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From a read of the many threads dealing with common faults with Commodores, I wonder how it is that some regular faults for specific models ever arise when the previous model didn't suffer the same problems.
For example, the VY didn't have fuel guage problems, the VZ did.
The VY didn't have BCM problems, the VZ did.
The VX didn't have persistent door lock actuator problems, the early VY's did.
(If I have some of these facts wrong, then correct me by all means.)
There are probably others that I can't think of, but what do the engineers do when developing new models, that requires them to change parts that seem to work perfectly for parts that don't.
And why, for example, did they change the fuel senders so that you can't just swap Level 3 instrument clusters between Series 1 and 2 VY's and VZ's without reprogramming or considerable additional expense?
There has to be a sound reason for all this change, but when changing perfectly good parts creates persistent faults within the next model, the obvious question is..Why fix what ain't broken?
For example, the VY didn't have fuel guage problems, the VZ did.
The VY didn't have BCM problems, the VZ did.
The VX didn't have persistent door lock actuator problems, the early VY's did.
(If I have some of these facts wrong, then correct me by all means.)
There are probably others that I can't think of, but what do the engineers do when developing new models, that requires them to change parts that seem to work perfectly for parts that don't.
And why, for example, did they change the fuel senders so that you can't just swap Level 3 instrument clusters between Series 1 and 2 VY's and VZ's without reprogramming or considerable additional expense?
There has to be a sound reason for all this change, but when changing perfectly good parts creates persistent faults within the next model, the obvious question is..Why fix what ain't broken?