Issues ZB

[Rpdm]

Hi I was wondering if anyone has had any electrical issues with there Holden zb?

Keep getting this on the dash randomly, Holden have tested and can't find a fault, or won't, any ideas what it could be?

ESC 4wd service abs etc all failed, just happens randomly and switch off and on and disappears, with apparently no fault codes recorded in system.

Thanks

 

[tuckerbag]

The ol gm pox

 

[TeePee53]

No my car has been almost flawless, I have a RSV so the same screen. Only issue in 24k has been fuel gauge but fixed now. I have never had any warnings like that

 

[Skylarking]

VF's also see ESC/ABS issues if there are battery problems...

So get your battery load tested and replace it if it is not atleast 80% of original CCA capacity.
Poor batteries can acount for all sorts of off messages being flooded on the screen in modern cars.
Such need good clean reliable volts or they get annoyed...

 

[StrayKiwi]

The only issue I have after a year of ownership is the battery in my wifes key has gone flat.

 

[Fzs1000n]

the left photos the needles are red, right they are orange. Same Kms shown

 

[Badgerdog]

My brand new 2018 Calais V V6 engine suffered a spectacular engine seizure while driving along the road and failed right at a busy roundabout after just 800 km's. Took me 7 weeks and a lot of hassle for Holden to finally agree to supply me another new car, this time a 2019 one.
I guess every once in a while someone gets a lemon, (lucky me)....except for me this was the second drama, albeit from a long time ago. The last Holden I owned before getting back into a ZB was a Gen3 V8 Holden Calais back in 2000 which had massive oil consumption and bad piston slap and Holden didn't want to know a thing about my problems with that car so this engine failure really messed with my head.

I keep hoping with my 2019 Calais V its a case of third time lucky. I negotiated, (Holden N.Z. were super reluctant) a 5 year 100,000 warranty with the replacement car...demanded it to be honest or give me my money back. Common sense suggests I should own this car for the full 5 year term to get my money's worth for all the drama's I've been through with Holden.

At times I have really struggled in my head to not cut and run from the brand, take the loss on the chin and move on. I thought I had got on top of this psychological challenge but then as we all know Holden pulled the pin on the brand here and I had to do battle in my head again with keeping my car. The longer I keep my Calais V and the longer it stays trouble free the easier keeping it becomes. 18 months in with my replacement Calais V...I wish I could say it has been smooth travelling. I can't fault my current car but the previous two Holdens I've owned and the abandonment of the brand by GM presents an ongoing psychological challenge to me in terms of whether I really am happy with it.

I think its a 50/50 call whether I will keep my current car much longer or really ante-up for something quite special, life is pretty short after all... https://www.whichcar.com.au/reviews/bmw-m550i-xdrive-review

 

[Skylarking]

@Badgerdog when your ZB first shat itself, that was the universe telling you to demand a full purchase price refund and jump ship... You could have been in much more expensive BMW much sooner

Hindsight wonderfull isn’t it

Good luck whichever way you choose to go

 

[Badgerdog]

@Badgerdog when your ZB first shat itself, that was the universe telling you to demand a full purchase price refund and jump ship... You could have been in much more expensive BMW much sooner and lost truck loads of money in depreciation much sooner...wonder what the first year depreciation hit is on a $150K BMW, possibly more than the entire amount I paid for my Calais V

Hindsight wonderfull isn’t it

Good luck whichever way you choose to go

I have cabin fever again with lockdown in Auckland. I'll probably come to my senses again after I'm allowed out for a decent drive. Calais V is a good bit of kit....I just need to get my head screwed on right again, (feeling depressed from Covid lockdown like almost everyone else I know).

My Dad, (passed away about 8 years ago) used to change his Holden's every five years and always told me never sell a good work horse. (He was referring to cars but also back to his younger days when he used to drive a team of Clydesdale horses on the farm) I should keep this one for as long as it works properly.

Buying a twin turbo BMW V8 might be opening a Pandora's box for a whole truck load of even bigger drama's as well as getting massively kicked in the head for depreciation Sometimes, its better the Devil you know eh.
Sometimes the real trick to life is being content with what you have....doesn't just apply to cars

 

[stooge]

its better the Devil you know eh.

The engine seizing was probably just a 1 in a million thing.
The v6 in the commodore has been used in many vehicles since 2016 like the camaro, cadillac and even the holden arcadia.
So dont stress too much about it.

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