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I've searched and found a few similar posts, but not the information I'm after. I'm going to attempt a series 1 to series 2 upgrade of a WM Caprice stereo. I already have a series 2 stereo, and I know that I will need it reprogrammed to the VIN of the car, as well as needing an adaptor loom...

We have a 2018 Calais V V6 AWD hatch in Darkmoon blue. Beautiful car to drive, optioned way above anything else in its price range, awesome colour, pampered all of its life so far, but we have a slightly fractured relationship. It has only done around 77,000 km, but in that time, it suffered the...

In need of some advice. My Daughter drives a V6 2006 WM Caprice. She is currently on a holiday trip to Melbourne, and the auto trans has just died about 50 km west of Melbourne while on her way home to Adelaide. No drive in any gear. The RACV has diagnosed a dead auto trans, and asked where she...

We have a series 2 VE Calais V with a slightly worn steering wheel, so we want to get it retrimmed. I have bough another VE Calais steering wheel so we can get it trimmed and still have the car driveable whicle the spare steering wheel is getting trimmed, and then swap them over. I thought I'd...

Hi, I didn't think wheel alignment setting info would be hard to find on this site or the web, but it looks like it is. My son has just bought a Series 2 VE V6 Calais V for his first car (19" rims in case that makes a difference), and I have just had the wheels balanced and a 4 wheel alignment...

Hi, My Crewman 6 stacker CD radio has stacked it, and deserves a decent burial. I was thinking of replacing it with an Apple CarPlay compatible head unit which can use the original steering wheel controls, and also offers a rear camera - either included, or as an option. i’ve had a look at a few...

Hi. does anyone have a comparison list which shows the differences between a Calais, Calais V and a VXR? thanks all.

Hi. Just in case anyone else is suddenly having problems with their Apple Carplay - A couple of days ago I decided to update my iPhone 7 to an iPhone 8, so I cloned the 8 off the 7. Both had iOS 15.2.1. The iPhone 7 worked fine with Carplay (2018 ZB Calais V), but no matter what I did, or what...

Wow! The plastic interior courtesy light in our Calais (in the hatch/boot area just in front of the passenger tail light) has a broken retaining tab on it, so it keeps falling out. I priced a new one at Holden. Given that it's a piece of plastic with a couple of bits of metal in it to hold the...

Hi all, I thought I'd post some detail about my experience in recently fitting a dash cam to our ZB Calais V. To be honest, I wasn't looking forward to it with such a new car, but several interactions with crazy drivers on the road convinced me to fit one in our new car. We've had one fitted...

Hi All. It was time to pass on our WM Caprice to a new owner after around 10 years of ownership, and clocking up 420,000km. It hasn't gone too far though, as our daughter is taking it on as her first car. We have just finalised a deal on a V6 2018 ZB Calais V. Trouble is, we can't take...

Hi, looks like my CD player has gone belly up in my series 1 WM Caprice. Everything else in the unit is working fine. I don't want to go to the extent of fitting an aftermarket stereo system, so a second hand unit would sort the problem. I've tried powering t down by removing fuses overnight...

Yes, I realise it's a slightly unusual question, but I have my heart set on getting a WN series 2 Caprice for our next family car. It is only available in a 6.2 litre V8 which has a power to weight ratio of 168.5 kW/tonne, but P Platers in SA (and Vic, NSW & Qld) are limited to vehicles under...

Hi, I’m thinking about upgrading the standard wheels on my WM Caprice to the WN series 2 Caprice ones. A friend has a set on his VF Calais, and he’s thinking about going to aftermarket 20” rims. What would be a fair price for them, including the spare? All four have a little bit of gutter rash -...

Hi all. Further to my previous post on this on 8/5/18; I purchased a VZ SS Crewman LS1 5.7 litre auto a couple of weeks ago, with about 418,000 km. Mechanically, it starts and drives well, but has occasional low oil pressure warning on start-up, accompanied with noticeable but not really loud...

VZ 5.7 litre LS1 Crewman with lots of km. Engine behaves well, but every now and then on startup, it comes up with the low oil pressure warning, and it's real, as I can hear lifter noise as well - ie it's not an oil pressure sender unit fault. More common when cold, but also happens when the...

