1999 Holden Astra City review from Australia and New Zealand

The Holden Astra, with a few exceptions is a superb motor vehicle. Looks great, runs well and is extremely comfortable. However Holden's ability to correct problems with the Astra is nothing short of pitiful.

Two seemingly small problems of both front doors creaking and clicking, and the front passenger seat rattling are two fixable problems, that despite many days in service, have not been rectified.

I have been authorised by Holden Australia to take the vehicle to a second authorised service centre to have these problems looked at. This service centre thankfully was able to identify the problems quickly and did fix the demister the earlier repairers broke, but as yet they have been unable to fix the other problems. My hope is that someone else may have had these problems and may be able to help me identify the solution. After 12 months of having the car looked at, I am hopeful someone may make this terrific car the way it was designed to be.