2006-07 Holden CG Captiva recalled

By Tim Beissmann | January 20th, 2010

Holden has recalled more than 13,000 CG Captivas for an intermediate shaft inspection after two cases of suspected mechanical malfunctions.

The official recall notice on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s website reads:

“In some instances, the intermediate shaft which connects the steering column to the steering rack may become disconnected. If the intermediate shaft becomes disconnected, this may result in a loss of steering control.”

Holden’s Kate Lonsdale said letters were sent to owners at the beginning of the year and the inspections are already underway, with no additional defective cases found.

“Safety is our key priority and it’s more a precautionary measure bringing cars in for inspection. It’s just to check that the intermediate shaft is in the right place, that it’s secure, and that would be it.

“We don’t expect there to be many but if on the odd chance it wasn’t [right] then it would obviously be corrected. It would take all up about 45 minutes,” she said.

Ms Lonsdale encouraged consumers to act on the side of caution and take their cars in as soon as possible for the free-of-charge inspection if they had not done so already.

“It has affected 13,086 vehicles within Australia and that’s just on a production date. We’ve gone from start of production in June 2006 to December 2007 just to be on the safe side.”

The ACCC’s official product safety recall notice can be found at: http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/971575

Control Blade

How about recalling them for poor handling and woeful fuel consumption??

Classic

or just being plain ugly, and a daewoo?

Joker

Anti-spam = Holden

Why they’re at it, give the poor owner their Money back and don’t release any more into the general market.

JEKYL & HYDE

and all the rust,balljoint,brake,and fuel consumption woes…

Frosty

Here we go with the Anti Australian and Anti Holden mob going on about rubbish as usual. Why don’t you go do something productive in you time like work. Oh thats right, they are waiting for school Holidays to finish so that they can return to school. Now lets see how long it takes them to insult me for saying Australian and Holden in the one comment. That will be their mentality. At least Holden do the right thing for their cars owners and hit things on the head before something serious happens unlike Ford with their Cruise control and Toyota with their Floor mats. Oh and by the way the Captiva was partly designed in Austraia and Mike Simcoe had a bit to do with it. It also looks a whole lot better than the Toyota and Ford offerings in this market segment.

David T

You are not serious are you?
The “styling” work Simcoe did was in Korea, and it’s not engineering design, which is this Daewoo’s weak point.
Holden have NOT been pro-active in this case. They have been forced into a recal by the ACCC – expect more for the Captiva.
Style wise, the Captiva sits just below everything else from Korea in this segment, then the rest sit above that.

BTW, why do you think that anti-Korean/Holden sentiment is anti-Australian. Clearly it is NOT. Your anti-Ford Territory comment was the most anti-Australian comment so far.

Team Red

Style wise that would be your opinion David T, and it is apparently not shared by the many buyers of Captiva, of whom there are no shortage.
Shall we delve into the recalls and shortcomings of Territory (god’s gift to motoring along with the Falcoooon)?
I’m guessing the esteemed posters above were among those who said Cruze would be a failure ROFL
Johnno

Tell us where it states that Holden were forced into a recall. Holden has always been proactive in recalling cars even for the most minor of faults. It took deaths for Toyota and Ford to issue recall notices. Name one death as a result of any GM or in our case Holden over the last 10 years. We all know that both Toyota’s floor mats and Fords cruise control issue have resuted in deaths before recalls have been issued.

Davd T

Johnno, other media has reported that “Holden have now recalled the Captiva after an ACCC investigation….”

And as far as deaths go, you would be an idiot to think that no GM vehicle hasn’t caused deaths because of faults.

To even suggest that GM (or Holden) have always been more, or less, proactive than any other manufacturer is totally rediculous – they ALL do as little as they think that they can get away with.

Frenchie

The recall was anounced on 31/12/2009 on recall.gov.au on Holdens advice not ACCC. The steering shaft on two Captiva’s have been install incorrectly at the factory.

birdie

It also looks a whole lot better than the Toyota and Ford offerings in this market segment.
Reply
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING,RIGHT. just look at the back of that thing, its just WRONG.

toxic_horse

Yea those horrible twin exhaust are so close together and look like they are about to fall out at any moment.

David T

Third recall for the Craptiva in just a few short years, and if you listen to the numerous owners complaints, there should actuallu be many more.

