1996 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

ABS SENSORS FAILED CAUSING BRAKE PULSATION AND FAILURE. REAR WIPER MOTOR FAILED (STILL ON VEHICLE). *NM

Mileage: 88,746

THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKED FLUID, WHICH CAUSED BRAKES TO FAIL.*JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

PULLING OFF FROM A STOP CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POP. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO DRIVE VEHICLE, HEARD ANOTHER POP, AND ABS KICKED IN. WHILE TURNING A CURVE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE FLOPPED INWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ABS SYSTEM - IN MY OPINION, THE ABS IS TOO SENSITIVE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE ABS ACTIVATED CAUSING MY STOPPING DISTANCE TO INCREASE. TWICE ON BUMPY SURFACES WHILE HARD BRAKING I CAME CLOSE TO A COLLISION, AND IN MY 20 YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE I KNOW THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE THAT SCARE WITH VEHILCES NOT EQUIPED WITH ABS. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ON BEST WAY TO DISCONECT, THEIR ONLY COMMENT WAS, "WE DON'T RECOMMEND DISCONNECTING THE ABS SYSTEM." YOU HAVE A CASE #EA94038 ON ABS. TRANSMISSION - ON 3 OCCASIONS I HAD MY ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND EACH TIME THE CODE RETRIEVED WAS P1870, TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. I SPOKE TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $1,600.00 TO REPAIR OF $2,300.00 TO REPLACE WITH GM 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN NHTSA# SB052584 WITH SIMILAR DISCUSSION. MY TRUCK IS DRIVABLE FOR SHORT DISTANCES SO I HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO ANY REPAIRS YET. BALL JOINTS - YOU HAVE AN ACTION # EA99022 WITH SIMILAR DISCUSSION. I REPLACED BOTH UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES EARLIER THIS YEAR DUE TO EXCESSIVE PLAY DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION PERFORMED BY MYSELF. IF A RECALL TAKES PLACE, GM SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR AT LEAST THE COST OF THE PARTS FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY REPAIRED THEIR VEHILCES. THANK YOU.*AK

ABS SYSTEM - IN MY OPINION, THE ABS IS TOO SENSITIVE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE ABS ACTIVATED CAUSING MY STOPPING DISTANCE TO INCREASE. TWICE ON BUMPY SURFACES WHILE HARD BRAKING I CAME CLOSE TO A COLLISION, AND IN MY 20 YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE I KNOW THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE THAT SCARE WITH VEHILCES NOT EQUIPED WITH ABS. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ON BEST WAY TO DISCONECT, THEIR ONLY COMMENT WAS, "WE DON'T RECOMMEND DISCONNECTING THE ABS SYSTEM." YOU HAVE A CASE #EA94038 ON ABS. TRANSMISSION - ON 3 OCCASIONS I HAD MY ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND EACH TIME THE CODE RETRIEVED WAS P1870, TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. I SPOKE TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $1,600.00 TO REPAIR OF $2,300.00 TO REPLACE WITH GM 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN NHTSA# SB052584 WITH SIMILAR DISCUSSION. MY TRUCK IS DRIVABLE FOR SHORT DISTANCES SO I HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO ANY REPAIRS YET. BALL JOINTS - YOU HAVE AN ACTION # EA99022 WITH SIMILAR DISCUSSION. I REPLACED BOTH UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES EARLIER THIS YEAR DUE TO EXCESSIVE PLAY DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION PERFORMED BY MYSELF. IF A RECALL TAKES PLACE, GM SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR AT LEAST THE COST OF THE PARTS FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY REPAIRED THEIR VEHILCES. THANK YOU.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL IS EXTREMELY HARD TO PRESS, IT GOES LOW TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PROBLEM GETS BETTER WHEN THEY PUT NEW PADS ON. THEN 5,000 TO 8,000 MILES IT HAPPENS ALL OVER AGAIN.*AK MECHANIC FOUND ROTORS TO BE HARD THEY WERE REMOVED AND CLEANED AND READJUSTED AND ALSO CLEANED REAR DRUMS, ALSO CONSUMER STATES A LIGHT WAS ON, OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

BRAKE PEDAL IS EXTREMELY HARD TO PRESS, IT GOES LOW TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PROBLEM GETS BETTER WHEN THEY PUT NEW PADS ON. THEN 5,000 TO 8,000 MILES IT HAPPENS ALL OVER AGAIN.*AK MECHANIC FOUND ROTORS TO BE HARD THEY WERE REMOVED AND CLEANED AND READJUSTED AND ALSO CLEANED REAR DRUMS, ALSO CONSUMER STATES A LIGHT WAS ON, OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGES WHEN IT IS NOT NEEDED, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPNIG DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DUE TO LOCATION OF THE BATTERY, ACID LEAKED ONTO BRAKE LINE, CAUSING BRAKE LINE TO RUPTURE, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL BRAKE FLUID WHICH CAUSED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHEN DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

