My Holden Company Cars...oh dear!!

[Stoney!]

I've had problems with all the fleet cars I've owned.

The Avalon I had completely scrubbed out the edges of a rear set of tyres due to bad camber with in 7,000 k's. Door trim came loose. Wasn't much really, but the Toyota dealership refusing to replace the Tyres because they are consumables when there was obviously an issue really grinds my gears.

Holden VY S Commodore.
2 Headlight relays and a coil pack and one headlight globe. Coil pack fixed by Holden roadside assist, took it in for headlight relays and they replaced the globe as a courtesy for me, no real fuss, thankfully wasn't late for anything.

Ford BA XR6
gearbox, gearbox, gearbox, gearbox gearbox, gearbox. Shift quality was absolutely terrible, and after taking a corned and re-accelerating smoothly the bastard would thump so hard back to a previous gear. Ford dealership didn't wanna know about it. Saying thats the way the transmisions are when I know that is not true.

Diff whining real bad, ford dealer said I drove it to hard.

Multiple headlight and tail light globes that i refused to replace because they were a ***** to get too. As per toyota ford claimed it was a consumable and not covered by warranty. Which i would normally understand but not when its this many, I was over it. I fought it hard till i told them I would be asking for a VZ for my next car and will be speaking to the fleet manager about the issues. They replaced the bulbs for me and the diff under warranty. serviced/flashed the gearbox, or both, can't remember now... still sucked, got rid of it not long after.

VZ SV6

Not much really, loved the car aside from its delay on the accelerator pedal. It also did a headlight relay and some sort of fuse or relay for the aircon. Once again fixed without issues.

You can all say I'm a troll, but i once enjoyed driving falcons when it wasn't up to me to have them fixed or deal with sloppy service staff, can you see where the sour taste comes from now. The cars themselves have issues but are still a good car, as is the commodore, they just seriously don't have the dealer backing for their product like Holden do. And customer service wins every time with me.

VW golf (current personal car)

Erratic auto wiper function - update software - FIXED
Supercharger clutch chattering - new clutch - FIXED
Sat nav volume to loud and each time I turned it down it would reset next time she spoke - SAT NAV updated and maps updated to v3 saving me over $800 - FIXED!
Window regulator vibrating in doors when stereo turned up - Replaced - FIXED

NO problems anymore, and a few post delivery issues that were fixed and Am as happy as a pig in **** with this car now. Wouldn't buy anything else.

Stoney!