Gidday all, l am the new owner of a ve lpg international 4 speed and have only done about 3000 kms so far. I'm not up to speed with a lot of the mech talk but the problem is when driving along at approx' 65/75 km's the transmission goes into o/d, then when you back off a little this low rumble noise like a droning sound starts and its sounds like the car is wanting to change down.
After taking it along for its first service, I was told it was something to do with the converter lockup happening too soon. I asked if there had been many reports of this happening and they said I was only the second one they had heard off. The problem had shown itself in 08 makes but they thought they had fixed the problem in the 09 make, apparently holden are working on the problem but it could take about two months to come up with the program to change how the transmission reacts. On calling the dealership the other day I was told that other dealers had tried other fixes but with little joy and were waiting for the program. So the question is, are holden selling these cars knowing the tranny has a problem, and they will get around to fixing it when they can, in the meantime you can drive it in the sports mode, which will stop the problem, so I have been advised.
sorry its a long post
thanks
After taking it along for its first service, I was told it was something to do with the converter lockup happening too soon. I asked if there had been many reports of this happening and they said I was only the second one they had heard off. The problem had shown itself in 08 makes but they thought they had fixed the problem in the 09 make, apparently holden are working on the problem but it could take about two months to come up with the program to change how the transmission reacts. On calling the dealership the other day I was told that other dealers had tried other fixes but with little joy and were waiting for the program. So the question is, are holden selling these cars knowing the tranny has a problem, and they will get around to fixing it when they can, in the meantime you can drive it in the sports mode, which will stop the problem, so I have been advised.
sorry its a long post
thanks