@RoganJosh, pity the saga wasn’t put in front of a judge where you could have highlighted Holdens negligent behaviour on this safety issue that should have been handled for all owners by Holden via a voluntary recall (since the regulators are silent on the issue).
Though the judge can’t direct Holden to recall all vehicles, as it’s not an ACL issue and thus not under his jurisdiction, he can take a dim view and verbally hammer Holden for such poor behaviour while finding that the fault IS a major fault under ACL.
But going down that path would have required you getting your ducks in a row. However, if you went down that path and if you got a such an outcome (major fault under ACL) that would have been a hugely important result. That’s because the regulators would then have to pay serious attention to this issue (and can no longer remain silent).
In any case, you took appropriate steps to get the outcome you desired in getting the issue fixed so congrats.
But if possible, can you get the dealer to take picks of the old rack connectors (& part number stickers) as well as the new rack connectors (& part number stickers) so we can see if the local fix contains the gold connectors (as is done with the Chevy US recall).
If you can get such pics, please post them here so we can all finally see whether the fix is the same as the USA recall solution or whether we are still being short changed in some way...
PS: also tried to download your CAT judgment from the MyLink map thread but it’s no longer available. Also tried finding it within NSW CAT web site but had no luck. Can you provide a copy?