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Fiat POWAAH!
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That's what happens when you buy/assemble crap cars.
I'm speaking specifically of the nasty Korean (Daewoo) imports that Holden tries to fob off as quality vehicles.
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.... and people still say "At least my holden is safer than your falcon..."
at least mine doesn't try to leak fuel... if it does, it's my dodgyness, haha...
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Giddy up.
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I wouldn't call it a fail ??, havn't you seen Ford recall's before ?.
Good for them that they are actually being proactive. |
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I seem to remember the terri diesel having a potential fire issue a couple of months back. Here it is actually: http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/in...itemId/1006334
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lucky ford have never had a recall! cant wait for the first on the new ranger and see if it gets a mention
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Must apply to the commodore when they had the potential fire recall. The good thing is it's been identified and getting rectified.
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You gotta admit though, the vehicles Holden are importing are rubbish! hell they decided the best petrol motor for the Captiva was the Commodore V6! ![]()
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It will only get worse over time with failures from these imported korean crap cars that holden make out to be so fantasitic.
The cruze aint small, it aint australian, captivas, barinas ect are korean daweoo junk! the commodore SIDI Direct Injection is just nonsense ( spark ignititon direct injection-direct injection )....right....WOW! I want one! spark ignition! that's amazing! |
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Fuel injection, ELECTRONICALLY?! Holy moly.
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THEN we should include the 13,000 Captivas recalled in 2010 whose steering wheels fell off (lol) and the unknown number of 2008 models with indicator issues and the 2007 models where the brake pedal clip malfunctioned. A quick count is suggesting that more Captivas have been recalled than Territories... What do I win? ![]()
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There are some better Korean cars coming out now, the Capitva is not one of them... either is the Barina or the Cruze (pre-Aus build but its still well behind class leaders).
Proof that good marketing sells an inferior product... Holden has done this for years and continues to succeed at it. |
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Holden have called it the SPARK PLUG. God they are a clever bunch. And putting a badge on their commodores to indicate this is a real head turner to. ![]() |
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No? I went through the recall list supplied above... Territory fuel return Territory carpet mats Territory brake hoses And THAT'S all for Territory. 3 listed Territory recalls
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Giddy up.
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What does it matter if x amount of recall's were made or not, have we become this bad on here that we take pleasure in other people's missfortunes ?
I must remember the next time someone on here post's something about their bad day and remember to laugh hiding behind the keyboard.... as that is what we seem to have become... Like I have said in my intial post atleast Holden are being proactive and fixing the problem.. all those that find it amusing should remember the next time they buy something retail and it stuff's up and want to whinge and complain because the manufacturer is giving them the runabout... we are all laughing at you. |
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![]() Fuel leaks seem to be a common problem with Holdens, first VE, and now Craptiva, Epica and Cruze. Holden fuel leaks- 4 Ford fuel leaks- 1 |
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One of the reasons that there would be so many Captiva recalls compared to Territory recalls would be the numbers of them sold.
If they are selling more cars obviously the number of cars recalled will be higher. If you wanna poke fun youhave to compare apples to apples otherwise you look like an uneducated toothless Holden fan boy. |
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Who cares about recalls,look at the sales
![]() In this case numbers win! What about the rust in the tailgates,boots,bonnets,door jams,sunroofs ect on the Falcons and Territorys ![]() |
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lol my wife has a captiva..
the only issue its had in 100,000ks is the front left blinker globe holder had to be replaced due to corosion where it contact's the globe.. and thats it.. not one other problem.. i was warned not to buy one but when its what the boss wants its what she gets....its also the only suv with 7 adult sized seats..(the other reason we got it).....if there is one thing i really dont like its the fuel economy..it really does like a drink.. edit...captiva's are sold all over the world too!! |
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Post Japanese car recalls instead, the real enemy, not GM.
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lol and you guys bag car mags for bagging Ford
Here we have a Fault with Holden's and all you can do is bag Ford..... Nice one - go over to a Holden Forum - oh wait they prob don't even bag Ford as much as you guys do so you may as well stay here And you wonder why Ford doesnt sell - who needs enemies with supporters like you guys
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Who cares about recalls. Every one has them. Mazda has 3 on the go right now. One of them having to pull apart the whole engine.
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Im not a fan of the captiva but at least unlike Toyota and Ford they are not sweeping it under the rug and recalling them. The ball joint issue while it was not a recall but a "field action campaign" was done because they were not prepared to fix it properly and put in the SY2 design but just replace it with the same BJ again for free, its quite dangerous if you are not on top of it and has caused quite a few accidents, they claim to have resolved it now but the new BJ looks the same as the SX/SY variant just slightly chunkier time will tell if its a fix or not The headlight switch which breaks randomly usually at night should be recalled as well but its not, its a massive design flaw as there is not enough room for a decent protected wire so they use the crappiest thin one which is loose and moves with the blinker movement and over time breaks, so you are driving along press your blinker and wham no lights. As for holden rebadging Dawoos its just stupidity they pioneered the euro import only to dump it after Ford copied them and decided to go down this route and compete with Hyundai, If I was going Korean I would get a Kia over the Captiva. And dont get me wrong with the Terry its a awesome car, best SUV this side of $100k if you ask me with a proper power split none of this FWD BS which is 95% there just the finish and tiightarse silly decisions soured it a bit.
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The first thing that came to my find when I found the article was a medium actually doing a write-up on a Holden recall. As opposed to reminding the public how horrible Ford is.
I figured something as rare as that worthy of a thread. Oh well, you know what they say about the best intentions... ![]() |
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i work for a holden dealer and we are doing heeps of these :L
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