Holden VE Commodore Battery Drain Issue Resolution

Following our initial story about an issue many VE Commodore owners have experienced with regards to a lack of battery charge, we received many complaints from owners agreeing that the issue was getting long in the tooth, especially when vehicles would be dry of charge at inconvenient times.

This information was forwarded to Holden Australia with [...]

2006 Holden Crewman Warranty Complaint

2006 Holden Crewman Warranty Complaint

Name: Chris Geddes
Car Make: Holden
Car Model: Crewman
Year of Manufacture: 2006
Warranty Complaint:
Battery replaced within first month of having car, still get flat battery if not driven for two days.

2006 HSV E Series Senator Warranty Complaint

2006 HSV E Series Senator Warranty Complaint

Name: Michael Perich
Car Make: HSV
Car Model: E Series Senator
Year of Manufacture: 2006
Warranty Complaint:
I have had my car to Holden to complain about the battery being drained overnight. They were unable to diagnose any issues and the problem went away. In the last 4 days we have [...]

2006 Holden VE Commodore Omega Warranty Complaint

2006 Holden VE Commodore Omega Warranty Complaint

Name: GARY VANAGS
Car Make: Holden
Car Model: Commodore Omega
Year of Manufacture: 2006
Warranty Complaint:
Had to have battery replaced due to battery failure, my car was only idle overnight and i had no indication until getting into the car to start up. It was also a difficult job to remove the battery [...]

2006 Holden VE Calais Warranty Complaint

 2006 Holden VE Calais Warranty Complaint

Name: Timothy Ritchie
Car Make:  Holden
Car Model: VE Calais
Year of Manufacture: 2006
Warranty Complaint:
Our Calais has been plagued with random warnings since day one. The car has been back and forth to Holden and is heading back this weekend for a whole week to have a new BCM module installed as the [...]

2005 HSV Clubsport Z1 Series Warranty Complaint

2005 HSV Clubsport Z1 Series Warranty Complaint

Name: warren horne
Car Make: HSV
Car Model: Z1 series Clubsport
Year of Manufacture: 2005
Warranty Complaint:
Transmission is clunky and continualy jumps out of 1st and 2nd gears, has done so for a long time and has been back numerous times to be rectified and is returned the same. Also has [...]

2007 Holden VE Calais Warranty Complaint

2007 Holden VE Calais Warranty Complaint

Name: John Thomas
Car Make:  Holden
Car Model: VE Calais
Year of Manufacture: 2007
Warranty Complaint:
Blauplunkt $2000 in car Full Colour Satelite Navigator is the most unreliable and inaccurate GPS system that I have ever used including Garmin,Navman.Tom Tom and the $168 one from Repco over a period of 10 years.Holden have not [...]

2006 Holden VE Commodore SV6 Warranty Complaint

2006 Holden VE Commodore SV6 Warranty Complaint

Name: Gregory muller
Car Make:  Holden Commodore
Car Model: VE SV6
Year of Manufacture: 2006
Warranty Complaint:
Fuel cap locking release makes a high pitch sound when car is being unlocked, beyond what is acceptable as normal operating noise. This is a brand new car!! I advised service centre and their response was that [...]

2003 Holden VY Commodore Warranty Complaint

2003 Holden VY Commodore Warranty Complaint

Name: Tracy Crawford
Car Make: HOLDEN
Car Model: Commodore VY executive series II
Year of Manufacture: 11/2003
Warranty Complaint:
110,000 kms on the clock it needs a new engine, I purchased it 6 weeks prior privatley from a guy who serviced it every 10,000kms log book proof, I serviced and had it checked on [...]

2005 Holden XC Barina Hatchback Warranty Complaint

2005 Holden XC Barina Hatchback Warranty Complaint

Name: Carol Brownlie
Car Make: Holden XC Barina Hatchback
Car Model: Holdend XC Barina Hatchback
Year of Manufacture: 2005
Warranty Complaint:
The ongoing problem with my car is that the emission light flickers on and off or remains on and the car runs as sick as to the point where it is dangerous [...]

Holden VE Commodore Battery Drain Issue

We have received several complaints from readers, and one of our motoring writers has encountered this particular issue with two press vehicles, so we would like to get a consensus of the severity of this problem.
From the data we have collected, this issue seems to be affecting all VE Commodore models, ranging from run of [...]

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