2000 Oldsmobile Bravada complaints

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH, HEARD A RUMBLING AND VIBRAITON LIKE A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. CONSUMER TRIED TO GET CAR OFF THE ROAD WHEN PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BENT INWARD, AND DRIVER'S TIRE WENT OUTWARD. ALSO, THERE WERE NO BRAKES. CONSUMER COASTED TO A STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT WHEN CONSUMER MADE A TURN, THE CONTROL ARM CUT THE BRAKE LINE. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING SHE HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT, WHE PULLED OFF TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE FRONT END COLLAPSED, CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT END PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *SLC

REAR END NEEDS AN OVER HAULING, INCLUDING BEARINGS AND PINS ETC. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

UPPER LEFT BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH CAUSING LEFT FRONT TIRE TO FALL OFF.*AK

THIS IS SECOND FAILURE OF THIS BRAKE LIGHT "MODULE"*AK

THE HORN ON THE STEERING WHEEL IS TOO HARD TO PRESSE, DEALER TRIED TO FIX IT, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK *SLC

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES. AT THIS TIME SWITCH HAS FAILED AGAIN. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS STICKING AT FIRST START. ALSO, AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

VEHICLE HAS NO BRAKE LIGHTS OR SIGNAL LIGHTS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. ALSO, MULTI SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THROTTLE BECOMES STICKY, RESULTS IN A ABRUPT JERKY ACCELERATION WHEN STARTING FROM STANDSTILL. DANGEROUS IN CLOSE QUARTERS AS RAPID NOT-CONTROLLED FORWARD/REARWARD MOVEMENT OCCURS.*AK

SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IT HAS SHIMMIED AND THERE WAS VIBRATION, AN OLDSMOBILE SERVICE ENGINEER DISCOVERED THERE WAS WRONG OIL IN TRANSFER CASE FROM FACTORY. *AK

EXPERIENCING A VIBRATION WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP OR WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. *AK THE DEALER CHANGED THE OIL IN THE TRANSFER CASE AND THE VIBRATION WAS REDUCED. *YH

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THERE HAS BEEN AN CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT, VEHICLE REALIGNED THREE TIMES, 6/29/00, 7/14/00 & 8/8/00, PROBLEM FIRST DETECTED AT 916 MILES. *CJ

WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL IT WOULD STICK THEN RELEASE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INOFRMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (CONSUMER DID NOT STATE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS). 4-WHEEL DRIVE ILLUMINATED. *SLC

BAD SHOCK ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE NOT CHANGING GEARS. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO CHANGE GEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WIRE WHICH GOES TO FUSE GOT PINCHED TOGETHER, CAUSING IT TO RUB AGAINSTAND WEAR OUT, CAUSING A SHORT TO THE FUSE WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE STALLING UNEXPECTEDLY. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. HAPPENED 2 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME DEALER REROUTTED THE WIRE AND CHANGE FUSE, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THE FUSE NEED TO BE CHANGE AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DEALER REPLACED HORN SYSTEM, OWNER'S MANUAL RECOMMENDED TO SOUND THE HORN, AND PRESS CENTER PADS ON STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER MAINTAINED THAT OWNER'S MANUAL DID NOT SAY THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL PLACE TO PRESS CENTER PADS. HOWEVER, ON THIS VEHICLE THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE THE HORN PADS WERE LOCATED, AND DRIVER HAD TO PRESS VERY HARD. ANOTHER VEHICLE ALMOST BACKED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER COULD DO NOTHING, BUT SIT THERE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ELECTRONIC SHIFTER WILL SHIFT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. TO PROCEED, VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT INTO LOWER DRIVE GEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELARATE ON I-80 WYOMING AND STALLED 4 TIMES 0N I-70, COLORADO. *AK

THE FIBERCLASS COVER ON THE FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY. THE COVER VIBRATES APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF INCH IN AN UP AND DOWN DIRECTION. THE FOG LIGHTS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS COVER ALSO, AND VIBRATE WITH IT. CONTACTS WITH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE PRODUCED NO SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS THAT "ALL 2000 BRAVADAS ARE BUILT LIKE THAT". THE OLDSMOBILE COMPLAINT LINE SUGGESTED THAT I INFORM YOU OF THE PROBLEM. SINCE IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND WILL PROBABLY NOT CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT I FIGURE YOU WILL FILE THIS COMPLAINT IN THE BIG ROUND CIRCULAR FILE. THANKS. *AK

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO THE OIL LEAK. *AK

WHENEVER THE DOORS ARE AJAR & NOT FULLY SHUT, THERE IS NO WARNING CHIMES OR LIGHTS TO INDICATE THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. *AK

THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH PANEL TO LET CONSUMER KNOW THAT THE DOOR IS OPEN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS IS NOT A STANDARD. PROCEDURE. *AK

A BLOWN FUSE CAUSED THEM BRAKE TO FEEL MUSHY AND CONSUMER COULD NOT GET THE SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK, WIRE PINCHED IN LEFT MOTOR MOUNT WHEN ENGINE ROCKS CAUSING FUSE TO BLOW. NLM