Five problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada based on all problems reported for the 2002 Bravada.
The car shuts off suddenly and all of the gauges light up. The car must be restarted, sometimes multiple times. This presents a danger as the car may suddenly lose mobility on a highway. It seems that this may be related to multiple postings on the internet that claim this symptom is caused by a voltage spike to the computer generated by the air shocks. This car was built September 1,2001 and was supposedly included in a recall but the dealer claims that there is no recall on this car and if it was repaired under the recall, once the repair is done it is impossible to find it on the gm computers and the recall would then not be in effect for this vehicle. If it was repaired and the problem still exists, these vehicles should be removed from the road.
Consumer states vehicle shut off while driving at 65 mph. Dealer notified.
05/13/02, 6,000miles, going 65mph on interstate message center displayed 'service brakes now', engine shutdown immediately, coasted to side of highway. Tried restarting,wouldn't turn over,all power gone. Called onstar#1025168 for tow. Restarted . 5 hour later as tow arrived. Abs light remained on,car was towed. Dealer replaced right rear abs wheel sensor. Service mgr indicated engine is designed to shutdown immediately when this fault appears. On 07/05/02, 8,175miles, while driving, 'low oil pressure' displayed on message center, engine immediately shut down,oil pressure went to 0, coasted to stop, tried to restart and oil pressure gauge remained at zero. Called onstar. Onstar could not diagnose as car would not start needs to be running to diagnose. #10399689. Tried starting . 5 hour later, oil pressure registered as key turned on,oil pressure guage fine, canceled tow, no loss of oil. Dealer could not duplicate. Both incidents are related as the enigine shuts down immediately when these faults appear and car loses power.
Vehicle shuts off while driving.
While driving vehicle it will shut off without warning. Also, cannot restart vehicle. Vehicle had to be towed. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated it was computer . Dealer replaced computer, but still has not remedied the problem.