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Hey all,
Simple question first - were leather door trims a factory option on a 2008 VE SV6?
My 08 SV6 has leather seats and leather door trims. It's as I purchased it, second hand, from ex-govt car auctions. I am the cars second owner, previously it was a NSW Area Health Service vehicle.
I went to my local Holden dealer service dept this morning to get a couple of things sorted out under the remaining factory warranty. One issue was the leather on the door trims look to have shrunk back at the edges. It's like the leather was cut a shade too small and you can just see the mesh backing at the top where the leather edge was glued to the backing. They agreed it was a problem but immediately looked to find a reason to not cover it, including the car not being serviced within the past 6 months despite it only having done 6000 kms since the last service. (What that has to do with faulty door trims, I have no idea.) The door trims were faulty when I bought it. They then accepted my car and later called me up tell me that the trims were not original and might have been a dealer option and I would not be covered by factory warranty, but they would fix the other items (high mount LED brake light fault and software update to fix airbag warning).
It didn't sound right to me. I figured when the car was purchased, someone ticked the leather option meaning factory seats and door trims. I immediately called Holden customer support and posed the question. "Were leather door trims a factory option for this car?" They didn't answer directly but said they would make some calls and get back to me. Holden then contacted the local dealer who had my car and concluded between them that the door trims were not original and would not be covered. The dealer then called me up to break the news. Fair enough if they are right, but I still think it's sus. My original question remains if the door trims were a factory option and if so then shouldn't the factory cover them?
If anyone has an insight, I would appreciate it.
Simple question first - were leather door trims a factory option on a 2008 VE SV6?
My 08 SV6 has leather seats and leather door trims. It's as I purchased it, second hand, from ex-govt car auctions. I am the cars second owner, previously it was a NSW Area Health Service vehicle.
I went to my local Holden dealer service dept this morning to get a couple of things sorted out under the remaining factory warranty. One issue was the leather on the door trims look to have shrunk back at the edges. It's like the leather was cut a shade too small and you can just see the mesh backing at the top where the leather edge was glued to the backing. They agreed it was a problem but immediately looked to find a reason to not cover it, including the car not being serviced within the past 6 months despite it only having done 6000 kms since the last service. (What that has to do with faulty door trims, I have no idea.) The door trims were faulty when I bought it. They then accepted my car and later called me up tell me that the trims were not original and might have been a dealer option and I would not be covered by factory warranty, but they would fix the other items (high mount LED brake light fault and software update to fix airbag warning).
It didn't sound right to me. I figured when the car was purchased, someone ticked the leather option meaning factory seats and door trims. I immediately called Holden customer support and posed the question. "Were leather door trims a factory option for this car?" They didn't answer directly but said they would make some calls and get back to me. Holden then contacted the local dealer who had my car and concluded between them that the door trims were not original and would not be covered. The dealer then called me up to break the news. Fair enough if they are right, but I still think it's sus. My original question remains if the door trims were a factory option and if so then shouldn't the factory cover them?
If anyone has an insight, I would appreciate it.