2003 Holden Combo Van from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

I agree these Holden Combos seen to have their fair share of problems. I brought a 2002 Combo Van nearly 12 months ago. Started having problems a few months ago. The engine management light came on, and after it got hot, it would be hard to start.

Got a local garage to look at it, and after they had the van for over five or six attempts at trying to fix it, and trying to charge me $850.00 and changing parts that were not broken, I took the van to a Holden dealer. Well they said the part the garage replaced, there was nothing wrong with it, so I took the part back, and after a bit of a challenge, I got them to take the part off the bill.

Then Holden changed a part they thought was faulty with no success. Then they said the problem was in the computer, which would cost $1400 to replace plus labour. However they could not guarantee that this would fix it.

Now the starter motor has stuffed up. If these computers are meant to help the van run better and easier to service, how come no one knows what they are doing?

Give me the older type cars. If you had petrol and a spare, they would run. Might get a horse.