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  1. Passion Red

    Rear Aux

    How do you get to the back of the head unit?...do you have to pull it out? What the? I don't 'do' pullout/messing about stuff. I was just pondering this very thing yesterday...wondering what 'rear aux' was and even got my daughter to check out in the back - behind the front seats/console to...
  2. Passion Red

    Bluetooth on SV6

    LOL...Yay Crackah...what top taste we have!! Will do - thanks for the tip. :)
  3. Passion Red

    Bluetooth on SV6

    Well I got the new iphone 4 and it works a treat with the bluetooth. VERY happy. :) Was worried there for a while that I had to press and hold the 'home' button to activate 'voice control'.....but no - completely hands free just like my old Nokia. ( the phone before the stupid Samsung F480i I...
  4. Passion Red

    Bluetooth on SV6

    Ok..thanks for that. The menu dial is next to the screen on mine and you go in there....it's obviously something to pre do on a call while stationary!!! ...and bonus if it sets it for future 'on the move' calls after that. Thanks Tinsnips..always so helpful :)
  5. Passion Red

    Bluetooth on SV6

    PMSL @ Tinny :rofl2: Top show!! Thanks for that......was stressing out that it was going to be another muck around 'where's the freaking phone?' job every time I wanted to voice dial. I don't like any of the Nokias.....so was hoping the iphone would be equally as easy as my last one was...
  6. Passion Red

    Bluetooth on SV6

    Hey Ben...I think the security code is just a generic 1234 ( says in the manual I think ) Not sure about the audio......thinking it comes through all speakers. Hopefully someone will help us LOL :)
  7. Passion Red

    Bluetooth on SV6

    Sooooooooooo, does this mean you don't have to touch the iphone in order to voice dial?....if it's paired with bluetooth? About to replace my mobile witht the iphone and assumed ( again) it would work instantly once paired like my old Nokia did. My old Nokia 1500 slide would connect to the...
  8. Passion Red

    VE Timing Chain (Stretched)

    Ricky...that is not right. If it is a stretched timimg chain then you need to put it to Holden customer care and THEY WILL take care of it through a % of good will. Make it clear you KNOW it is a KNOWN FAULT......make it clear YOU KNOW others have had theirs fixed with a % of Holden good...
  9. Passion Red

    Ve '07 dash rattle.

    aaarrgghh ...the 'recall'...no drama...nothing a bit of hayband shouldn't fix hahhaa Apparently older utes are being put up for 'claims' of fixing....and 'damage' done by things falling out of older non-related models.. :o ;) too funny.
  10. Passion Red

    Ve '07 dash rattle.

    Ditto tinsnips. I had the same...and the dealership (Ballarat) tried to fob me off each service with "fixed it- it was a ill-fitting steering wheel trim"...then next time "fixed it - it was an ill-fitting dash trim"......(too lazy to take out the dash and check -because I'm female no...
  11. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    jasonsv6....you get some 'looks' having to get the RACV to start your car in the supermarket carpark too!!!! hahahhaa how embarrassment. The new battery is such a weight off... Interesting Edwards...the battery place told me the same..that the earliy batteries ( like mine) was crap...
  12. Passion Red

    Opinions of VE

    I agree m500 My father has had BWW's and Mercedes all his life...importing them directly ..he currently owns 5 of them - including a current limited model 6 series BMW coupe bought for $220k and an '02 Mercedes S430 bought for the same.....but has absolute praise for my VE Calais and says the...
  13. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Thanks Tinsnips :)
  14. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    After yet another flat battery and another RACV call....( even after I asked the dealership to replace the battery..and they said 'it was fine'..)...and RACV don't carry batteries with them anymore, I drove straight to R and J batteries and got me another....works a treat and they said the...
  15. Passion Red

    VE Timing Chain (Stretched)

    How could a VE be over '1 year out of warranty Sabbath??? VE's were only released end Aug/Sept '06...and it's a 3 year warranty?..hello? vn42050 Every VE timing chain from this FAULTY ( too thin) batch (7mm instead of 9mm) running from '06 - April '07 will now be out of warranty....from...
  16. Passion Red

    Possible stretched timing chain !!!

    I 'bumped' it ONCE. Anyways, they are covering the cost 75%....6 months out of warranty...so I'm happy with that. Gets done Tuesday/Wednesday. Smiths of Geelong and Holden have been great.
  17. Passion Red

    VE Timing Chain (Stretched)

    Thanks Jason....see my thread http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/ve-holden-commodore-2006/136662-possible-stretched-timing-chain.html I have already rang Holden and they are deliberating.........and will get back to me. :/
  18. Passion Red

    VE Timing Chain (Stretched)

    Just found this....SAME :(
  19. Passion Red

    Possible stretched timing chain !!!

    http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/ve-holden-commodore-2006/122242-ve-timing-chain-stretched.html Just found this thread......deja vu it seems :( ..and this.. http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/ve-holden-commodore-2006/133294-2007-sv6-stretched-timing-chain.html
  20. Passion Red

    Possible stretched timing chain !!!

