Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
TEMP GAUGE SHOWED THAT ENGING WAS OVERHEATING. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES IN OWNER'S MANUAL FOR OVERHEATING. CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT WHEN DRIVING LONGER DISTANCES. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO FLUSHED OUT RADIATOR/COOLING SYSTEM TWICE. 3RD TIME INFORMED THAT COOLANT HAD TURNED TO BROWN SLUSH AND ENTIRE RADIATOR SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACING
AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED TWICE. FLUSH COOLING SYSTEM (DEXCOOL). IDLER ARM REPLACED 48222. LOWER BALL JOINTS.48222 RECALLED LEFT REAR AXLE LEAK.48222 OIL COOLER LINES REPLACED,48222. CHARGING SYSTEM FAILER REPLACED ALTERNATER 47577 REPLACED BATTERY 47577 FRNT BRAKES AND ROTORS 45631 FUEL SENDER UNIT39434 DRIVER SIDE DOOR PIN 39434 SES LIGHT ON OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACE AC COMPRESSOR 35338 CLEAN EGR VALVE 35338 AC COMPRESSOR 33196 51000 LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE WORN AGAIN (DEALER REPLACED ORIGINAL BECAUSE OF RECALL) PUT JUNK BACK ON VEHICLE.
OTHER: REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ENGINE: A CYCLINDER ON THE VEHICLE CRACKED AND NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. THIS IS ABSURD. WITH A REGULARLY MAINTAINED VEHICLE, WITH ONLY 5 1/2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON OTHER THAN IMPROPER CASTING, METAL FATIGUE, DEFAULT FROM THE FACTORY THAT A NEW MOTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN NEEDED WITH THIS KIND OF MILEAGE.
THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED, DUE TO A FAILED WATER PUMP. *JB
PREMATURE FAILURE OF CONNECTING ROD BEARING ON 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 4.3L V-6 ENGINE. *JB
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
THIS VEHICLE IS PRONE TO MULTIPLE COMPONENT FAILURES.
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 STATED THAT THE BATTERY GOES DEAD, REPLACED SHORTED BATTERY. *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
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
THE LEFT FRONT OUTPIT AXLE LEAKING. NLM
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
WHEN ENGINE TEMPERATURE REACHES 210 DEGREES THE FAN CLUTCH COMES ON AND CAUSES SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
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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