Holden VE Commodore WM Statesmen Caprice Recall
October 20, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
I don’t know how this slipped past me, but It did! Anyway I thought, better late than never. So here is the big news, Holden has recalled some 1521 Holden VE Commodores and WM Statesmen and Caprice models which came with a V8 engine and were built July and August 2006. Yes this is the brand new range of vehicles. Fortunately, though the problem isn’t too serious and the recall came at a very early stage.
Official Government Recall Details :
Supplier Name: GM Holden Ltd
Product Make: Holden
Product Model: VE & WM
Target Number: 1521
Model Years From: 2006
Consequences: In extreme cases, the vehicle may develop a fuel leak and a fuel smell may become evident to the driver.
Campaign Number: 06-H-06
Product Info: VE & WM Series Holden vehicles fitted with a V8 engine that were built in July and August 2006.
Defect Details: A condition can occur where a fuel hose that connects the main fuel line and the injector rail in the engine bay may have been manufactured incorrectly. If damaged, the location may not be visible as it is covered by an outer sleeve band.
Consumer action: The owners of affected vehicles will be contacted by letter at their last registered address.
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Purchased an VZ SV6 stationwagon in July and have been having a fuel smell in the car.It seems to be stronger after the car has sat for a lengthy amount of time in the heat. Could this be the same problem as with the VE Commodore fuel hose. Holden has looked at it a few months ago but it has gotten stronger now with the heat. Any comment would be appreciated.
Hi to every one can hear my message,
I would like to tell the holden , the caprice(grange) life is in dangreous, if you see the AMERICAN CAPRICE which was made untill 1996 by GM itself industry, were the best car on that time which also could compete with S-class mercedes-benz and even it was better than that S class.BUT since the holden get the caprice it became year by year it comes down and down, what i mean , the quality of material in the car, the power of the car,the weight of the car ,and so many of other problems that take a long time for saying it.and the other point is about the SS which is one of the caprice class in middle east. -the ss america was made with diffrent engine With its other class of caprice such as LS- LTZ-CLASSIC OR ROYAL. but since this car came to holden to made , the all calsess LS lTZ SS AND THE ROYAL made with same engine, what i mean the SS SHOULD BE DIFFRENT AND MORE POWER THAN OTHER CALSS AND DIFFTERNT BODY SHAPE WITH SPORT MATERILAS,
THAND YOU FOR PARTICIPATION,
HAMED AMIRAN FORM UAE( SS)
After having some warranty work done to my 2006 WM Statesman 3.6Ltr. I was told that a new Key module flash could not be done as key programing would imobalise the entire electrics & pcm. Holden programmers are working on new software as we speck. No key recoding till then on any VE or WM’s.
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