    Just had my 75,000km service, ( '06 VE Calais) and as reported in other threads, warning signals were displayed like service reminder, engine light...ABS...etc...which was thought to be possibly thrown up due to battery problems. The battery had been discharged and has been flat a few times...
  21. Passion Red

    Replacement key

    I think flip keys were listed in the extras on the old 'build a VE' Holden website as $250...or $95 ( I know it a big difference but either are nowhere near the $500 mark ) Just went there and had a look again....they don't do the same 'build a car price thing...but they did have the price...
  22. Passion Red

    Blaupunkt in SS. Small adjustment big improvement in sound

    ....and the VE Calais? Sounds an excellent tip boneart - thank-you!! :)
  23. Passion Red

    what to buy? A nice, but agonising choice.

    Get a Calais....same engine as SV6 but way comfy-er/nicer-er ....LOL ;)
  24. Passion Red

    SV6 Engine Warning Light

    aaahhhhhhhh, thanks Speed..... if you saw my battery thread...that might make sense for me. The RACV guy told me to always lock the car ( in the garage)....and avoid opening the doors until I get a new battery...opening the door sets off a sequence of 'electrics' that takes 16 minutes to cycle...
  25. Passion Red

    VF Commodore

    I do too flyjoe....the 'new' mod is supposed to be less 'chunky'...more streamlined......I like mine the way it is!! :)
  26. Passion Red

    VF Commodore

    Gargougaflex.......LMFAO - Hi Harri :)
  27. Passion Red

    SV6 Engine Warning Light

    Having exactly the same problem....engine warning signal and associated 'ding' ...aaargghh....thought it may be realted to my battery problem...but will certainly alert the service centre to what you/your service centre have eventually discovered here flyjoe...may save a lot of time for us too -...
  28. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Thanks ssooo much for that info Raylamp.....I have the original VE too...an '06 Calais...tin snips said to get a big sucker too...but hubby wanted to get a new one from the dealer at next service. Since writing this thread I too have heard from others that the VE battery was not 'big' enough...
  29. Passion Red

    VE SS V Blaupunkt Headunit faulty?

    Had a problem with the 'head unit' (?) too.......radio wouldn't work...or came in and out like poor reception. Sometimes it just wouldn't pick up any station and kept cycling through. CD's worked fine though. Dealer put a new aerial in..didn't fix it....so eventually sent unit back to blaupunkt...
  30. Passion Red

    2006 VE Calais problems to look for?

    Top show tinsnips....make them do it!! They just jerk your chain otherwise...especially me being a woman...they looked at me and treated me like I was an idiot child at the first dealership!!! :bang::bang::bang: grrrrrrrrrrrrrr I changed dealerships because of their crap, attitude and...
  31. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Hey Tinsnips.....thanks for the link... For awhile reading into the thread I thought mine ( as an earlier VE) was able to be deadlocked ( as per someone's post) and then found out it couldn't in the end!! hahaha I've never known it could or could'nt all these years..just 'locked it' anyways. :)...
  32. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Mungus - that's exactly what the RACV guy said as well....to lock it....and it shuts down the electrics. Have been doing that even when it's in the garage so hopefully that may help. As far as double locks.....clicking the key once locks all doors...but you need to double click to open all...
  33. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Hey, BONUS advice tinsnips..thanks!! Wasn't sure if I could get another battery or would have to go for the 'Holden' one. I'll get me a steroid sucker as well !!!! LOL I'm over the weak assed battery thing. It sucks that you have to be wary of it...like waiting in the car with the radio on...
  34. Passion Red

    SV6 vs Ford Falcon XR6 HELP NEEDED PLEASE?!!?

    Gee..I don't know....SV6? LOL... or go the Calais...same engine ( High Output Alloytec V6 ) but beautiful interior. ;) xr6 sucks!!
  35. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Thanks Jason..the RACV guy said it was a 'known' problem.......and I have had them out to start it probably 3 times ( before the end of warranty) ..so may be they may take that into consideration. It needs a service soon..so will ask then. Engine Light did not come on either LOL
  36. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Ahhhh, thanks silverfox..that might be it. The warning message ( started Mon) doesn't come on all the time...and I thought it had gone/stopped Weds...but then it came on again yesterday (Thurs) About to go out again.- interesting to see if it's doing it today!! :)
  37. Passion Red

    2006 VE Calais problems to look for?

    'rattle in the dash'....had that and made them take the whole dash out and it was a loose plastic screw..exactly as it sounded like. They don't want to do this as they will scratch the metallic strip on the dash doing so...3 times I asked for it to be 'fixed' and they said it was (done nothing)...
  38. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    No, the battery hasn't been replaced...original battery.....get a new one at next service you think? The RACV guy said it was 65%
  39. Passion Red

    VE Battery

    Also,...just recently the '75,000km' service message comes up on the odometer...( it's not quite 75,000 yet)..as it does ...but also the orange engine light is coming on (sometimes) with a warning pic and a *ding* on the odometer screen as well. :o The other day it was a 'x' and said 'see your...
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