Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Oldsmobile Bravada submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
PURCHASED 96 GRAND AM IN 98 FOUND IT TO BE WRECKED AFTER I TRADED IN 02 FOR OLD'S BRAVADA WITH MILEAGE ROLL BACK AT BAD DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE PROBLEMS SEVERAL WRECKS DUE TO MANUFACTURES DEFECT LET GO BACK TO GMAC FINANCING BECAUSE BAD DEALERS COULD FINANCE BAD DEALS THROUGH THEM. PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP!!!!! *JB
I BOUGHT A USED CAR FROM THE DEALER, BUT THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM. THE SALESMAN WHO SOLD ME THE CAR AT THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FIX IT AND THEY TRIED TO FIX IT 4 TIMES ALREADY. AFTER 4 TRIES THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. I THINK THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE 30 DAY GUARANTEE TO END BEFORE I DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO THEN I NEED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS MYSELF. THEY KEEP TELLING THAT THE CAR IS FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. I CAN FEEL THE PROBLEM EVERY TIME I DRIVE, AND THEY ADMIT THAT THEY CAN FEEL IT AS WELL, WHEN THEY TEST DRIVE THE CAR. *NM
RIGHT UPPER BALLJOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR. I TURNED A CORNER GOING SLOW AND FELT A BUMP. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT TURNED STAIGHT, BUT THE BRAVADA WAS GOING STRAIGHT.*AK
DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, CAR SLID, I DID MANAGE TO MISS THE SEMI'S TIRES THE CAR WAS HEADED FOR. AFTER CHECKING THE NTSA WEB PAGE I FIND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS/RECALS ON THE BALL JOINT AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM, I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION REGUARDING THIS. I DID PAY DEARLY TO HAVE THE ONE SET OF BALL JOINT REPAIRED. IS THE RECALL STILL AVALIABLE FOR THE REST OF THE BALL JOINTS AND THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. MY CAR ONLY HAS 38K MILES ON IT AND IS FALLING APART. PLEASE HELP.*AK
A CLUNKING NOISE IS COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
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
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
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
BAD SHOCK ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE
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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