2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Power Train Problems

AT 60K MILES HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR (WITH 2003 CHEVY BLAZER). MIRRORS DON'T RECALL AND MOVE WHEN UNLOCKING CAR. PASSENGER SEAT BELT GETS TIGHT AFTER BRAKING AND HAS TO BE UNDONE, RECOILED, AND PUT BACK ON. BACKUP LIGHTS BLOW EVERY YEAR. THE AWD WAS FIXED TWICE BY DEALER AND MESSED UP AGAIN SO WE HAD IT REMOVED. THE AIR SUSPENSION BLEW & WAS REPLACED WITH SPRINGS. TERRIBLE RACKET IN THE REAR END. DRIVER HEATED SEAT QUIT WORKING 2 YEARS AGO. THIS YEAR, TRANSMISSION HAS QUIT WORKING (WHILE DRIVING) AND I AM OVER THIS CAR! *TR

THE DRIVE TRAIN NEEDS REPLACING AT 64K MILES. THE CAR IS BASICALLY IN CONSTANT 4WD, WHICH MAKES TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS VERY DIFFICULT WITHOUT LOTS OF GAS AND IT IS NOISY. THIS CAR IS TOO YOUNG TO BE FACING THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AND WITH LOW MILES (USUALLY 100K FOR THIS SORT OF THING). *CN

WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS (PARKING SPACE OR DRIVEWAY) FRONT TIRES BIND/CATCH. EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION IS NEEDED TO CONTINUE MOVING THE VEHICLE FORWARD OR BACK. VEHICLE COMES TO DEAD STOP WHEN MOVING SLOWLY AND TURNING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY RECOMMENDED FLUSHING THE TRANSFER CASE, WERE GOING TO CHARGE TOO MUCH, SO HAD IT DONE ELSEWHERE. THE PROBLEM JUST CONTINUED AND SEEMED TO GET WORSE AFTER THAT WAS DONE. ALSO MAKES A LOUD MOANING SOUND WHEN TURNING. GAS MILEAGE HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. GETTING UNDER 250 MILES/TANK NOW. VERY UNSAFE AND DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEEM DUMB TO WHAT'S HAPPENING. IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM, COULD CAUSE RAPID WEARING OF TIRES. HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL PLACES NOW 4 TIMES SINCE TAKING TO ORIGINAL DEALER SERVICE CENTER. I'M NOT EVEN CONVINCED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AWD SYSTEM. MAYBE DIFFERENTIAL? OR CV JOINTS? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHY I...

RECEIVED NOTICE FROM GM CONCERNING MY 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA, ALERTING ME TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A CYLINDER SLEEVE DEFECT. GM'S PROPOSALS IS TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, AS A SAFETY ISSUE, WE ALL KNOW THE INHERENT DANGERS OF AN ENGINE DESTROYING ITSELF AT 65 MPH. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS, BEFORE PEOPLE START GETTING KILLED. *JB THE VEHICLE'S AWD DRIVE WOULD NOT ENGAGE UNTIL THE VEHICLE REACHED 25 MPH. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THIS FACT WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL OR ANY OF OLDSMOBILE'S ADS. *NM

THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM REMAINED ENGAGED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE SHARP TURNS, CAUSING DRIVE TRAIN TO BIND AND VEHICLE TO STOP FORWARD MOTION UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BUT IS INTERMITTENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR FOUR TIMES WITHOUT THE PROBLEM BEING RESOLVED. *TT

THE VEHICLE JERKED, THEN SLID AND BECAME STUCK IN THE SNOW.*JB

CONSUMER FEELS THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE IN SNOWY CONDITIONS. WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN IN THE SNOW THE VEHCILES BACK END STARTS TO SPIN. ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING UP A HILL, THE REAR WHEELS SLIP. *JG *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ODOMETER IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT IS RECORDING MORE MILEAGE THAT IS BEING DRIVEN WITH THE VEHICLE. PH