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Originally Posted by acre44
Well got the dreaded call today from the stealership. My 2002 Bravada AWD was not working, found out the hard way in the first snow of 9 inches. I never had any AWD/Service Engine Lights and no codes were stored. The dealership found out the front driveshaft is spinning so the transfer case is fine. Seems the front axle has an internal problem. At this point they think it is the clutches in the front axle or possibly the splines in there but it definitely is an internal problem. To diagnose it totally they need to take out the front axle and splatter the pumpkin to see the internals which they have told me is specific to Bravada AWD's only. They said anywhere from $500 to $2000. This vehicle has a whole 46,000 miles on it and just ran out of warranty in April 2005. In April it was in for a transmission repair because the sun shell spline had tore off and went through the rear gear set, luckily right before warranty ran out. I asked if the tranny problem was related to the awd problem but they said NO. I called GM with hopes of getting some help with the cost but of course they won't do anything until the diagnosis. I have told anyone who will listen that this is NOT a normal problem and it should not have worn out this quickly unless it was defective. Anyone have any ideas or similar problems?
Thank you in advance for any replies.
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This sounds like the problem we are having. The mechanic (not with a dealer & has not charged for his failure to find) is out of ideas and suggested I go to Mr Goodwrench. As with your Bravada, no idiot light came on but there is no AWD. The front does not have drive.
Have you got any new details or answers on your Olds?
A side note, this past summer on wet pavement my wife was almost sent into the ditch when the back of the car kicked over. First idea was that a cord broke in the tire. The tire was Okay and it did not happen after that, but that is when we noticed that it was not grabing on wet sloped intresections, spinning as she started out then kicking in. Now I'm thinking this may have been the above problem.
This has been the only problem we have had with the '02 Bravada with only 42,000 miles.