Safety Score
76
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-06-28 | 01V200000 |
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | 48,600 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VOLTAGE DROPPING WHILE VEHICLE IN STOPPED CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO … |
| 2012-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING I WOULD HEAR LIKE A MOTOR RUNNING SOUND THAT WOULD LAST APPROX 5/10 SEC. AND DURING THIS TIME THE BRAKE P… |
| 2010-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA THE CAR SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND CONTINUED TO STALL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF … |
| 2010-01-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA BECAME COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AFTER THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AFTER SEEING SMOKE. *KB OHI… |
| 2008-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BRAVADA SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. WHILE ON HIGHWAY I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH. THEN THE TRUCK IS COMPLETELY DEAD. I WAS… |
| 2007-07-31 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. HE STATED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED. THE MECHA… |
| 2007-07-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON MY 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA BEGAN FLASHING THEN THERE WAS AN E… |
| 2006-03-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE THROTTLE VALVE IN THE THROTTLE BODY HAS A SHIELD RIVETED TO IT AND THE SHIELD STICKS TO THE THROTTLE BODY HOUSING. … |
| 2005-12-07 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 1 | 97 OLDS BRAVADA RETRACTABLE SEAT BELTS HAVE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY, NOW DO NOT WORK ON EITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE. … |
| 2005-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON JULY 31, 2005 MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING HOME FROM MICHIGAN WE WERE 29 MILES FROM HOME WHEN OUR 1997 OLDSMOBILE … |
| 2004-12-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TEMP GAUGE SHOWED THAT ENGING WAS OVERHEATING. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES IN OWNER'S MANUAL FOR OVERHEATING. CONTINUED TO OV… |
| 2004-11-03 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON THE FRONT END OF MY 1997 OLD'S BRAVADA. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD IT RE… |
| 2004-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | MY 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA HAD A PROBLEM WHERE THE CAR WOULD "DIE" ANYTIME AND THEN OUTOMATICALLY TURN BACK ON WHILE DR… |
| 2004-08-31 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | MY 1997 OLDS BRAVADA IS EXPERIENCING A FAILURE OF THE HAZARD AND BRAKE LIGHT, SIMILAR TO THE RECALL ISSUED FOR THE 2000… |
| 2004-06-26 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | DT: RECALLS 01I018000 AND 01V200000 WAS ISSUED BUT NOT ON CALLER'S CAR. UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE WITHOUT WARNING AND W… |
| 2004-05-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. EARLIER CONSUMER SMELLED GAS, BUT DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 7 M… |
| 2004-04-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | AT 80,000 MILES I HAD TO HAVE THE TRASMISSION REPLACED. AT THE TIME I INQUIRED ABOUT THE BALL JOINTS RECALL. DEALERSHIP… |
| 2004-01-13 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THIS CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER'S VIEW WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY W… |
| 2003-09-23 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V117000 CONCERNING SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED TH… |
| 2003-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES FOR STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB *NM |
| 2003-09-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL GAUGE IS DEFECTIVE. FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW THAT THERE IS A FULL TANK WHEN THERE IS ACTUALLY A HALF A TANK. DEALER… |
| 2003-08-24 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARM, UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE GOING DOWN DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEED. WHEEL WAS THEN COMPLETELY U… |
| 2003-05-16 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 3 | I JUST HAD THE TRANSFER CASE AND DIFFERENTIAL ON MY 1997 OLDS BRAVADA REPAIRED AND WAS DRIVING WHEN I HEARD A POP SOUND… |
| 2003-05-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FUEL SENSOR IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS LOCATED, I AM CHOOSING NOT TO PULL THE FUEL TANK AND … |
| 2003-04-17 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHILE GETTING THE TIRES ROTATED AND ALIGNED THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS LOOSE IN THE CONTROL ARM… |
| 2003-04-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO FAILED COOLING LINE WHICH LEAKED. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY A GM MANUFACTUR… |
| 2003-04-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED, DUE TO A FAILED WATER PUMP. *JB |
| 2003-04-08 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | BACK SEATBELT. *AK |
| 2003-04-02 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | THERE WAS A BURNED GREASE ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SEAL LEAKED FLUI… |
| 2003-04-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. *JB |
| 2003-04-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S DOOR FRAME/STRUCTURE DROPPED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DOOR BEING OFF TRACK. CONSUMER HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE F… |
| 2003-04-02 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. *JB |
| 2003-03-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 50,800 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 2003-03-26 | POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) | No | 0 | THE VEHICLES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE PULLED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM |
| 2003-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION_ WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WHEN IN DRIVE MAKES A WINEING SOUND. OTHER - RADIATOR- HEAVY RUST FLUSHED O… |
| 2003-03-10 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER, THE DEALER DETERMINED THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD SEPARATED AND THE FRONT AXLE WAS RE… |
| 2003-03-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | PREMATURE FAILURE OF CONNECTING ROD BEARING ON 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 4.3L V-6 ENGINE. *JB |
| 2003-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH AND FLICKER. ANYTIME THE DRIVERS POWER SEAT CONTROLS OR LUMBAR SWITCH'S ARE PRESSED THE FLASHING … |
| 2003-01-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED TWICE. FLUSH COOLING SYSTEM (DEXCOOL). IDLER ARM REPLACED 48222. LOWER BALL JOINTS.48222 RECALLE… |
| 2003-01-14 | EQUIPMENT | No | 0 | 1997 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA LIST OF REPAIRS AND COMPLAINTS SINCE PURCHASE IN 2000 PURCHASED USED FROM LOCAL DEALER WITH 3… |
| 2002-11-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 72000 MILES, COST ME $2400 TO GET A NEW ONE INSTALLED. I BABIED THIS CAR FROM THE MOMENT … |
| 2002-11-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIED WIPERS EITHER WON'T WORK AT ALL OR STOP FAIL AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING. THIS CAUSING POOR VISIABITY. HAD … |
| 2002-10-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING | No | 0 | THE WINDSHIELD WIPER COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENLY NOW THE WIPER WON'T COME ON AT ALL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROB… |
| 2002-08-19 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. DEALER NOTIF… |
| 2002-08-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | OTHER: REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ENGINE: A CYCLINDER ON THE VEHICLE CRACKED AND NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. THIS IS… |
| 2002-07-26 | STEERING:LINKAGES | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES. O SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK |
| 2002-07-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | UNKNOWN AS TO BEGINNING DATE OF "PINION SEAL LEAK" RESULTING IN VIBRATIONS AT 45 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR, AND FUEL GUAGE I… |
| 2002-06-16 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE … |
| 2002-05-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VIEW. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILA… |
| 2002-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR BLEW OUT AT 58524 MILES, NEEDED TO REPLACE. THIS IS WAY TOO SOON FOR AN ALTERNATOR TO GO OUT. *NLM |