Holden Warranty

You want them to fix "Under Warranty" something that you have admitted was caused by your Son and is in no way even close to a warranty claim.

Get a grip and pay for the replacement like everyone else would.

Hi, Sorry to hear of your trouble , but neighbour has an earlier Commadore and his wife did the same thing at the servo, and it just cost him $600.00 for the cap and paint job , his car is white and they still had to paint the whole corner. I guess if you have metalic it will be a bit more .
Cheers Des.

Flywest,

It is a good thing that the sales people don't talk to the service department.

I would go ahead and buy the two other vehicles from the same dealership but make sure you get at least $100 off the asking price, that will teach them.


Wayne

Bad luck about the cap - also bad design as a lot of things on cars these days.

I would agree that it is not a warranty claim though. Good suggestion above, get a big discount on your new cars. Cheers Tony

Suggest that you advise your son to buy a locking cap and put it onto the petrol filler. The plastic flaps are easily broken (as you've discovered) and are no barrier to petrol thieves.

Hi.If the hinge broke at the point where it joins the flap you should be able to stick it back with a good quality "superglue" Locktite make one. Regards,Bob.

Hi Flywest, while I agree with the flap been a bit flimsy, we had ours for 5 years and never had any issues, he obviously knocked it back towards the front of the vehicle to break it, even though they are plastic they are quit flexible. He's obviously a very honest bloke (you should be proud) by telling the dealer he did knock it but I wouldnt expect them to pay for his error. Mate there a million commodores in wrecking yards and might even be lucky enough to get one the same colour, my mate just picked up a rear bar for his VY commodore for $100 and was the same colour. ........WHG

We have the same vehicle and i do agree they are flimsy, wreckers is probably the best bet, try looking for commodore wreckers. the VX,VY and VZ caps and WH,WK and WL stato and caprices are also the same.give you a bit more of a range to find.

Hi all & thanks for the opinions.

Yes he's too honest for his own good somertimes, & he already paid upfront for the new one, when he ordered it last week.
(And yes I'm usually pretty proud of him).

It is a VERY flimsy design of hinge - the plastic isn't even 1 mm thick where it broke - I was in the car when he bumped it and never felt anything - it really was just the slightest bump with his hip as he turned to hang up the nozzel - probably could and does happen to a lot of folks I would guess.

The design or whatever in my opinion is deficient - but fair enough - if poor workmanship design / material isn't warrantable - then so be it.

The vehicle has been great so far - this has been the only slight hitch so far - along with a dicky electric wondow buttton on a rear door which is on for warranty repair next week.



He still seems pretty happy with it at this point in time - the real proof will be in another 5 years time when he finnishes payng for it!

Cheers & thanks again

Just a small addendum....

Fueling up is something that with every car must happen probably weekly, & for some large distance folks (travelling sales folks etc) daily, for the life of the car - maybe 20 years in some cases - but at least 10 years (which is when they stip making OEM spare parts) by my understanding.

The chances of somone "bumping" the fuel cover with a nozzel or their hip in that time and frequency of use is high, IMHO, and as a result the door hatch cover call it what you will should be designed and built to handle the expected rigours, of such frequent use.

I don't believe this one is - it is so flimsy as to be laughable.

I checked my ford (2004 built) fuel door today - and yep - steel hinge - not plastic 1 mm thick at best!

Ido believe theres a design / construction, "materials fault to this component and that it should be warranted for the warranty period of the vehicle for parts and labor as the rest of the vehicle is.

If you bump your door lightly with your hip when getting in, and it falls off in the driveway - surely no one is going to suggest "thats OK" and the vehicle is of "merchantable quality" and fit for sale for it's intended end use.

I don't believe - looking at this thin plastic hinge moulding that it is of "merchantable quality" or fit for it's intended use!

If you even touched it with the fuel nozzel while aiming for the filler tube - it would likely fall off....

It is simply too flimsy IMHO for the ease with which it fell off!

It is possible it had been broken before maybe by the original owner and glued back - accounting for how easily it fell off this time?.

I have no way of telling.

I don't think the "you bumped it you broke it you pay for it" sentiment is warranted here is all!

If the kid was a doofus and gave it the good ol hip n shoulder bump - then yes I'd agree with the posted sentiments, but truthfully - the way this fell off a good fart up wind would have done it! ;o)

Something don't add up here!

Gonna take a few close up photos of the broken hinge tomorrow so you folks can see what I'm saying - flimsy is being generous when describing the manufacture of this particular component.

See where it goes I guess!

Cheers