Deeznuts
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- 07 VE Calais
hey guys. sick of posting silly questions on here regarding my car.
to be honest i do not trust holden or any mechanic anymore. they see us young guys and see $$$.
for example last service i was told i need all 4 tyres replaced as they were unroadworthy... turns out the truth: rear tyres slight wear, front tyres brand new from the dealer purchase. so you can see.
current problem is driving today and now i have the alternator error light on the dash. both at lunch, and driving home from work. i do drive with my lights on all the time (in attempt to reduce other drivers hitting me). i did not have the battery under any stress. and i have never had it under stress as much as i can tell.
i looked up the warning in the drivers manual and just says the alternator is not working properly, take your car to a holden dealer.
so before i go in gullible i want to know what the possible causes are, what is wrong and how can i possibly fix it? or locate the problem? common issue?
driving with lights on, alternator buggered, battery near dead. new battery or a very costly repair instore? common in ve 07s?
i have a few other issues i have noticed over owning the vehicle ~6 months
randomly ESC warning picture/light comes on, disables itself and stays off until the next drive or pretty much when the enigine is switched off then started again. (never even touching the traction control button)
driving and the dash instrument panel lights dim down, also the center screen dims/turns off completely
after the last "repair" at holden dash displayed "Contact Dealer" on each start of the car for a few days (4 maybe) after the "repair". never does this anymore so i didnt bother whinging to holden about it.
i have found that there is also jack all VE commodore support/forum articles about that are like my findings. makes it really hard to find out what the heck is going on with these cars...
anyone have the same problems?
mechanics and dealers doing dodgys and giving you the runaround?
cheers any help appreciated
to be honest i do not trust holden or any mechanic anymore. they see us young guys and see $$$.
for example last service i was told i need all 4 tyres replaced as they were unroadworthy... turns out the truth: rear tyres slight wear, front tyres brand new from the dealer purchase. so you can see.
current problem is driving today and now i have the alternator error light on the dash. both at lunch, and driving home from work. i do drive with my lights on all the time (in attempt to reduce other drivers hitting me). i did not have the battery under any stress. and i have never had it under stress as much as i can tell.
i looked up the warning in the drivers manual and just says the alternator is not working properly, take your car to a holden dealer.
so before i go in gullible i want to know what the possible causes are, what is wrong and how can i possibly fix it? or locate the problem? common issue?
driving with lights on, alternator buggered, battery near dead. new battery or a very costly repair instore? common in ve 07s?
i have a few other issues i have noticed over owning the vehicle ~6 months
randomly ESC warning picture/light comes on, disables itself and stays off until the next drive or pretty much when the enigine is switched off then started again. (never even touching the traction control button)
driving and the dash instrument panel lights dim down, also the center screen dims/turns off completely
after the last "repair" at holden dash displayed "Contact Dealer" on each start of the car for a few days (4 maybe) after the "repair". never does this anymore so i didnt bother whinging to holden about it.
i have found that there is also jack all VE commodore support/forum articles about that are like my findings. makes it really hard to find out what the heck is going on with these cars...
anyone have the same problems?
mechanics and dealers doing dodgys and giving you the runaround?
cheers any help appreciated