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Anyone have a Captiva?

miarose03 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:13:34 GMT

Hi we bought our Captiva brand new Dec 2012. We thought it was a great car and always been a Holden fan. In one year we have had to leave it at the Holden car yard for a week with a big oil leak problem. Car was 6 months old when the transmitransmission blew another week at Holden, so glad it was in warranty as its a 7 grand job. Just got our 15,000 service and the front tyres are bold!!!! need replacing which i have a friend with exactly the same problem and these tyres arent cheap:-( Plus we said there is like a metal clanking noise which they found a loose bolt they didnt do the transmission properly. A friend had a 2006 captiva same problems with tyres now the belt chain thingy is going thats more than a couple of grand and another problem which was $1.500 problem the dealers told them how bad these craptivas are and they traded it for a ford. Just hoping this captiva is not going to be having problems in the future. Looking at some forums alot of people hate them:-(

Re: Anyone have a Captiva?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:25:05 GMT

Bummer.

Sounds like it might be time to cut and run

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joz*garage — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:26:27 GMT

Theyre a rebadged Daewoo, My book says theyre not recommended. Huge write-up on the history & faults..Woe!

Be better off with a Rav 4 or something.

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miarose03 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:26:55 GMT

whoops bought it Dec 2011 not 12

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krazy.kiwi — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:27:45 GMT

We were looking at leasing one of them, but we discoverd they are Daewoo's with a Holden badge. Apparently GM bought our Daewoo.

So we leased a Santa Fe instead. It was fine for the 2 years we had it.

Re: Anyone have a Captiva?

miarose03 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:27:56 GMT

which book is that? Is in on the net to read?

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twinkles**stars — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:28:50 GMT

sounds like a brand new EAFalcon I once had.....after a long battle with Ford and a court date booked they agreed to an exchange.....swapped it for a Maverick and paid a little extra

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:34:28 GMT

Is that the Dog and Lemon Joz? shame you can't buy the paper version anymore, I used to love reading that thing

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miarose03 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:35:48 GMT

my family member works at Holden that is why we bought it got a good deal. never had a problem with any other Holden cars we have had. The Mazda does a nice car but was alot more expensive

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joz*garage — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:44:34 GMT

Thats the book Pimpy, One of the best motoring publications out imo.

Any idea when was the last issue, didnt know they stopped? my lastest copy is 2008.

Mia, I would write out the info for this model but, too much typing.

You can go online and search the dog n lemon guide then this model, only cost a couple of bucks for the download...and, well worth it.

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miarose03 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:51:05 GMT

thanks ill do that

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kyliecrv — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:15:53 GMT

I had a 2010 Captiva 7 seater diesel for about 18 months, not one prob during that time and only sold it due to a separation as we were dividing the assets.

My only gripe was the deprecation.... Bought it for 29,950 and only got 18,500 for it.

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the_hawk* — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:18:30 GMT

all cars can have lemmons, a friend boubt a brand new Commadore and they didnt get 2 kms down the road from picking it up and it was on a tow truck going back for repairs, the next 2 years it had spent a total of six months in the repair shop when he added up all the days and weeks it was off the road.

They eventually gave him a new car because he was about to go to the media about how carp the car was.

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:23:53 GMT

I think some new cars are friday arvo jobs.

My brother bought a ford metoer many years ago. It was his very first new car. It had numerous issues but the most obvious one was the spare wheel didn't actually fit the car. :^O

I have a Lemon, it's a 1985 vw transporter, but I love it. I'm just not game enough to actually drive it anywhere 😐

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crystal**flake — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:14:30 GMT

Sadly any brand of car will have their lemons.

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carls*world — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:44:26 GMT

Korean quality at its finest.

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ashjoma — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:01:04 GMT

I would be trading it in quick smart, whilst it still has some warranty on it, and is worth abit more.

I have a Ford Focus with 2 years, 60 000 km problem free

Previous car was a Hyundai Lantra - 10 years, 200 000 problem free km, before dying suddenly.

I had the Ford focus serviced last week and was admiring the new 2012 Ford focus reduced for a quick sale $19 800 driveaway - very nice.

the salesman recommended a Kia - he says he has very few issues with people coming back with problems - said 10 years ago, he would not have recommended them, but Kia have improved greatly and now have a fantastic car.

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joz*garage — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:05:57 GMT

Sadly any brand of car will have their lemons.

all cars can have lemmons

hmm that had me thinking, uh oh lol

for the life of me i cant think of an aussie chrysler model that was a lemon

....love them old valiants

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crystal**flake — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:21:33 GMT

Joz I'm sure there were but you just didn't hear about them like you do now.

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crystal**flake — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:22:50 GMT

We have a brand new 2012 Focus and love it.