Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / BRAVADA / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000088981 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: BIRMINGHAM Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BRAVADA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GHDT13W9X2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This model has an overhead console with a readout that purports to tell the outside air temperature. the temperature readout is consistently 5-15 degrees warmer than the actual outside temperature. based on the readout, the console shows an "ice" warning when temperatures are right for the formation of ice. my concern is that this readout might suggest that temperatures are 10 or 15 degrees above freezing, when in fact ice may be present on the road. oldsmobile has acknowledged to me that this is a design defect, and they do not know how to fix it. in talking with owners of "twin vehicles" (chevy blazer and gmc jimmy) of various model years, they report the same problem. this problem has apparently been present on these models for at least a couple of model years.