BTW, isn’t it quiet on CA now that the serial pest, Tomas79, has gone to another site and taken all of his numerous aliases with him.
Baddass

It is a little ridiculous to criticise every single carmaker who makes recalls because of faults in their cars. Have you noticed that Ford, GM and Toyota are doing most of the recalling lately because, wait for it, they make a lot of cars. Statistically, a certain number of cars in a batch of cars biult is going to have faults. So by making many more cars, these companies have to make more recalls.
Save it for the track

I suspect that many Captiva buyers bought it simply because it’s badged a Holden. Much like many of the mindless masses that buy Totota’s simply because they’re Toyota’s. Be damned what it looks or drives like.
ray

My wife and I bought an LX 5 speed 2L common rail turbo diesel Captiva last August and have found it an absolute pleasure to drive. I personally love the torque value it has with it, fair enough it’s not real quick off the line but once it hits 1100 rpm the pulling power is awesome.
We originally test drove the 3.6L unleaded with the 4 speed auto and found it very lackluster in the power pulling department ONCE you take off. And as for fuel economy, I do believe 750 to 800 k’s to a tank around town isn’t to bad at all. We were originally looking at getting a territory (me being a Ford man and all) BUT after researching from a number of different Independent mechanics and loyal FORD people who HAD owned Territory’s, they told me territory suffered a lot of electric problems and was very pricey to repair, not to mention very bad fuel economy. So in the end we opted for the Diesel Captiva and so far are extremely happy with our choice.
So far so good.

Ezz

Yes Raaaay. I’m sure everything you say is the absolute truth. Always get worried though when someone claims to be something, then quotes a whole range of people to back up why they aren’t in fact…that something they claim to be.
Jack

As another ‘Ford’ man with an SY:

No electrical problems,
Very cheap to service and repair – that’s the joy of Australian made.
Fuel Economy 11.2L/100km in 95,000km, just like the ADR said it would be! 10.5 on the highway.

If Holden have recalled with only 2 instances in so many sales, power to them. Just like the Territory brake hose recall, the media is all over it.

Tinman

“LOOK MA, NO HANDS!”
Callous Aussie

There are a lot of ignorant people in this world. Holden and Ford have a recall and the media are all over it. Did any of you hear about the numerous recalls for my navara? Didn’t think so. It doesn’t sell papers.

If vehicle manufacturing were to die in this country you could start pointing the finger at our media. Disgraceful, and the response from numerous people in this thread regarding the article is proof enough that propaganda is alive and well. It isn’t being recalled because it suddenly explodes without warning. Sad indeed.

I have asked owners what they think of their Captivas and it is overly positive. Similar infact to the response from Territory owners. Hyundai had one bad weld in the excel and spent 10 years recovering lost ground. Funny thing is only a handful of cars ever had issues and many excels are still on the road today.
Vince

Captiva petrol are woeful. 18L/100 around town, 12 on the open road.

Robert

That’s total BS!!! We bought a brand new Captiva LX 6 months ago (petrol) and we get between 11.4 and 12.6 l/100km all city traffic with various combinations of suburb/city/frreway driving. We live in Perth. Another friend of ours who also owns Captiva petrol (1 year old) went from Perth to Bunbury and back with 2 kids some laguage and aircon on and averaged 10.8 l/100km. Captiva is truly amazing and neither mine or our friends’ car experienced any problems.

Ezz

Took a while for this recall ‘news’ to get on CA. Perhaps you were just waiting for some more information but this was first in the news 2 weeks ago, wasn’t it?
Save it for the track

All manufacturers have recalls of sometype or another. Depending on the scale of the problem I suspect would depend on the nature of any mainstream reporting. Market share probably pays a part in that as well. With Holden, Ford, Toyota holding significant market shares, tends to make more news than say a Mahindra or something. Some models of some makers over the years also develop certain ‘issues’, that either become well known (and NOT always loudly eported by mainstream media), LS3 Vz V8′s come to mind, with certain large items being on the shelf at Holden dealers as they were breaking so often, similar to problems with the high-tech (when it first came out) 3.0L diesel Nissan Patrol motor. many still swear by their Nissan’s however. The post of ray, where he states he is a Ford man, then goes on to say how he had thought about Territory, but ended up with the Captiva, with no mention of other ‘soft roaders’ such as Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorento etc. etc.
debs

i bought my captiva (petrol) bloody brillant car! i’ve had it four years as of may and i’ve done 148078kms! she is fantastic on fuel i drive from perth to morawa thats 367kms north east and return on one tank! fantasic going and that’s with a car load of teens and lugguage! i do this trip almost monthly! the only problem i’ve ever had with my car is the front drivers side indicator! i’ve reported it and had it looked at several times 19 indicator bulbs since the day i bought her to date they claim not a manufacture fault! however, i cant wait til may this year 2011 for the new release captita. i’m buying the new one the day its released!