2 TO 3/4'S A FULL TANK. MY WIFE RAN OUT OF GAS ON I-77 OUTSIDE OF CHARLOTTE, NC DURING FAST TRAFFIC, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THERE WAS ALSO DANGER OF SOMEONE STOPPING WITH INTENTIONS OTHER THAN HELP. COST QUOTED FOR REPAIR WAS $1,000, ALTHOUGH THIS AMOUNT WAS REDUCED TO $500. I CONTEND AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER OWNERS WHO DESCRIBED THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE INTERNET, WOULD ALSO CONTEND, THIS MATTER A SAFETY ISSUE. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.*AK

CONSUMER STATED, BECAUSE OF ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED, AUTOMATIC DOOR STOPPED FOR A SHORT TIME, LIGHTS OFTEN FLICKER, LUMBER DRIVERS SEAT BLEW, A FUSE THAT CONTROLS DOOR LOCKS, REAR HATCH AND SEAT SAFETY ADJUSTMENTS, WERE ALL INOPERATIVE. *YD

THERE IS RUST IN THE ANTI-FREEZE, I HAD THE ANTI-FREEZE DRAINED AND REPLACED THE FLUID AND AFTER ONLY 7000 MILES THE ANTI-FREEZE IS ONCE AGAIN FILLED WITH A BROWNISH , GRITTY FLUID. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I REPLACE IT AGAIN SO AS TO NOT DAMAGE ANY OF THE ENGINE COMPONETS. *AK

BOTH REAR CALIPERS SEIZED AND BOTH REAR ROTORS HAD DETERIORATED METAL. FRONT ROTORS DETERIORATED INSIDE. COST TO REPAIR IS IN EXCESS OF $700.00. THERE IS NO REASON AS TO WHY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED OTHER THAN THEY WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK

THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL OUT FOR THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY BUT OLDS IS TELLING ME THAT MY TRUCK DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN..I THINK WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS RECALL AND THAT I AM GETTING PUSHED AROUND..THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME. *AK

SORRY I FORGOT TO GIVE A STREET NUMBER. ONCE AGAIN OLDS IS SAYING MY 97 BRAVADA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS CAMPAIGN BUT IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED FROM AN AUTHORIZED GM SERVICE CENTER WITH THESE ISSUES..I FEEL I AM BEING PUSHED AROUND AND THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE WIDENED BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET HURT AND MY TRUCK SHOULD BE COVERED, IT IS A 97, IT WAS SOLD IN IL AND IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL AT 50,000 MILES THIS IS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT. KEN CHAMBERLAIN. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

THE INTERIOR LIGHTS BLINK ON AN OFF WHILE DRIVING. AT THE SAME TIME THIS HAPPENS, THE DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK AND THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY, THEN IT STOPS. A WEEK GOES BY AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN. LAST WEEK, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE BLINKING ON AND OFF. THE DEALER CANNOT FIND A SPECIFIC PROBLEM UNLESS IT IS HAPPENING WHEN IT IS AT THE SHOP. EVERY TIME I GET NEAR THE SHOP IT DOES NOT DO IT.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, RESULTING IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT INDICATE WHEN GAS TANK IS EMTPY. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE PURCHASED USED FROM DEALER,HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE FOUR OTHER TIMES,DIFFERANT PROBLEMS,BRAKES SUDDENLY STARTED TO CAUSE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING,ABS IS WORKING BUT I DONT KNOW IF COMPLETE SYSTEM IS OK. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP DURING OPERATION, AND THEN START BACK UP AGAIN. DEALER HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY. *AK

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS REPLACED WIPER MOTOR.*AK THE WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *YH

FUEL GAUGE MISREADS AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK THE FUEL GUAGE MALFUNCTIONED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, BUT NOW IT STOPPED COMPLETELY. *YH

DIFFERENTIAL WAS LEAKING FLUID ONTO WHEEL WELL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED. *YH

POWER DOOR/ LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK INVOLUNTARILY. GMC EXPECTS CONSUMER TO PAY TO INSPECT PROBLEM.*AK THE DOOR LOCKS LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS WHILE STOPPED. *YH

WINDSHIED WIPERS EITHER WON'T WORK AT ALL OR STOP FAIL AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING. I READ IN THE PAPER THAT THEIR IS AN ON-GOING INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM WITH 1997 OLDS CUTLASSES AND WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS HAPPENING ON MY CAR AS WELL.

THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING, PUTTING TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND CRANKING THE ENGINE WHILE MOVING RESULTS IN IMMEDIATE START-UP, DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM

TAILGATE GAS SPRING BRACKET DESIGN ON TAILGATE INADEQUATE. FAILED ABRUPTLY, RESULTING IN THE TAILGATE SLAMMING SHUT, NARROWLY MISSING LORRAINE AND SON WHO HAD JUST STEPPED AWAY FROM THE OPENING. IF THEY HAD BEEN IN THE WAY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED, PERHAPS SEVERELY. GAS SPRING DROVE UPWARDS WITH GREAT FORCE AND DAMAGED TAILGATE AND BACK GLASS.

THE LEFT FRONT OUTPIT AXLE LEAKING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED A NOISE OCCURS FROM THE TRANSFER CASE WHICH IS CAUSED BY A GEAR OR SOMETHING WITHIN THE MECHANISM THAT IS LOOSE OR WORN OUT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY POWER WINDOWS FAIL THE WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF. VAN WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PROBLEMS 1)ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY REPLACED 2) TENSIONER REPLACED 3) BATTERY REPLACED AGAIN 4) HARMONIC BALANCER REPLACED 5) STARTED REPLACED 6) TRANSFER CASE, DRIVE SHAFT, DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED 7)GAS FLOAT HAS TO BE REPLACED TO GET ACCURATE GAS GAUGE LEVEL TO LIST A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AFTER A YEAR AND HALF OF OWNING

BATTERY.

MY ENTIRE FAMILY OF 5 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON I75 ,WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO SLOW, THE CAR EXPLODED INTO FLAMES AT THE REAR. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WHEN THE CAR CAME TO REST, THE FLAMES ENGULFED THE MAJORITY OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND WE WERE UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE EXCEPT THROUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. AFTER RESCUING OUR CHILDREN FROM THEIR REAR SEATS WE ALL EXITED THE CAR AT PASSENGER FRONT EXIT. WITHIN A FEWW SECONDS OF LEAVING HE CAR THE INTERIOR WAS IN FLAMES AND THE THE WINDSHIELD MELTED AND A SECONDARY EXPLOSION OCCURED AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. OUR INSURANCE CO. (AAA) HIRED A PRIVATE FIRE INVESTIGATOR AND THEY FOUND THE ORIGINATION OF THE FIRE TO BE AT THE FUEL LINE WHERE FUEL WAS LEAKING.

AIRBAG LIGHT IS CAME ON. ALSO, WATER GOT IN THE OIL BY THE PLACEMENT OF THE DIPSTICK. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUST STALLS , AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. DLR CAN'T FIND A REASON FOR IT. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE INSIDE LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF, CAUSING A POWER SHORT IN THE POWER SEATS AND LOCKS. DEALER HS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

LEASED VEHICLE; WHILE DRIVING AND AT INTERSECTION, WHEN STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT ACCELERATED AT FULL SPEED. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ONE CAR ACCIDENT, FRONTAL IMPACT. DEALER CONTACTED AND GM CONTACTED, THEY CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IN SHOP. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AKTHE DASH BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR WOULD COME ON WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ADJUSTED, THE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE HITTING A CENTER DIVIDER IN THE STREET * SB

DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 15 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

FRONT DRIVE SHAFT CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEAR ACCIDENT.