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2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA — POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

crash · 705034 · 2009-01-21

Vehicle

Make
OLDSMOBILE
Model
BRAVADA
Year
2002
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
Miles at failure
57,500
Speed
20 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON FRIDAY, 01/16/09 AT 7:45 AM I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. AS I WAS DRIVING THE "SERVICE ALL WHEEL DRIVE" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM WORK SO FIGURED I WOULD CONTINUE MY DRIVE AND CALL A MECHANIC WHEN I GOT THERE. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE BECAME POSSESSED AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT SPUN ME AROUND 3 TIMES SLAMMED ME HEAD ON INTO A SNOWBACK, THREW ME BACK OUT SPUN ME AROUND AGAIN AND THREW ME BACKWARDS INTO THE SNOWBANK AGAIN BEFORE THROWING ME BACK OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I WAS VERY SHAKEN BUT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT AND LET ME DRIVE, SO I VERY SLOWLY CONTINUED ON TO WORK. WHEN I GOT TO WORK I CALLED KORONIS MOTORS IN PAYNESVILLE AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY CAME AND PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED IT OUT. THEY SAID IT WAS A MALFUNCTION OF THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR MORNING, FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC, HAD THERE BEEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SERIOUS. KORONIS MOTORS IS IN THE PROCESS FIXING MY VEHICLE NOW, THE MECHANICAL AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AUTO MAKERS ARE ALLOWED TO EQUIP VEHICLES WITH MECHANICS THAT CAN FAIL IN THAT WAY, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, I OR SOMEONE ELSE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I DIDN'T THINK THAT THE MINUTE THE LIGHT CAME ON THAT IT MEANT THAT YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP DRIVING!!!! THIS

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10255930
Machine
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