Antonius2004
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- Holden Commodore VX, 2001 sedan, 3.8L
Hey there peoples! I was reading through a few threads and realized what a helpful bunch of people were all collected here, so I made an account in the hopes of finding help to fix my VX's issue(s) relating to a "Serv error" problem.
A couple of months ago my 2002 Holden Commodore VX started randomly stalling at low revs (Traffic lights, stop signs) basically idling for a about 10 seconds and then stall. It didn't happen all the time and it only started to occur AFTER I bought some fuel at my local service station.
Another anomaly was that at high speeds the engine would suddenly drop revs, it would tend to go from around 1,500 - 2,000RPM down to below 500, basically a cough, as I had my foot down and it wouldn't stall like it did at low revs whilst idling. I could keep it from stalling by revving the engine above 1,500 whilst idle, that always worked, until... One day however I went to start it and lo and behold, the dreaded "Serv error" message appeared and the computer wouldn't let me ignite the motor. My first thought was the fuel pump as that logically appeared to be the cause but that wasn't the case as my father and I replaced it and the error message still persists. Any idea of what it could be? I really don't want to have the car towed and then checked over by our local mechanic seeing as he couldn't identify the issue my sister's car had (dying coil pack), and the fact that I don't have a job at the moment so I don't think I could afford a check over... Whatever the problem is it was for the most part temporary, until it which it got to the "serv error" point.
There were/are a few other problems that I noticed with the VX that could be the problem(s) causing this error.
The Traction control and ABS lights on the dash would malfunction, they would stay on all the time the TC wouldn't even turn on, I remember that fixing this was easy enough by just restarting the car... But then it would occur again the next time I'd fire the car up. I have read up on it and it appears as though this could be one or two faulty speed sensors.
The second issue is the key hole, sometimes when I put the keys in it is near impossible to turn them, I have read on this causing some errors for people as the barrel becomes fucked through use.
Another issue occurred all throughout the Winter, if I went to try and start the car it would have difficulty doing so and sometimes wouldn't start. But as the temp started to rise when Spring came this stopped happening.
Any help would be great, thanks!
A couple of months ago my 2002 Holden Commodore VX started randomly stalling at low revs (Traffic lights, stop signs) basically idling for a about 10 seconds and then stall. It didn't happen all the time and it only started to occur AFTER I bought some fuel at my local service station.
Another anomaly was that at high speeds the engine would suddenly drop revs, it would tend to go from around 1,500 - 2,000RPM down to below 500, basically a cough, as I had my foot down and it wouldn't stall like it did at low revs whilst idling. I could keep it from stalling by revving the engine above 1,500 whilst idle, that always worked, until... One day however I went to start it and lo and behold, the dreaded "Serv error" message appeared and the computer wouldn't let me ignite the motor. My first thought was the fuel pump as that logically appeared to be the cause but that wasn't the case as my father and I replaced it and the error message still persists. Any idea of what it could be? I really don't want to have the car towed and then checked over by our local mechanic seeing as he couldn't identify the issue my sister's car had (dying coil pack), and the fact that I don't have a job at the moment so I don't think I could afford a check over... Whatever the problem is it was for the most part temporary, until it which it got to the "serv error" point.
There were/are a few other problems that I noticed with the VX that could be the problem(s) causing this error.
The Traction control and ABS lights on the dash would malfunction, they would stay on all the time the TC wouldn't even turn on, I remember that fixing this was easy enough by just restarting the car... But then it would occur again the next time I'd fire the car up. I have read up on it and it appears as though this could be one or two faulty speed sensors.
The second issue is the key hole, sometimes when I put the keys in it is near impossible to turn them, I have read on this causing some errors for people as the barrel becomes fucked through use.
Another issue occurred all throughout the Winter, if I went to try and start the car it would have difficulty doing so and sometimes wouldn't start. But as the temp started to rise when Spring came this stopped happening.
Any help would be great, thanks!
