Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Oldsmobile Bravada submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 50 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 50, in the owner's own words
THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. ONE RESULTED IN FAILURE TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN. ROLLED INTO CROSS TRAFFIC. GM DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR EVEN AT OWNER'S EXPENSE BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. I REQUESTED A REPAIR THAT WAS DONE TO OTHER VEHICLES UNDER RECALL IN WHICH THE SOFTWARE IS CALIBRATED FOR PROPER WHEEL SPEED FEEDBACK. I WILL TRY ANOTHER DEALER
TAPPING BRAKES DID NOT DIS-ENGAGE CRUISE, BUT CAUSED FURTHER ACCELERATION. BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. CAR EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK
STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY,PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO FLOOR ANTILOCK LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON NO LEAKS OF FLUID BRAKES ARE ALL FAIRLY NEW LIGHTS HAVE STAYED ON AND BRAKES DO NOT WORK RIGHT PEDAL STILL GOES TO FLOOR ,GOES TO DEALER 8/28/00TO BE PLUGGED IN ON COMPUTER,WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS BRAKE MODULE FAILED. * AK
CONSUMER STATES WHEN TRAVLEING UPON MAKING A SUDDEN STOP CONSUMER NOTE THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR BOARD CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 40-50 MPH; CONDITION CAUSES DELAY IN STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. CONDITION APPEARS NORMAL AT THIS TIME. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH + ABS BRAKING MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR ,AND THE ABS COMPUTER AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. DLR HAS SEEN. *AK
EA94038, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VAN DOES NOT STOP VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS MORE OF A PROBLEM WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED. THIS HAPPENS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. ABS WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE NOVEMER OF 96. THE VAN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE EBC4 UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE UNIT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE THE NHTSA INTERNET QUESTIONNAIRE RESTRICTS THE MANNER IN WHICH INCIDENTS CAN BE REPORTED, I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY '92 BRAVADA. I HAVE BROUGHT THESE TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALER ON SEVERAL WORK ORDERS, BUT HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN INFORMED THAT MY BRAKES FUNCTION "NORMALLY." THE PROBLEMS I HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATEDLY INCLUDE I) ABILITY TO FULLY LOCK THE BRAKES ON ICY SURFACES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WITH STUDDED SNOW TIRES MOUNTED, AND II) EXPERIENCING A "HARD" PEDAL AND INADEQUATE BRAKING ACTION IN SPITE OF LITERALLY STANDING ON THE BRAKE ON DRY PAVEMENT. I CONSIDER THESE SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARDS, AND EMAILED OLDSMOBILE ABOUT THEM. THE RESPONSE WAS SIMPLY THAT MY VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, BUT WHEN AND IF IT IS, I SHOULD GET MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ASAP!
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP. PLEASE PROVIDER FURHTER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE APPYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR-END ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR & VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.*AK
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN BRAKES WERE PRESSED HARD TO COME TO A QUICK STOP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, THEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED SLOWING DOWN QUICKLY, AND ONLY SLOWED DOWN SLOWLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER VEHICLE TO AVOID COLLISION.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK
ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.
ABS BRAKES FAILED AND ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON/OFF.
DRIVING 40MPH WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY. APPLIED ABS BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE REARENDED FRONT VEHICLE. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN TIME. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TOOK TO DEALER/MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED NOTHING WRONG WITH ABS BRAKES. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN HE PRESSED ON BRAKES TO STOP AND THE ABS DID NOT ENGAGE. ALSO THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT FURTHER TO THE FLOOR THAN NORMAL. DURING A LOW SPEED BRAKING SITUATION AT 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AT A DISTANCE LESS THAN 2 1/2 VEHICLE DISTANCES. *AK
WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE ABS WOULD NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING OWNER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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