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Old 09-01-2007, 03:30 AM   #12 (permalink)
TKR
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: New Zealand
Drives: 2000 Toyota Hilux Diesel
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Re: New Holden Commodore & Statesman Battery Drain Issue?

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Originally Posted by RedVee8
Yes, they send the NRMA who got it started.
I drove it down to the dealer and left it with them for hours as they said they needed to run a whole raft of tests before it would be accepted for a battery replacement. They called me and said it passed all the tests so it's not a warranty job, $40 please. I was a tad pissed, if it had failed again the next day it would have been on. But its been fine since.
Hmmm...tough call by the dealer. Having worked for both Holden and in the dealer network (sales and service) I think Holden's (Aust and NZ) big pitfall is the way their warranty is set up. I would almost lay money that Toyota (and subsequently the dealer) would not have charged for that little issue - after all it was not your fault.
BTW - From memory Captiva and VE share the same BCM with differnt programmng. I just can't remember which level VE it was.

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