Things that cark it in a 5 year old Commodore??

[peninsulabands]

I have the power steering shudder which doesn't bother me.

buy new rotors. i had the same thing and stupidly got the rotors machined, 3 months later the shudder was back. bought new rotors and its smooth sailing ever since.

 

[hN!]

In my VY EXEC Ive had to change engine pulleys, inlet manifold gaskets, rear shocks as they were stock oil shocks and rocker cover gaskets Well brake pads aswell... Done all the work myself as its easy. Car has done 169000 So i'm happy.

 

[VYMAD]

buy new rotors. i had the same thing and stupidly got the rotors machined, 3 months later the shudder was back. bought new rotors and its smooth sailing ever since.

No it's not the rotors, just the common fault that was usually fixed under warranty by installing larger power steering hoses. It's when the vehicle is stationary and you turn the steering wheel and get a shudder that can be felt through the steering wheel.

 

[TMM]

pretty much the entire suspension.

 

[peninsulabands]

No it's not the rotors, just the common fault that was usually fixed under warranty by installing larger power steering hoses. It's when the vehicle is stationary and you turn the steering wheel and get a shudder that can be felt through the steering wheel.

oh i see. well i dont think mine got changed under warranty from previous owner because i have that shudder. also, my car seems to be 'using' alot of power steering fluid. there was a leak on one of the hoses so i changed that and re-tightened all the clamps on the other hose but im still topping it up every 3 weeks or so.

 

[jambo58]

04 vy S - fuel pump died at 140kms

 

[acarmody]

In my car, everything. :bomb:

 

[youknowmelyricz]

Harmonic balancer(1hour old)
2nd Harmonic balancer
2 radiators(2nd only cause i was to lazy to put radiat.. fluid in)
2 moduel's 5 coils!!
1 fuel pump
1 transmission
3 filters(fuel)
front suspension(bush's the lot)
Rear suspension(the Lot)
Mufler
power steering rack
if any more im burn it !!!

 

[Calaber]

Series 2 VY Berlina. Owned since November 07, purchased with 32k on it.

At 70k, air con amplifier carked it. $80 but I could have repaired the old one.

Steering wheel controls have played up a couple of times, but not for last year or so.

Steering shudder. Not worth spending $130 or so to fix.

One rear shock is leaking, which was only discovered last weekend. Car now has 85k on it.

Gees, I'll stop there, before I jinx myself.

 

[Sean880]

VY S V6 Supercharged auto - 2004

40,000 kms

Car has run perfectly since new with everything on the car working well. Nothing has "carked it" as you should expect.