MarkTaylor wrote:

Have just finished reading the 1987 book..."Wheels of misfortune... the rise and fall of the British Motor Industry"

It is a good read... i wish I had of read it before I bought the Disco. I chose it over a Pajero Exceed

MarkTaylor wrote:

I am really envious of those of you who have had a trouble free run. My main issue in the end wasn't the car, but rather the dealer and LRA's attitude to the faults it has developed. By friend the lawyer still wants me to join with him and launch a class action against Land Rover for knowingly selling cars that are intrinsically faulty.

He thinks Land Rover might be the ones building the A380 engines

Cheers

Have a good weekend.

Mark T

My D3 has been off the road for repairs or recalls for much, much longer than yours. Hasn't stopped me from using the vehicle in some pretty rough conditions.

Good luck with your Korean-based GM products. I've had one from Korea - I'll be kind and just say that quality is not as good as British cars!

I am now also off - for 3 weeks - from Sydney to Darwin and return. 8)

Cheers,
Rob

MarkTaylor wrote:

So long

Mark T

All the best . Stay well .

Willy Eckerslike wrote:

SINCE THAT WONDERFUL DAY OF PICKING IT UP, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE

"In May of 2006 I bought a 2004 Holden Cruze. The vehicle wasn't actually registered until 2005 and was bought from a Ford dealer in NSW. When taking purchase of the vehicle the car only had 5000k's on it, so everyone thought that it was going to be a good buy.

Since that wonderful day of picking it up, I have had nothing but trouble. Problems such as:

- having no speedo, no odometer, no a/c,
- passenger airbag deployed by itself when I had to hit the brakes hard,
- seat belt pretensioners has gone off whilst driving and
- ABS & Traction Control doesn't work on a good day,
- windows wont work,
- fan belt broken 3 times in 3 months,
- cracked alloy wheel (which I had to pay for as it was classed as wear and tear),
- window tint peeling off,
- central locking - vehicle wont unlock, then wont lock, has dead locked me inside the vehicle whilst have been starting it, bonnet wont release.

With the reputation of dealers and warranty claims in my mind I thought that this would cost me a small fortune. Now living in Brisbane there are several dealerships that offered me different services. Most said would replace, one said would only cover half the cost as it could come under wear and tear? What I don't understand is that what part of an airbag going off (without being in an accident), is part of wear and tear? And the computer going as well?

Also I had the problem of getting a flat tyre in the middle of whoop whoop with no jack. Having the car being covered under Holden Warranty as well as 3 month 2nd hand warranty no one wanted to replace the jack and the wheel brace. The Ford dealer said to go to Supercheap Auto as they maybe cheap and easy to get. Holden said I wasn't the original purchaser so nothing that they can do.

Being a gay male I knew that I was getting the run around. Thank GOD for dad, after chasing them up everyday to see where the jack was Ford came through with the jack, to then have it lost in the freight coming to Brisbane. I have just given up. Until one day it arrived via courier unannounced.

This is the first car that I have bought brand new and it sucks that we put all this money into buying these hunks of **** and then they don't work and then the dealers won't have a bone of it ...Holden NEVER AGAIN!

Has anyone heard of such drama with a vehicle?"


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Hmmmm. I purchased a new Holden Cruze in 2005. It was our 1st new car, so excited. We traded it in 2007 as quick as a dealer offered us money for it.

Before it had done 20,000km the front suspension had to be replaced but it wasn’t covered under warranty as it was ‘wear and tear’? Pardon me but a mum of 2 pushing 40 driving to school and dancing lessons and shops on nice sealed roads – what do they mean ‘wear and tear’? I had the pervious car for 15 years and it had done just over 450,000kms and it was running great, needed paint, only got rid of it because it was a 6 and the petrol was killing us.

The hatch lifty things got replaced 3 times under warranty and the A/C was dubious to say the least. I have spoken to unsuspecting people in shopping car parks with Cruze’s and commented on what a nice little car it is could they tell me about it as I am looking for something that size. I have had 3 people tell me about major suspension problems and 2 with major diff problems. None of them were satisfied with the help they received. I only found 1 happy couple, in their 60’s and had only had it for just under 10,000km’s.
POSTED BY: ELLEN - BRISBANE, QLD - AUS 13 MAY 2009