Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Oldsmobile Bravada submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE VEHICLES ACCELERATOR STUCK AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SURGE EVEN WITH THE PARKING BRAKE APPLIED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT TWO DAYS LATER THE ACCELERATOR WAS STILL STUCK AND TIRES JUST SPIN. *NLM
AT 13 MPH, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE ENGINE REVVED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 68 MPH. AS SOON AS THE CONSUMER TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKES THE ENGINE REVVED UP. THE VEHICLE HIT A FIRE TRUCK, THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES TO FACE, AND 5 OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK *SCC
THROTTLE CABLE BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN POSTION, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. CONSUMER STATED THAT PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. MECHANIC REMOVED A RUBBER PIECE STUCK IN AIR INTAKE. *AK BELT AND WATER PUMP FAILED AND REPLACED. *YH
ON OCCASION, BRAKES FAILS AND ENGINE REVS WHEN BRAKES ARE USED AT SLOW SPEEDS. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS IN AUGUST 1999, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING. IT WAS ON THE NEWS. THERE IS NO SPECIAL TIME THIS OCCURS, NOR IS THERE ANY WARNING BEFORE IT HAPPENS. *AK
VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. DRIVER APPLYED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN UNTIL 15 SECONDS LATER. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND ISSUED A TSB BULLETIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *YC
BRAKE SPEED SENSOR WOULD LOCK AND VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. WOULD TAKE AWAY THE BRAKING ABILITY OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS NEEDED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AND WA SMAKING A LANE CHANGE, VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INTO LOWER GEAR AND ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT IT DID NOT STOP VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. VEHICLE KEPT ON GOING RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
INTEMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE SURGE. THE DEALER IS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. *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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