Sudden Loss of Power Steering WHEN DRIVING

[Nathan Walpole]

Sure will! It won’t be done until Monday/Tuesday next week! So keep your eyes peeled for my next update

 

[Pablito]

Sure will! It won’t be done until Monday/Tuesday next week! So keep your eyes peeled for my next update

Glad to hear.

How many k's are on the car?

 

[Nathan Walpole]

Just over 118,000kilometers

 

[Skylarking]

UPDATE! Holden has agreed to foot the bill for a new steering rack!

and hopefully give you a loan car while yours is being repaired, I hear they have lots of opeldoores available

 

[Nathan Walpole]

Hahah! They didn’t give me a loan car! I might ring again tomorrow and ask! But for now I have one of my parents cars

 

[Skylarking]

UPDATE! Holden has agreed to foot the bill for a new steering rack!

Good news. Thanks for the update.

If you could post any relevant paper work after the job is completed (obviously with your personal details omitted) it would be much appreciated, especially if it lists a description of the fault(s) and part numbers of new part(s) fitted.

Further to immortality’s request, please please try and get pictures of the new rack connector pins so we can once and for all verify if gold plated pins are included in the Australian solution

 

[Skylarking]

Hahah! They didn’t give me a loan car! I might ring again tomorrow and ask! But for now I have one of my parents cars

Probably better as the dealer supplied cars could have a big insurance excess if you have a crash. Then again, your insurance may cover a crash in loaner car while yours is getting some TLC.

Disclaimer... I hate insurance companies so i’d probably go the private route if possible...

 

[Nathan Walpole]

I think it may have had something to do with my age? I’m not 100% sure! Lucky my parents were nice enough to loan me one of theirs or else Uber would have been my best friend! But I am missing my baby already

 

[VS 5.0]

the dealer supplied cars could have a big insurance excess

Do have.

 

[Skylarking]

the dealer supplied cars could have a big insurance excess

Do have.

Yeah, some years ago, one dealer I was servicing with had a $5k excess on their loan car but I don’t know if this was/is a common excess amount with others.

As mentioned, your own vehicle insurance may cover the loan car while yours is in the workshop so it could be worth clarifying this with your insurance company. If the loan car is covered by your insurance company, then you’d also need to get the dealer to accept they are covered through you... and thus you have no need for their expensive insurance. The dealer may not like or accept this so it can become a pain which is why I hate insurance companies and usually decline loan cars