Replacement rear compartment courtesy light.

[carcollector]

Wow! The plastic interior courtesy light in our Calais (in the hatch/boot area just in front of the passenger tail light) has a broken retaining tab on it, so it keeps falling out. I priced a new one at Holden. Given that it's a piece of plastic with a couple of bits of metal in it to hold the globe, I was thinking maybe $20, or $30 if they were cheeky.

Nope - $90! I guess I'll go looking for a second hand one.

A shame that they are different to the courtesy lights that Holden used from the VB to the VF - I have a few spare of those.

 

[mpower]

been a while since you bought spare parts i take it?

also check overseas where the vehicle is more common.

 

[Jack GS]

Is this the part you are looking for? GM Parts Direct says it is not compatible, but I just pulled the courtesy lamp out and verified that the P/N matches. $28.73 sounds a bit more reasonable.

https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oem-parts/gm-courtesy-lamp-13503059

 

[chrisp]

Is this the part you are looking for? GM Parts Direct says it is not compatible, but I just pulled the courtesy lamp out and verified that the P/N matches. $28.73 sounds a bit more reasonable.

https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oem-parts/gm-courtesy-lamp-13503059

plus shipping! In US$?

 

[mpower]

try europe, it's an Opel mate.

 

[Jack GS]

plus shipping! In US$?

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More or less just showing they are available elsewhere (vs. directly from Holden). Is there no equivalent parts website down there?

 

[carcollector]

Jack GS, you post triggered a thought, and I searched on Amazon and found some far cheaper than what Holden is quoting - they may not be genuine (they claim to be), but they won't be broken either. Fingers crossed they work ok.

I own a few Nissan sports cars too - it's a crazy world when I can order genuine parts from the US and have them shipped to me much faster and way cheaper than I can by ordering them directly through a local Nissan dealer - and they're both coming out of the same place in Japan.

 

[87VLCALAIS]

Jack GS, you post triggered a thought, and I searched on Amazon and found some far cheaper than what Holden is quoting - they may not be genuine (they claim to be), but they won't be broken either. Fingers crossed they work ok.

I own a few Nissan sports cars too - it's a crazy world when I can order genuine parts from the US and have them shipped to me much faster and way cheaper than I can by ordering them directly through a local Nissan dealer - and they're both coming out of the same place in Japan.

Ahh the good old Australasian ripoff. It happens across so many sectors, it's not funny. I think we just get more of it on the east side of the Tasman.