alex2_s
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- VFII SV6 Sedan Auto
Hi all,
hope someone may have some insight or had a similar issue.
Bought my VFII SV6 Auto Sedan brand new in March 2016. So far have done 18,000km.
Since December 2016 I've had non stop ongoing issues with;
Driving along fine from cold start, get to set of lights etc and upon trying to take off, Check engine light comes on with also:
- Going into limp home mode (I suspect, complete loss of power on take off and doesnt seem to change gears)
- "Power steering system failure" on the dashboard info screen. Steering still feels normal
- "ESP system failure" on the dashboard info screen
- Orange ESP off light on the dashboard (pressing ESP button does nothing)
- Tachometer fluctuating between 0 and 4000 (like it does when you first turn it on but only going halfway) .... engine is idling fine so its definitely inaccurate.
- Temp gauage going spastic between Cold and halfway (again like when you first turn it on and does its self-check but only halfway not the full way)
Turning the car off and on sometimes makes everything resolve completely, sometimes its still acting up when turning it back on and it takes 3 or 4 cycles to get back to normal.
This has happened on 4 separate occasions now since December. On every occasion its been to Holden and they just say "we dont know whats causing it, you need to bring it in when its doing it" which isnt always possible (9pm on sunday night etc).
They say they have tightened loose wires on ABS module on the first time it went in but since then the dealer just says, we have no idea. I took it to another dealer and they they just scratched their heads also.
Has anyone experienced similar issues and what was the outcome?
Thanks
Alex
hope someone may have some insight or had a similar issue.
Bought my VFII SV6 Auto Sedan brand new in March 2016. So far have done 18,000km.
Since December 2016 I've had non stop ongoing issues with;
Driving along fine from cold start, get to set of lights etc and upon trying to take off, Check engine light comes on with also:
- Going into limp home mode (I suspect, complete loss of power on take off and doesnt seem to change gears)
- "Power steering system failure" on the dashboard info screen. Steering still feels normal
- "ESP system failure" on the dashboard info screen
- Orange ESP off light on the dashboard (pressing ESP button does nothing)
- Tachometer fluctuating between 0 and 4000 (like it does when you first turn it on but only going halfway) .... engine is idling fine so its definitely inaccurate.
- Temp gauage going spastic between Cold and halfway (again like when you first turn it on and does its self-check but only halfway not the full way)
Turning the car off and on sometimes makes everything resolve completely, sometimes its still acting up when turning it back on and it takes 3 or 4 cycles to get back to normal.
This has happened on 4 separate occasions now since December. On every occasion its been to Holden and they just say "we dont know whats causing it, you need to bring it in when its doing it" which isnt always possible (9pm on sunday night etc).
They say they have tightened loose wires on ABS module on the first time it went in but since then the dealer just says, we have no idea. I took it to another dealer and they they just scratched their heads also.
Has anyone experienced similar issues and what was the outcome?
Thanks
Alex