FB Holden posts for the Cruze - so many bad posts. Lemon?

[vbvbvb088]

What is your experience? Most comments bag it...

[danzvtil]

yes lemon absolutely. Google "holden Cruze problems" and you could read for days.
My work has 3, 2 of which have lunched transmissions, plus stacks of other niggly things that cost money to fix. And im not just holden bashing either, they are hardly a durable, trouble free car.

[The Yeti]

I read that as FB Holden posts for cruze and thought

there must have been some trouble with a FB holden cruize as in a group of 1960 Holden's out for a drive

I'm getting old :(

[Mulberry Laine]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

I read that as FB Holden posts for cruze and thought

there must have been some trouble with a FB holden cruize as in a group of 1960 Holden's out for a drive

I'm getting old :(

No you aren't getting old,people just cant spell as well as people used to.Big words confuse them so they have to abbreviate them.

[RANGEREST]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

I read that as FB Holden posts for cruze and thought

there must have been some trouble with a FB holden cruize as in a group of 1960 Holden's out for a drive

I'm getting old :(

The only reason I looked at this thread was FB Holden in the title

[Charliewool]

Not a patch on a FB!
Holdens mini cusso.. Cool car

[Express]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

I read that as FB Holden posts for cruze and thought

there must have been some trouble with a FB holden cruize as in a group of 1960 Holden's out for a drive

I'm getting old :(

You're not the Lone Ranger, I clicked on the thread to perv at the FB's.

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

I read that as FB Holden posts for cruze and thought

there must have been some trouble with a FB holden cruize as in a group of 1960 Holden's out for a drive

I'm getting old :(

Yep, I had an FB Holden wagon 40 years ago, it wasn't a lemon at all except for the rust, it never let me down.

Oh, the thread is about Cruzes. Thats not a Holden, its a Daiwoo. Explains everything.

[PepeLePew]

MY14 onward aren't a bad thing. MY13 and prior were just disastrous. We bought one for the missus after a ton of reading and figuring what's right and wrong with them. That said the SRi and SRiV with the 1.6 turbo donk are probably the only ones I'm referring to, the 1.8 is apparently a asthmatic POS and I can't comment on the diesel. Our SRi is manual but it's a surprisingly good drive. The auto we test drove actually seemed to know what it was doing too (both MY14+). The newer one, i have to comment, isn't pleasing on the eye while the old one wasn't exactly Elle either.

Note...it's not my thing and i never cared whether we got it or not, but my final cynicism actually yielded after driving it.

[Big_Daz]

Originally Posted by PepeLePew

MY14 onward aren't a bad thing. MY13 and prior were just disastrous. We bought one for the missus after a ton of reading and figuring what's right and wrong with them. That said the SRi and SRiV with the 1.6 turbo donk are probably the only ones I'm referring to, the 1.8 is apparently a asthmatic POS and I can't comment on the diesel. Our SRi is manual but it's a surprisingly good drive. The auto we test drove actually seemed to know what it was doing too (both MY14+). The newer one, i have to comment, isn't pleasing on the eye while the old one wasn't exactly Elle either.

Note...it's not my thing and i never cared whether we got it or not, but my final cynicism actually yielded after driving it.

We had 3 or 4 of them at my last job (All 1.8 Petrol Base model's) as they where the only choice allowed by the juniors as a company car... What you said is right, they are so incredibly gutless its almost dangerous... I dead set thought I had left the handbrake on.. Absolutely disgusting things all of them.. the diesels and the SRI's are apparently heaps better but I never drove one....

Even my 3 Litre VE Series 2 SIDI that I had at the time seemed like a rocket ship compared to them...

[cheap]

We had the misfortune of hiring a 2012 model and spend a week with it in Sydney. I'd call it our "4 wheeled near death experience", dull, dreary and gutless reigns supreme in the Cruze DNA. Potential owners should set money aside for the trauma therapy they will require.

[Giant Cranium]

Originally Posted by tempted

I had an sri-v hatch as a service loan car once and was surprised at how well it went and handled. You can throw them into corners at insane speeds and they just grip like they are on rails.
I had a brief drive of a base 1.8 and agree it is gutless, but apart from that there is not much else to fault. Most of the complaints you read are beat ups and exaggerations. I know a couple of people who have owned them since new and their overall opinions of them are positive.
Not my cup of tea though, I prefer large rwd vehicles.

that does it. you have no idea or are the best troll we will ever witness

[Bearman]

There's one in our pool of cars at work, a 2013 model I believe.

Always the last car to be taken and usually spends weeks not driven and covered with bird poop. This thing is absolutely vile to drive and even if it is absolutely reliable I cannot work out for the life of me why anyone would buy one.

My work colleagues are majority non car oriented people and they say it's a shytebox.

[Ghiaman]

Id rather an EK i think...

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[SYZ]

Brother owned an FB. Dad owned an EK. Way back when.....

[Pedro]

^^^^ Out for yet another reaction I see.

[Giant Cranium]

Originally Posted by Pedro

^^^^ Out for yet another reaction I see.

and i gave him one. sucks me in every time

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by tempted

The baiters can carry on all they like. I'm not going to engage in arguments or give them the satisfaction of a response.

You just did???

[Fordman1]

It's a lemon !

The SR-I is a ill handling barge.

[XR815]

We have a 1.6 turbo SRi-V Manual sedan. It has been great.. the SRi and SRi-V are really the only ones to own. As said earlier, the handling is awesome.

They perform well.

The only issues we have had is minor trim faults.

[olfella]

But they all do do that...

[Carrion]

You all know this is what we came here looking for.

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by Carrion

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You all know this is what we came here looking for.

Looks like something Elvis would be seen in. So those mysterious mini chevs actually FB Holdens.. Rare as hens teeth

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Looks like something Elvis would be seen in. So those mysterious mini chevs actually FB Holdens.. Rare as hens teeth

My grandpa bought one brand new in white with dogs dick pink accents.... the thing got rear ended in west ryde when it was 2 days old with my mum (6 at the time) and my aunty who was 4 in the back. The driver of the car behind died at the scene however the car was fixed under insurance. Fb holdens are much better then Facebook holdens. I won't comment on the cruze because I have had rentals before

[olfella]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Looks like something Elvis would be seen in. So those mysterious mini chevs actually FB Holdens.. Rare as hens teeth

He liked the open top better

[danzvtil]

Update- My BRAND NEW 2016 cruze Equipe has just gone in for a faulty transmission sender module. 1600 kilometres on the clock. ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED KILOMETERS ONLY.
GM Holden, you had one job to do

[Sprintey]

Can you get work to swap it for a FB Holden? More reliable.

[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

Update- My BRAND NEW 2016 cruze Equipe has just gone in for a faulty transmission sender module. 1600 kilometres on the clock. ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED KILOMETERS ONLY.
GM Holden, you had one job to do

Maybe there was wisdom in the missus wanting a MANUAL SRi...the thing is still treating us as well as any new car we've ever bought. Assume they fixed quick smart?

[290v]

Try the Colorado we had a fleet of them about 20 units all had the rear suspension bushes done, 3 had engine changes 11 had diff leaks,2 batteries melted 3 had rear engine seals leaked and they all went through Oil like it was going out of style and that is on top of the recalls

[duaned]

The Colorado didn't catch on fire, right?