Comments on: 2003 Holden VY Commodore Warranty Complaint

By: Babygirlspin

Babygirlspin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +0000

My 2004 Holden Crewman auto has an overheating problem. It just stopped as we were driving. The temperature control was normal, the radiator wasnt hot but the motor was boiling and smoke coming out of dipstick.There was plenty of oil in engine Cooled the engine down and filled with water drove about 100 meters and it happened again, repeated the same process and it happened again. We have replaced the thermostat and it is still overheating after about 5 minutes. Can any one help thank you

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:13:36 +0000

Ok after some information..im looking at purchasing a VY V6 ute..ive been reading the comments on this site both good and bad..so if you want to please speak your minds and let me know of things i should look out for, as dollars are tight im hopeing to digest anything you people can give me before i make a jump over the edge…tnxs

By: lee

lee — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:18:18 +0000

I was once a one eyed holden guy. but after the crewman i had which only had 45,000klms on it the diff was howling and needed to be rebuilt. Does not have a towbar or done any burnouts! It was a 6 cylinder storm model. Cost me $1100 to fix. It was 3 months out of warranty and Holden told me to get stuffed. So my loyalty was for nothing!!! I own chevys and older 60′s model holdens, but now i have a ford in the carport. Its not finished off as good as a holden but its a close second. So everybody, ditch the loyalty and dont buy Holdens! I NEVER will again.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:34:18 +0000

The Vy commodore, is a great car mines done 220,000 ks, and is still running like new!

By: c.o.

c.o. — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:24:45 +0000

dont know what ur all talking about my VY SV8 has been pretty good. every problem i had was fixed by Holden and now that its out of warrenty i service it myself with better oils than the ones they use at the dealers.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:18:27 +0000

$68,000 car on finance from Mercedes cost $260 a week with a balloon of $24,000 at the end of the contract. My 300C is financed through mercedes. Not expensive if you think about all the money you waste on your broke ass friends buying them alcohol on the weekend is around the same amount.

Buying second hand cars means you are buying someone elses problem. Save up for the car you want and buy a scooter if thats what you have to do until you can afford the car you want. If you have to pay alot of money for the car you want, you wont feel it. Trust me I know.

When you finish work, walk to your car and unlock those doors, you will stop and think “Thats why I wake up in the morning and go to work, cause of my baby”

You think people driving around in nice cars are rich? The car doesnt belong to them, the bank owns it and same with their house. They have the same amount of money at the end of the day as people who dont earn much a week. Thats how life is…Balanced.

By: trevor

trevor — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:52:37 +0000

Al,I’ve never worked for holden.I’m a boilermaker.I’ve owned an xc falcon,and xe falcon and an ea falcon and the interiors were all very badly made.very unimaginative,square,boxy.they all handled like the QE11 and turning circles the same.working on them was always an absolute nightmare.They All rusted out prematurely.I’ve done everything there is to be done mechanically to cars and the holdens always win hands down in that area.Youve probably never owned a holden so you don’t have any comparison to go by.your old man was probably a ford man,your friends probably also ford men.I feel sorry for the lot of you.You’ll never know how good holdens are and it’s probably better that way.At least you will still suffer with the worst possible vehicle ever. Holdens RUUUUULE MY FRIEND !!

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:54:14 +0000

It looks like this article has been tainted with thumbs downs, perhaps a couple of Holden staff or a bunch of diehard Commy fools.

I read a story before of a VY owner having trouble replacing his right rear door because Holden ran out of stock and had to order overseas. Wait a minute, isn’t this ‘Australian’?

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:50:12 +0000

Every manufacturer has its flaws; it’s just that Holden has too many of them. As long as sales are good, this won’t change ever.

By: trevor

trevor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:36:05 +0000

I owned a ’91 vn commodore.It had 130000 k’s on it when I bought it.It had a half a million k’s on it when i got rid of it.I neglected the hell out of that poor thing and thrashed it ruthlessly.It was always 100000 k’s past service time when I did change the oil and filter.I tortured the gearbox.Burnouts all the time etc etc.It never failed me til the week I got rid of it. nothing on the dash worked anymore and the box would take 15 minutes to find reverse so I traded it in.All my Holdens have been superb examples of bullet proof engineering.I’ve owned four cylinder toranas(opel motor) to hz prems and Statesmans and I loved the lot of them for their outstanding reliability and unsookiness(thats not a real word by the way).I now own a VY v6 Berlina 2003 model and I look after this one a bit better than all my older cars.It gets an oil change every 5000 k’s as well as a new filter and it now has 115000 k’s on the clock.just about to replace the front disk rotors and pads due to me driving like a rally car driver and going thru water while the brakes were hot.warped em.other than that I am very very happy with my holdens and will buy the new one this year when I have a few more spondooliks.