You’re absolutely right that they might have been REFERRED to as an S pack, but it seems never to have been correct. That’s why I wonder that people do it.

I don’t own a VW Golf Tdi Pack.

[Example] I have a VT Holden Commodore and the black paint on wiper blades have deteriated away at the bottom. The same with other VT Commodores. It’s not Holden’s fault really it’s the Wiper Blade company Holden get them from. It’s their fault/problem.

Wheelnut,
that can be true for say if a bolt sheered its head or a dodgy hose or belt broke,
but a lot of the VE problems arent attributed to that.
The LPG service valve Recall could be blamed on supplier problem,
but the seemingly endless electrical gremlins are another thing.
also things like dodgy/flimsy plastic parts are the manufacturers fault as they design the actual part with the material type to their specs

But are you willing to pay $60-80K for a Commodore”

It’s roughly the price you could expect to pay if everything was done in-house from go to whoah by Holden

Holden know that people are only willing to pay and can afford around $30-40k for a commodore and therefore look for suppliers that can supply them with the parts they need on the scale they require for a set price inorder to keep the sale price of the car competitive.

Holden [and Ford] would love to source more parts from Australia but the sad thing is there aren’t that many local suppliers in Australia that can cope with the huge number of parts Holden need which meet their standards and so they are forced to go overseas

Unfortuantely over the years a number of Holden recalls have involved locally made parts but now come from Overseas

And that’s the main point – the parts are made by external parts suppliers NOT Holden. Holden have no control over their production processes or quality control etc.

Because as I said on another topic on this site.. modern cars do have a number of porblems whcih when you consider the overall number of cars sold only affect a small percentage of vehicles..

Just like the ANCrAP tests; they only use 5 cars of a particular model despite the fact that over 100,000 corllas or commodores maybe sold.
They then extrapolate or manipulate the result to make it as though every car of that particular model has the same chance of surviving an accident.

So in relation to mechanical problems or reliability just because a couple of Commodores have a mechanical problem doesn’t necessarily mean every Commodore will have the exact same problem

Ther reason Holden reacall so many cars is they go off their production records thereby giving a greater chance of them rectifying chance of the cars made witrhin a particular period being returned inorder to rectify the problem

Although I am not trying to defend Holden.. as I said all modern cars have problems now and again some more major than others given the number of componetns etc they have..

What would you rather – to be driving a VE which has faulty brakes for example and not know about it until you hit the brakes whilst going down a steep hill because Holden didn’t make an announcement or

for Holden to make the announcement that your car may be affected so that you can take it into a dealer to inspect the car – fix it thereby giving you piece of mind and security that your car is okay?

Forewarned is Forarmed – its best to know what may happen so you can prepare for it rather than wait until you get a nasty surprise at the last minute

All in all the VE has turned into the biggest lump of junk i have ever owned and has turned me off ever buying another holden again. I also own a VZ SSZ and have never had a day of grief…too bad it was the last of a good thing.