1992 Oldsmobile Bravada problems
NHTSA has received 65 complaints about the 1992 Oldsmobile Bravada, and 82% of them involve brakes. After that come electrical system (3%) and engine (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 65 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 82% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Oldsmobile Bravada with enough data (35 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Going at 55 MPH and applying the braking system hard caused the vehicle to have an electrical short, the vehicle stalled and there was a loss of braking power, resulting in an accident.
ABS brakes; when applying brakes in a panic stop, the pedal went to the floor and brakes failed to stop vehicle, causing an accident.
While traveling on freeway at 65 MPH noticed engine check light flashing on and off. Pulled into a srevice station and it went out. Within second vehicle was on fire under hood, local fire department arrivrd to extinguish fire. Dealer/manufacturer were not notified at this time.