EA94-038/ABS BRAKING SYSTEM: ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUME RTHAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF ABS FAILURE. *AK

BRAKES PULSATE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT CAUSES THE WHEELS TO LOCK-UP. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED TO ENGAGE. THIS HAPPENS ON WET, SNOW-COVERED, GRAVEL, AND OTHER ROAD CONDITIONS. I SEE THAT THE NHTSA HAS INVESTIGATED THE SENSORS ON THESE VEHICLES IN THE PAST, BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE OLDSMOBILE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO BOTH MY LOCAL DEALER AND THE SELLING DEALER, GRAND OLDS IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI. THE LOCAL DEALER, DEMAAGD OLDSMOBILE OF BATTLE CREEK, MI, HAS ACKNOWLEDGED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR NATURE. GRAND OLDS SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE VERY DANGEROUS, AS I, AND NUMEROUS OTHER BRAVADA OWNERS HAVE TOLD ME THEY HAVE SLID INTO MANY INTERSECTIONS. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE, I.E. OXYGEN SENSORS (3), ANTIFREEZE COOLANT (NECESSITATING A 4-STEP, AND COSTLY, FLUSH), AS WELL AS OTHER PROBLEMS. I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SELLING IT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. I AM VERY FRIGHTENED TO DRIVE IT THROUGH ANOTHER WINTER. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE OLDSMOBILE WAS NOT RECALLED. IT SEEMS TO BE A SENSOR PROBLEM, AS WERE THE OTHERS. ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *AK

THE BRAKES, WHEN APPLIED ON ANY UNEVEN SURFACE (GRAVEL, SMALL POTHOLE, WET SURFACE, ETC.) FAIL TO ENGAGE. IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE NO BRAKES FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE BRAKES EVENTUALLY DO OPERATE, BUT USUALLY AFTER YOU ARE INTO THE INTERSECTION. I HAVE ASKED THE LOCAL DEALER (DEMAAGD OLDSMOBILE, IN BATTLE CREEK, MI) ABOUT THIS REPEATEDLY, AND THEY SAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS A DEFECT, BUT THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN DONE. THEY EVEN OFFERED TO DISCONNECT THE ABS TO MAKE IT SAFER. I AM VERY AFRAID TO BE APPROACHING THE WINTER MONTHS WITH THESE BRAKES. *AK

THE BRAKES HAVE WORN EXCESSIVELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CALIPERS ARE UNEVEN. DEALER HAS TO ADJUST THE CALIPERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLY BRAKES THERE WAS SQUEAKING NOISE, AND THE ABS KICKED IN AND DIDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. *AK

THERE IS EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THERE IS EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ERRATIC BRAKING. WHENEVER BRAKE ARE APPLIED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, VEHICLE WOULD HAVE A DELAYED STOPPING DISTANCE. DURING NORMAL CONDITIONS, BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY WHEN APPLIED. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER BEFORE A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR. *AK

THE ABS FAILURE CAUSED ACCIDENT TWICE. YH

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CONTACTED AND REPAIRWORK TO BE DONE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BATTERY CASE CRACKED AND LEAKED ACID ONTO BRAKE LINE ROUTED DIRECTLY BELOW BATTERY. LINE WAS DAMAGED BY ACID AND FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING. *AK

ABS SENSORS SENDING FALSE INPUT TO ABS COMPUTER/ CAR IS FINE ON DRY ROAD, BUT UNDER PANIC STOP ON WET ROAD CAR DIVES TO RIGHT AND PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. AT SPEEDS OF 15MPH SAME SITUATION ON SNOW & ICE. DEALER WILL NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. SIX TRIES. REFUSED TO PICK CAR UP FROM DEALERS LOT. *AK

FRONT DISC BRAKE PADS WORE OUT PREMATURELY.

EXTENDED STOPPIMG DISTANCE OF ANTI LOCK BRAKES RESULTED IN A COLLISION.

ABS BRAKES FAILED. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/CALIPERS AND ENGINE FAN BELT. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/CALIPERS AND ENGINE FAN BELT. *AK

BRAKE INDICATOR GAVE A WARNING SOUND.

COMPLETE ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND DEGLAZED ROTORS. *AK

COMPLETE ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND DEGLAZED ROTORS. *AK

MULTIPLE BRAKE FAILURES.

BRAKES FAILED.

MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IF APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, NOT RESPONDING TO PEDAL APPLICATION WHICH RESULTED IN A REAR COLLISION. FAILURE IS INTERMITTENT, MAKING DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKES SIMPLY DO NOT APPLY, NO MATTER WHAT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT IT FEELS AS THOUGH VEHICLE IS SKIDDING ON ICE, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDNT MENTIONED ABOVE. *SLC

WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE THE BRAKES SEEM TO FAIL. THE TRUCK WILL NOT ALWAYS STOP WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. THE BRAKES FADE WHICH RESULT IN LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK