1999 Oldsmobile Bravada

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA FELT LIKE A TIRE HAD GONE FLAT.. AFTER NOTICING THE PROBLEM I WENT TO PULL OVER AND THE ENTIRE SUV PULLED TO THE RIGHT ALMOST HITTING A PARKED BOAT. WHEN I EXITED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE PASSANGERS SIDE TIRE WAS SIDEWAYS.. HALF UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. I CHECKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP WHO I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM AND THERE NOT WILLING TO HELP FOR FREE AS I DONT HAVE A WARRANTY.. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE SECOND PROBLEM IVE HAD WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT 8 MONTHS PRIOR. I CHECKED WITH A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THE AXLE WAS BROKEN AND THE BEARINGS AND BALL JOINTS COULD BE BUSTED. LUCKY FOR ME I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE I HAD BEEN 20 MINUITES PRIOR AND HEADING BACK TO.*AK

PAINT IS PROGRESSIVELY PEELING OFF THE LUGGAGE RACK. BODYSHOP COMMENTED "IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS COATED/SEALED PROPERLY, THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING." TRANSMISSION: DRIVING ON HWY CAR STARTED SMOKING OUT EXHAUST, EXITED HWY AND CAR SHIFTED "HARD" FROM STOP THRU ACCELERATION. GOT TO AAMCO SHOP, THEY SCANNED AND GOT AN "1870 CODE". UPON INSPECTION DISCOVERED THE PUMP ASSY WAS "CHEWED UP AND BURNT STEEL." FLUID WAS BEING FORCED OUT THE FILLER TUBE AND THE FLUID WAS BLACK. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A HIGH DANGER THAT THE FLUID COULD HAVE IGNITED. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING SIGNS THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION UNTIL THE CAR STARTED SMOKING. I AM A STREET DRIVER, NEVER HAVE TOWED OR GONE OFF ROADING IN THIS VEHICLE SO NO UNDUE STRESS OR WEAR HAS BEEN PUT ON THE TRANS. THE RESPONSE I GET FROM THE FINANCE COMPANY AND THE DEALER IS "IT'S BAD LUCK, A FLUKE, ETC. AND THE CAR ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY." I AM GOING TO PERSERVERE IN MY EFFORTS TO GET GM INVOLVED AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.

THE HEATER HAS FAILED TO WORK THIS YEAR AT ALL. THE SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED AND RADIATOR FLUID CHANGED WITH OLDSMOBILE RATED FLUIDS. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AND HAS BEEN GOOD OTHER THAN SEATBELTS NOT LOCKING AND DOME LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. I AM GOING TO ASSUME IT COULD BE THE HEATER VALVE AND GET THAT REPLACED SO HOPEFULLY THAT DOES THE TRICK.

I HAVE A 1999 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA THAT HAS DEVELOPED A SERIOUS LEAK IN THE OIL LINES (HOSES) GOING TO THE OIL COOLER. I ALSO OWNED A 2000 GMC SONOMA THAT DEVELOPED THE SAME LEAKS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. MY MECHANIC SAID THEY HAVE REPLACED THE OIL LINES ON SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH THE 4.3 AND 350 ENGINES. THEY HAVE ALSO REPLACED 3 ENGINES WHERE THE OIL LINES FAILED AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL OIL. IT SEEMS THIS PROBLEM EXISTS ON NEARLY ALL IF NOT ALL OF GM'S PRODUCTS USING THE RUBBER OIL LINES. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM OR REIMBURSE OUR REPAIR COSTS DUE TO AN APPARENT DEFECT? NOT TO MENTION THE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINES AND GARAGE FLOORS. THANK YOU RON. *LA