Holden Recall

[dragrat]

Holden to recall locally built cars
May 12, 2004

HOLDEN is to recall 135,000 locally built cars to fix a potential problem with the power steering.

The company said today reports from owners had revealed the power-steering cooler hose might rupture during cornering.

It said that could affect vehicle control with a possible loss of steering assistance.

"We initially thought the problem might only be associated with severe cornering," Holden spokesman Jason Laird said.

"But we have subsequently found that the material used for the hoses needed to be reviewed."

Mr Laird said there had been no reports of incidents as a result of the problem.

The recall would affect Commodore, Calais, Crewman, One-tonner and utility models built between August 26, 2002 and September 2, 2003 and Statesman and Caprice models built between March 20, 2003 and September 2, 2003.

That included 115,000 V8 and V6 cars sold in Australia, 11,000 V8s exported to the Middle East and 8,500 V8 and V6 vehicles shipped to New Zealand.

Holden said it would send letters to customers this week advising them of the recall and advertisements would be placed in national newspapers early next week.

Replacement of the hoses, one on V6 cars and two on V8s, would take about 30 minutes.

[Astranomical]

Shit! Better tell my parents, because we have a 2003 VY Commodore, but Anyway, good luck to those getting their cars recalled!

Edit - OOPS! I misread it..its 2002, NOT 2003! :b:

[The1985divo]

ouch for holden, thats a lot of cars

[Gobbles]

dammn...pain in the ass....is that holdens fault of the hose manufactuer's ?

[The1985divo]

holden is giving ppl the run around.... my work mate has rung holden bout her car and they are just brushing her off and saying youll know more when we do wit till monday for the news paper ad!

Not good holden

[jacko]

Yeah i heard about that on the radio. Not good for holden!

[Bax]

At least its only a dodgy little hose compared to something more expensive I guess.

[Darren]

Really there can be fault to both sides on this one Gobbles. The manufacturer of the hoses should have supplied the correct material and Holden I guess should have checked them before it went on the cars.

Funny how it's always the car manufacturer that cop's it sweet when it comes to things like this. I have a feeling Bridgestone do the hoses but I can't be 100% certain on that one. I know they do all the steering wheels, rubber seals etc.

[jules]

i've worked for holden. they give the supplier a spec. if the spec is met and the part fails, holden wears it. if the part doesn't meet spec, the supplier wears it. pretty simple

this has been ongoing for a while, Motor did an article on it last year. holden are being very slack with this.

[Boeing777]

135,000 cars, thats nearly $70,000 just in postage costs to send letters to the owners... I'll be watching my mail box. May as well just wait till I'm due for my 45,000 in a month or so. I can't wait to hear all about this one from the Ford fans tomorrow at work

Wonder if this has something to do with the clunking sound I hear when I do a low speed full lock turn...been meaning to ask them about that too.

[Astranomical]

I can't wait to hear all about this one from the Ford fans tomorrow at work

Mmm yes...i'm also really looking forward to hearing all about it from the Ford fans here at uni when they find out.......