Anyone have a Captiva?

[miarose03]

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:-(

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Bummer.

Sounds like it might be time to cut and run

[joz*garage]

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.

[miarose03]

whoops bought it Dec 2011 not 12

[krazy.kiwi]

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.

[miarose03]

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

[twinkles**stars]

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

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

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

[miarose03]

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

[joz*garage]

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.