  We construct a formal asymptotic series expansion for a general solution of
the Brans-Dicke equations with a fluid source near a sudden singularity. This
solution contains eleven independent arbitrary functions of the spatial
coordinates as required by the Cauchy problem of the theory. We show that the
solution is geodesically complete and has the character of a shock wave in the
sudden asymptotic region. This solution is weak in the senses of Tipler and
Krolak as in the corresponding case of general relativity.
