2004 Oldsmobile Bravada problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Fuel System, Gasoline (2) · Suspension (1) · Steering:hydraulic Power Assist:hose, Piping, And Connections (1)
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Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (597)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-02-20 · PIP5358D · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. technician should get record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. technician will need to
Electrical System 2024-10-25 · PIP4723J · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the tire pressure monitor, active fuel injector tester, multi media tester, pico scope, gr8 starting/charging tester and vehicle data recorder tools, giving website address and ste
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-12 · PIT5099H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the heater-vent-air conditioning blows warm air. before calling general motors technical assistance center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and ven
Unknown Or Other 2024-09-06 · PIT3271P · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. general motors will only support a tire calibration for tires that have been sized, tested and designed for the vehicle in question and its applications. technician s
Showing the 6 most recent of 597 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2022-08-18 · Unknown Or Other · 90,000 mi · 💥 crash“i was in a full impact collision driverside front took all impact of another vehicles front end. no airbags deployed in my 2004 bravada!! …”
2021-12-11 · Suspension · 💥 crash“brakes system keeps malfunctioning. service brake system.notice keeps coming on dash even after new brakes had been put on and serviced. had to do a last mo.ent quick stop but brakes went to floor amd i hit a car head on cause brake system keeps malfunctioning and the abs…”
2020-10-28 · Exterior Lighting · 91,386 mi“was driving myself and 2 children down the highway and the headlights shorted out and didnt come back on right away i got truck pulled off the rd. and turned it off got out tapped on headlight assembly to see if there was a short or a bulb issue there was nothjng wromg with the bulds i got back in turned key still no headlights 20 mins later tries…”
2017-08-23 · Unknown Or Other · 2 mi“there is a crack in my exhaust manifold, is there a recall or a extended coverage. also the head lights are shutting off while driving especially at night.…”
2015-12-06 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 82,000 mi · 💥 crash · 🔥 fire“takata recall, my wife was in two accidents, one in april 2011 she was driving down a suburb street to catch a light on a left turn and when the light turned green for the other side coming at her, a car already at speed limit continued and my wife struck that car on its left side with her front left bumper ; airbags never deployed, she was in anot…”
2012-03-01 · Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/Panel · 100,000 mi“ hello i bought an 2004 oldsmobile bravada on 2/25/2012 the seller told me that the truck had 100,000 miles, but after i bought it and when a got home i check the record of the truck in vincarhistory. as a result i found out that it has 62,000 miles more of what it supposed to be and seller never told me anything. what can i do in this case becau…”
2011-05-04 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 89,000 mi“gas gauge , oil pressure, tachometer and speedometer all give false readings. this cause the inability to accurately maintain speed in accordance with speed limits. it also makes it impossible to determine fuel level which can lead to running out of gas while driving. vehicle was looked at by dealer and determine instrument cluster is defective…”
2011-05-02 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 80,000 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2004 oldsmobile bravada. while driving approximately 55 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle ran out of fuel. the fuel gauge displayed that the fuel tank was full. the contact stated that the fuel gauge did not show the accurate amount of fuel in the vehicle and the reading would fluctuate sporadically. the vehicle was n…”
2010-01-21 · Unknown Or Other · 105,000 mi“i currently own a 2004 olds bravada with a 4.2 ltr engine. i noticed a loud ticking noise. i discoveredbthere was a crack in the exhaust manifold. i have never had this happen to any of my cars. apparently i do not stand alone. i have discovered countless gm owners of this type of vehicle with exact same problem. i think gm should have recalled thi…”
2008-02-27 · Fuel System, Gasoline:delivery:fuel Pump · 82,548 mi“tl*the contact owns a 2004 oldsmobile bravada. the contact noticed failure with the fuel housing while placing fuel in the vehicle. the dealer repaired the failure at the cost of $799.65 by installing a new fuel pump and housing. the failure mileage was 82,548 and current mileage was 85,000. …”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.