Vent your VN/VP frustrations here

I have lost count on how much I have spent, its just a never ending money pit.

The ones I remember are:

1. New aircon $1700
2. New brakes $1200
3. New headunit $500
4. New alarm $800
5. Recoed starter motor - $100?
6. New water pump - $300
7. New fuel pump - $200

Now it needs a new alternator, power windows need fixing and new tints.

 

The VN is not a bad car as such just depends how it' been treated though it's life and what is worn out etc.

If you buy a car that was driven from the showroom to home and stored in a air tight room for 20yeas it's gona be good.

But there are going to be problems on a 330,000 plus car like mine

 

engine light comes on for no apparent reason, the hell farking leak in the boot lol, cornering at high speeds even though its lowered with independent rear susp. starts with a cough a splutter and sometimes even a back fire. however i have to say i do still love my vp calais 5000

 

Ticking sound is more likely to be injectors than lifters. Lifters usually make a definate clacking noise when worn or at least faulty. I worked in a mechanical workshop for many years and remember a VN V6 engine rebuild that one of the mechanics did. On initial start up the lifters clacked until the oil pressure built up then they went quiet but the injectors (which were reconditioned by a local fuel injection service at the time), ticked all the time.

 

Injectors don't tick this loud. Not any that I've heard anyway. My 500,000++km injectors ticked. This you can hear driving beside the car.

 

I to have a ticking sound, and no, not injectors cause they dont run on LPG , its def a rear right lifter............. comes and go's as it pleases. Broke me thinks....

 

omfg when was that

 

here are the problems for my bro's VN:

Engine burns oil
Welsh plug leacks
Radiator is FULL of mud
had to jerry rig the thermo's to work cause they packed up
trans lags alot and i think the torque converter is failing
exhaust fell out one day, got a new one and we put it back together and supported it with speaker wire. 1 year ago now and it still holds haha
dash needs bashing all the time for everything to work
interior is falling to bits
fans dont work until speed 3
AC doesnt work
power steering leaks like a pregnant chick
lights dont work properly, not sure y though
idles like its only on 5 cylinders some days
ITS A TOYOTA LEXCEN (biggest fault of all)

 

Warning engine light!!!

how do i fix the warning engine light??

 

Here is some of the codes

Just Commodores - For All Your Holden Commodore Needs

 

My S*&tbox VN... LOL

Hmmm... where do I start??

* Roof trim falling off
* Windscreen wipers keep snapping
* Grinding noise on front wheels when braking, although brakes are fine!?!?
* Windows keep coming off tracks
* Dodgy speedo... when travelling anything over 80km/hr it flicks from 0-speed you're travelling at constantly!??!
* Alternator keeps stuffing up
* Blinkers and Hazards now not working either...
* Front floor floods during heavy rain (both passenger and drivers side)

When do i burn this piece of shite? LOL

 

The dodgy speedo will be the speed sensor on the gearbox or the voltage regulator inside the cluster with a cracked solder joint. Easy to fix if it's the solder joint.

 

i own a VG.... parts are getting hard to find!!! enough said... after all, it is still a VN lol

 

Hey Fellas, I got a VN Calias and I got a ticking --> squeeling noise under the bonnet, but only in gear and over 2k rpm..... I changed injectors, idle pully, power steer pump, harmonic balancer still great, water pump fine, alternator great. I do have a small crack in left header.

Would that be my prob, cause I got nothing else to put it as.

Sugestions plz, cause it really shiting me off (and can someone tell me how to make a new post, got me stuffed)

 

VN tick under acceleration

Hey People, I got a major prob with ticking -> squeeling under acceleration, started off small and at about 3500 rpm, now starts at bout 2k rpm, only in gear and mainly in 2nd & 3rd. :bang:

Noise is coming for air intake side of motor, and no noise in park or neutral (even at 5k rpm) gearbox is good, and changed idle pully, power steer pump. Harmonic balancer, alternator, water pump, a/c all great. Plugs, leads, oil, and tranny fluid all been changed, head gaskets, exhaust manifolds just been changed (less then 700kms)

Starts off as a tick, more acceleration hell of a lot more noise.

 

where to start.
the trans is shot, diff whines, front passenger door lock jams, speedo sticky, tail lights flicker, idles low and rough after a run up the expressway, exhaust mounts missing, drips assorted fluids from assorted places, arseloads of negative camber at the rear. (we couldnt resist a pair of cheap as **** lower than a snakes arse pedders springs from u-pull-it) * lucky i have access to plenty of shitty 2nd hand 15s * roof lining sagged, typical commo seats recline themselves, and those ugly as sin stock calais rims.
probly heaps more but i cant even be arsed going any further

 

There's an easy way to fix this using a mouse pad. Search it

 

That all sounds about right, anyone else's tacho just **** itself for no apparent reason? I've heard its more common on the 8s but mines only a 6..

 

It can be the voltage regulator in the back of the cluster - this bloody thing is very fragile indeed. The tacho is often not the problem.