2004 Holden Commodore Vz from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

We have just purchased a VZ Commodore and have removed the mobile telephone stand and attachments. We now have a message on the radio screen "voice in". We cannot remove by re-setting the radio and are worried that the battery will run flat. It is late Saturday afternoon and cannot contact anyone to assist. Any suggestions?

I have a 2005 VZ SS commodore and recently noticed a loud squeaky noises (very annoying as it sounds like a 10 yo car) from the dash board especially when driving onto bumpy roads. The car is still under new car warranty and wondering if holden would cover things like that.

I currently have 2 Holden Commodores.

The first is my own. It is a 1999 VT Auto Sedan. It currently has 289,000 K's on it. This car has given me just a few minor issues - alternator went at 280,000 k's and a leaky hose from the fuel pump (this happened at 30,000 k's). The fuel pump was damaged during this, and I had to fight the dealers to replace it under warranty.

The second one is a Company Car. It is a 2007 VE Omega. Now this car has been a pain in the neck!

At just 15,000k's I was travelling from Sydney to Canberra on a cool night, and the car overheated. I will admit, I had not checked the coolant, but it had been serviced 5 days prior. After having to have the car towed back to Sydney, and been delayed for 4 weeks, they finally decided they could not find out what was wrong with it, and replaced the entire cooling system. During this time Holden did not even provide me with a hire car.

At 25,000ks, after stopping at a traffic light, the car would not go anywhere when I would go to start moving again. I would push the accelerator down further and further but the car remained stationary. All of a sudden the car would make a loud bang, and take off flying. I immediately went to the Holden Dealer, who had the car for about 5 minutes, and told me it was all fine. I went on my way.

A few days later it did it again, I went back and they kept it for a day. They dropped it off at my house that night (I thought that was nice) and they said they tightened this and that, and they it should be fine now.

It has done it several times since, but they tell me it is fine. If it wasn’t a company car, I would be more concerned.

Other things the VE does is - the steering wheel audio controls work then they feel like it. The screen above the radio that tells you the station, or cd track works about 70% of the time (just does not come on some times).

Does any one else have story’s about VE's?

Jay.