1997 Oldsmobile Bravada Electrical system Problems

“While driving my 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada the car shut off unexpectedly and continued to stall. I was able to pull off of the road and restart the car. I drove to my mechanics garage and he replaced the ignition harness. This has happed to me a total of ( 4) four times. The frequency has been about every 6 months to 1 year. The mileage of the vehicle was about 100,000 the first time this happened. The vehicle was purchased usedwith about 95,000 miles. Please help.”

“Bravada shuts down while driving. While on highway I was traveling at 70 MPH. Then the truck is completely dead. I was able to pull over and sat for 5 to 10 minutes trying to restart it. It finally started. (no check engine light came on) after I let it sit for a few month I decided to replace the EGR valve gasket and clean the carbon out of the throttle body. A few months go by I was driving on a road off of a high way going 40 MPH. Same thing occurred. I got it started in the same amount of time and it will run fine like nothing ever happened. …”

“My 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada had a problem where the car would die anytime and then outomatically turn back on while driving on the highway. The same would happen during city driving but I wiould have to re-start the car. A very dangerous occurrence if I was in the middle of making a turn when the car would suddenly stop. It turned out to be the ignition switch that needed replacement and the dealer said that this was becoming a very common problem with this kind of automobile (Bravada, blazer, jimmy). I was fortunate not to have had an accident before I turned into the dealership.”

“Faulty driver's side seat belt. The consumer received recall 03v-117000 related to a faulty driver's side seat belt. The dealer was contacted and an appointment was scheduled but the part was not available. The consumer returned at a later date to have it done. The vehicle was working fine when it was dropped off. When departing the facility after repair, the drivers side front seat would not move forward or backwards. The driver's door locks would not open or lock automatically. The interior lights flickered on and off. …”

“On july 31, 2005 my family and I were traveling home from michigan we were 29 miles from home when our 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada caught fire. We had been traveling down the highway with a fire under our SUV for some time and was not aware of it. Parts literally began to fall from under the truck when we stopped the truck to see what had went wrong we noticed the fire. Eye witnesses said they saw flames coming from our vehicle before we even stopped. When we got out and saw the fire we began removing our children as fast as we could. …”