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    Just taken my Senator in for a 45,000km service with the following other problems:

    1. Driver window jammed (has to be pulled up)
    2. Suspension/MRC knocking (needs recalibration, again)
    3. Transmission clunk
    4. Right indicator flashing problem, after they fixed the left.


    Firstly, they "lubricated" the window which was a cop out, rather than fixing the issue.

    Second, they tell me the knocking noise from the suspension is because the ENGINE MOUNTS NEED TO BE REPLACED!.

    The car's a year old! Apparently it is a factory problem, the engine mounts become "aerated". Strange - they would need to have a leak and get air into them for this to happen.

    Has anyone else been fed this story, or been told they have to have the mounts replaced?


    The dealer also "upgraded" the software on the rear entertainment unit, for the 3rd time, to solve the battery issue that I don't have. In the process, they reset all the settings in the car (electric seats, climate control, etc). This happens every time!.

    And in terms of the indicator, HSV apparently now have a Revision to the revised module (no, that's not a double negative). So they have to order one of those now.

    All up, the car was off the road for the entire 10 hour day, and it'll be off the road for another entire day (up to 15 business days and counting) when they do the engine mounts.

    This just plain sucks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommo82 View Post
    This just plain sucks!
    it does, but be patient it will get sorted, just remember this is an Australian car, there will NEVER be a perfect Australian car, the level of workmanship shown by most workers in this country is poor compared to overseas countries, look at Korea.

    as annoying as these problems are, this is an incredible feat for Holden to design and build a completely new car,

    i know for a fact ford are having problems with the new fg so its not just a holden thing likewise for toyota having with dash rattles and sqeaks in the aurion/camry


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    there has some issues with some cars on engine mounts they require the upgraded engine mounts
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    Andyman, can you cheer me up and list some of the problems you know they're having with the new falcon so I have some ammo for this Ford prick at work.. Thanks mate!!

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    With the engine mounts, they should be under warranty. It has been identified as a fault by holden, here is the techline on it so you can go in prearmed and shove it in their faces.

    As for the Rear Seat Entertainment revision, the car came flagged as having that need to be done and the sticker in the glovebox had not been marked. Thats all been marked now, so should stop it being done again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DARKVL View Post
    With the engine mounts, they should be under warranty. It has been identified as a fault by holden, here is the techline on it so you can go in prearmed and shove it in their faces.

    As for the Rear Seat Entertainment revision, the car came flagged as having that need to be done and the sticker in the glovebox had not been marked. Thats all been marked now, so should stop it being done again.
    I had these changed just recently, i am still having the same issue in relation to knocking from the front of the car. Its at the stage now where the Stealership has no idea what to do next.
    Jesus drove a Honda but did not talk about it:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Supe View Post
    Andyman, can you cheer me up and list some of the problems you know they're having with the new falcon so I have some ammo for this Ford prick at work.. Thanks mate!!

    transmission faults, electrical gremlins (<can you see the similarity with the ve in that one), fuel guage and dte problems,


    one of which a car was delivered to the dealer with obvious stuffed transmission, now where was quality control that day?


    and just as a bit of trivia, to fit a tow bar to a fg, you need to take a angle grinder to the chassis rails (yes you heard right) and then drill 3-4 PRECISE holes in the chassis, all of this take a good few hours


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    Word has it that these same engine mounts were causing gm significant head aches in getting the g8's to pass the strict US crash tests.

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    Quote Originally Posted by james_lives_here View Post
    Word has it that these same engine mounts were causing gm significant head aches in getting the g8's to pass the strict US crash tests.
    they cant be that strict, they passed ford explorers


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    Quote Originally Posted by Godsmack View Post
    I had these changed just recently, i am still having the same issue in relation to knocking from the front of the car. Its at the stage now where the Stealership has no idea what to do next.
    Yo, there is a techline on a new stabiliser bar bush..

    Cause: Front stabiliser bar bush is either missing (dislodged) or the bar has moved into the split in the bush.

    Correction: Revised bushes incorporating retention lips and material change to prevent the stabiliser bar moving into the split section of the bush have been fitted to vehicles from
    [Wagon and ute] **********L142657 - Build Date: 14/2/08
    [Sedan] **********L150898 - Build Date: 27/2/08

    Techline Ref. No. TL1406 - 0801

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    prozak - any chance you could upload the techline?

    The engine mount techline fixed my front end clunk noise, would just be good for others.

    To the OP - how many seperate whinge threads do you want to create? Why not just keep adding to your original thread?

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    Give the guy a break CSP, if I just spent that much money on what should be a top of the line luxury Australian car, I'd be just as ****ted off!!!
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    i saw a camira a while ago that wasn't blowing smoke.it was on the back of a tow truck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cousin Slow Poke View Post

    To the OP - how many seperate whinge threads do you want to create? Why not just keep adding to your original thread?
    Storage (HDD) is cheap. Get over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goVZ View Post
    Give the guy a break CSP, if I just spent that much money on what should be a top of the line luxury Australian car, I'd be just as ****ted off!!!
    If you were going to buy a top of the line luxury car, you wouldn't do it with $85,000 and it certainly wouldn't be anything from Holden!

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    Thats beside the point mate, $85,000 is still a lot of money to spend on a car, especially one thats had as many issues as his. IMHO tommo has every right to complain - lets face it, if you'd had his kind of luck with your Clubby, you'd be complaining just as much!
    Quote Originally Posted by som
    i saw a camira a while ago that wasn't blowing smoke.it was on the back of a tow truck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goVZ View Post
    Thats beside the point mate, $85,000 is still a lot of money to spend on a car, especially one thats had as many issues as his. IMHO tommo has every right to complain - lets face it, if you'd had his kind of luck with your Clubby, you'd be complaining just as much!
    Not on a forum whinging continually and starting at least 3 seperate whinge threads. Yeah I'd mention the issues and my frustrations but more importantly I'd be at my dealer where they'd fix every problem! It's call a W A R A N T Y. . . And if they didn't fix every issue, that's what the Department of Fair Trading is for.

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    A typo... Labour is a word but you just used it wrong - i.e. when referring to the ALP. There's a big difference between a typo and being wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cousin Slow Poke View Post
    A typo... Labour is a word but you just used it wrong - i.e. when referring to the ALP. There's a big difference between a typo and being wrong.
    Yeah, whatever. I frankly couldn't give a stuff what you want to believe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyman View Post
    they cant be that strict, they passed ford explorers
    i know this thread is old but meh...

    the explorer got the highest possible rating for safety in the US


    YouTube - Crash Test 2002 - 06 Ford Explorer IIHS Frontal Impact

    although that truck gets ****ed up its safe

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    completely unrelated FORD crap and nothing to do with the original topic! Did you search for Ford or something? youre in wrong forum.... www.fordcrap.com

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