vn sunroof blew off on the high way wat can i do about it

[wineo123]

hey guys today coming home from camping on the highway all of sudden with my windows up and sunroof shut it blew off i was doing 110 khr and it wasnt windy or anything
so has this happened before??
will holden fix it ?
who will have to pay for it ?
and i couldnt find the glass or frame any where
cheers
and feel free to laugh at my dilemma

[hakhawk]

why would holden pay for it? did you buy the car recently from a holden dealer? the cars 20 years old, is the sunroof even factory?(i doubt it, since the cars an exec) you will 99% have to pay for it out of your own pocket.

[wineo123]

as far as i know its factory the car is a berlina....

so should u replace your sunroof every 20 years so this dont happen.. no i think you should get what you pay for and if i knew this would happen after 20 years i would not of purchased this shitbox i would of got a magna..

[hakhawk]

theres plenty of vn's getting around with sunroffs that havent flown off. without seeing what condition the sunroof/seals were in, theres no way to tell why it came off. i certainly wouldnt want an equivalent year magna, much prefer the vn.

so im guessing you bought the car used. how long have you owned the car? for it to have flown off, surely it would have to have been loose, especially with the windows wound up.

[STEALTHY™]

Subscribing for the lolz.

I'm going to hit up holden cause i had to replace some brake pads. Whats this world coming to when brake pads dont last 16 years.

[wineo123]

ive owned it 3 months the sunroof wasnt loose the seals were all good and i like tf v6 magnas
i wish i was 1 of the vns with a sunroof that hasnt flown off lol

[wana s' charge stock vt]

lol, ring holden and ask em to replace it. but record it and post it up on here... would love to hear what the say.

[wineo123]

Subscribing for the lolz.

I'm going to hit up holden cause i had to replace some brake pads. Whats this world coming to when brake pads dont last 16 years.

so i should of got holden to do a 200000klm service. and while there servicing my car please replace my whole sunroof so it doesn't fly off on the highway how was i superposed to prevent this from occurring.

[wineo123]

lol, ring holden and ask em to replace it. but record it and post it up on here... would love to hear what the say.

i intend on doing so. cheers

[Brett_jjj]

I wouldnt have liked to have been following or coming the other way when this happened.I reckon a sunroof would go straight through another cars windscreen ,and probably straight through the occupant as well quite easily at 110 km/h.

[STEALTHY™]

so i should of got holden to do a 200000klm service. and while there servicing my car please replace my whole sunroof so it doesn't fly off on the highway how was i superposed to prevent this from occurring.

Well, a little bit of maintenance goes a long way. But if there was no warning, and nothing visibly damaged, there nothing you could have done.

[hakhawk]

ive owned it 3 months the sunroof wasnt loose the seals were all good and i like tf v6 magnas
i wish i was 1 of the vns with a sunroof that hasnt flown off lol

you cant really copare a ~1990 vn with a 96 up magna. bit of difference there

did you buy the car privately or through a car yard? did it come with a roadworthy?

[acarmody]

I didn't really expect my Ecotec to throw a cam bearing but I didn't call Holden and tell them to give me a new engine. How is it there fault? Crap happens, suck it up and keep going. Look on the bright side, you now have a very rare Holden Commodore convertible.

[CANYONERO]

can you post pics please

[wineo123]

Yer pics soon

[Ace_VP]

If it has done over 100000km its well out of warranty LOL, only just. Sorry mate, i just havent heard someone with a 20yr old car expec the manufacturer to even consider paying for a fault of any kind. If it is factory I doubt they even make them still

[STEALTHY™]

If it has done over 100000km its well out of warranty LOL, only just. Sorry mate, i just havent heard someone with a 20yr old car expec the manufacturer to even consider paying for a fault of any kind. If it is factory I doubt they even make them still

Warranties have a year AND kilometre clause......so its whichever happens first.

[nstone63]

I can't believe you actually expect a warranty-type claim... They stopped making the car 20 years ago and probably haven't even had the dies for 15 years..

[Clutchy]

If it came out just like you said all on its on im tippin the seals were not good as you say if they were good it would not blow out all on its own and im sure from other posts ya get the idea as to what holden will say.

[ucwepn]

You say you bought the car 3 months ago? Unless you bought it from a used car yard i'd say chances of a warranty claim are slim to nil. Even then highly doubtful you could get anything from em. Is it the full electric sliding kind?