Comments on: Holden Barina 2006 Poor Safety Slows Sales

By: daMystery1

daMystery1 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:39:30 +0000

Re. the Hyundai death…. It said ten thousand, NOT 100 thousand.

By: nickdl

nickdl — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:29:50 +0000

I saw one of these and a Swift on the side of the freeway after an accident. The Barina had rammed the back of the Swift (probably due to no ABS) and it was a write off. The Swift could have been driven away. I bet the Swift owner was happy to have paid 3 grand more.

By: Julz

Julz — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:00:49 +0000

Hi Melissa,

we are having issues with our Barina as well, brakes, abs, fuel anything you can think of. Keep taking it back to Holden and they are giving me nothing.

You still have problems with your one?

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:22:19 +0000

I brought a 2006 barina and have only done 23000klm and have had nothing but problems with it. my spark plugs and valves in my head needed to be replaced, my oil warning light was faulty, airbag control has burnt out (twice and now they’re trying to make me pay for it!), back wipers seized up, back passenger window motor burnt out. this is just to name a few. Holden customer care won’t do anything about it, either will the service department where I got it! something needs to be done about this. does anyone know who we can get in contact with to sort this out?

By: Allan Penhall

Allan Penhall — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:10:07 +0000

Wow, some of you guys have problems,but our 2000 Barina just keeps on keeping on, how-ever,can anyone tell me how to key in the radio code in a Holden Barina 2000 model. Required after battery died. Cheers steptoe111 Allan

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:31:11 +0000

Melissa my email is aliciamaxy@hotmail.com send me an email i am having the same problems.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:35:11 +0000

i bought a 2006 barina and i have had the solanoid go three times so far and have also encountered a problem with the engine. It is in getting repaired right now. I am furious i want a refund and want this problem to be over. I still owe money on the car and it would be a waste for me to get rid of it but it is causing so many dramas. I live in a country town and there is no holden dealer here so i have to take it an hour away to get it fixed. What are our options how can we can our money back….

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:14:19 +0000

I bought a 2007 Barina New and the automatic has had a solanoid go in it four times. I feel as though it is constantly being returned for repairs and the inconvenience is rediculous. So much for a warranty – I’d like a refund on this lemon but instead I have to just keep taking it back. Can you think of any other faulty item you would have to keep taking back for patching and instead of getting your momney back you continue to lose thousands. I’d like to sell it but I couldn’t do it privately – I’d feel like scum.

By: B.P.

B.P. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:33:14 +0000

I bought my TK barina in December 05, the new TK one just came out and when i drove it i thought it was great, considering i drove a 1994 commodore for the previous 2 years.

I have since put 30,000km’s on it and it is the biggest piece of crap i have ever driven, it makes more noise inside and outside than my old 1990 nissan with 190,000kms on the clock. so i am going to hate to see it when it hits 190,000km’s, that’s if it is still working.

Every time i go over a bump or put my brakes on i get some god awful sound like the wheels or shocks are gonna collapse and i will go straight into a tree.

i will definitely be telling holden about it at my next service and hopefully the warranty will cover it.

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:51:28 +0000

Yaris, Jazz, Colt, Swift and even Getz. I’d really consider these names first before that Barina. They’re not much more expensive but way better than the extra dollars they ask for. They also look much nicer and perform better (note that Barina has a 1.6-liter engine but slower than those others that have no more than 1.5). And given the 2-star rating, Holden should recall them for Australia’s sake.