EVEN MORE 1997 BRAVADA PROBLEMS

kowalcs · September 30, 2003

It's pretty safe to say I will never buy another GM vehicle ever again. I have had more problems with this vehicle in the last 5 months, than I have had with all of my other vehicles combined, in my life. My wife told me it was acting funny, so I decided to "try" and drive it this morning to work. The P.O.S. light, I mean S.E.S. light came on a couple of weeks ago, but the vehicle had been acting fine. The last few days, my wife complained it was starting to act funny. I got about 5 miles down the expressway today and it starting spark knocking really bad and surging and bucking all over the place. I had a hard time maintaining 70mph. I exited the expressway and limped it home. On the way home I had a hard time maintaining 50mph. I would floor it and it would just spark knock and buck and not gain any speed. Sorry about the negativity, but I hate this vehicle. It's been nothing but problems. Anybody have any ideas? Two things came to mind right off the bat - bad gas or maybe a plugged up converter. But I really don't think it's bad gas because the S.E.S. light came on a couple weeks ago and the tank has been filled since. Please help if you can guys.