Hi all. Our WM Caprice is still a great car, but getting a little long in the tooth. I'm considering upgrading to a WN V spec, but not sure what year/variant to look at. Yes it would be nice to have a new or almost new one, but I'd rather someone else suffer the first year or two of depreciation...

Car is a 2006 WM 6 cyl Caprice. It's had some occasional error codes related to the auto trans in the past 6 months, but in the last couple of weeks, it's got significantly worse. P1915 relates to "internal mode switch start/wrong range". The IMS is a switch inside the gearbox that tells the...

Hi all. I suspect that my A/C condenser has a slow leak in it. I've had a look through the PDF manual that's available on line, but it doesn't show anything about condenser removal. Just wondering if it comes out from the front, which means front bumper off, or does it come out from behind the...

Ah, why is it that I only have time to jump back on the forum when I have a problem? Car is a 2006 V6 WM Caprice with a fair few km on the clock. It's just started to display the check engine light intermittently and change gear every now and then a little roughly, but it's becoming more...

I recently went on a trip to Tassie with the family in our 2006 WM V6, which is usually very reliable. We stopped at a small town with nothing much but a cafe and a hydroelectric station to grab a takeway coffee. When I went to start the car, I turned the key and let the autostart feature crank...

We have a WM with a fair few km on the clock. For the last few thousand km, the front end has been a bit nervous, darting and weaving on rough roads. We took it in to a trusted suspension place, and had the front struts, uppers and bushes replaced. Also took the opportunity to have all four...

Hi all. I've recently had to change the timing chains in our 2006 V6 WM. I had the ECU software update, but the timing chain stretch fault codes disappeared for around 6 months, then came back. As ours is an early VE series, it uses a different timing chain set to the 2007 onwards cars. I wanted...

Hi all. Rumper posted the post below back in November 2012. My car now has exactly the same fault with the same symptoms after changing timing chains. My car didn't have any misfire issues prior to the timing chain replacement, but it does now. I've tried messaging him to ask him what the cause...

Just wondering what other's experience has been when they've had the timing chains replaced. What condition are the gear/cog teeth in? Do the cogs tend to be good enough to reuse, or do they require replacement as well? I'm considering buying a Cloyes kit off evilbay, but the 2006 kit doesn't...

Got it started tonight, but running a bit rough. I suspect that there's not much octane left in the petrol mix in the tank from the old fuel and the new. No stereo (I have an original one stored somewhere), mould growing on the badges, a couple of doors stuck closed, but original rims, headlight...

I was up in Brissy for work the other week, and I was lucky enough to find a WM Statesman as the next taxi off the rank at the airport. It appeared to drive nicely, except for a minor clunk into 5th. I got to talking to the driver who had been driving the car since new. It was a 2007 V6...

Hi all. I had a software update for my car done, and now it's spitting out diagnostic code P2008 which is an Intake Manifold Runner Control (IMRC - also referred to as a VIM) fault. There was a running change on the production line with early VEs, which changed the way the IMRC/VIM worked...

The other day I discovered that DTC P2008 was for a failed intake manifold runner control solenoid :( It's not a major fault, but it does need fixing. I've tried removing it, cleaning and lubricating the bearing in the plenum, but it looks like it's jammed again. Holden wants around $320 for a...

Doing a routine service on my V6 WM today - from the service records, it looks like all previous servicing has been done by a Holden Dealer. Imagine my surprise when I pull out the spark plugs to change them - I bought a set of NGK Platinum LTR6AP-11s, which are the standard specified plug, I...

I have a VC SL/E with manual door locks (ie not central locking), which has been sitting outside for a few years, and now I can't open the driver's door. I can unlock the door via the key and the door knob, but when I lift either the outside or inside door handle, the door doesn't open. I've...

Hi all. Looks like I'm joining the growing list of people who own a VE series, and have stretched timing chains. My car has thrown up a few P0017 fault codes in the last few weeks, but it appears to be intermittent. On a couple of occasions, it's disappeared by itself (ie check engine light is...

I bought an OBDII diagnostics connector from Ebay - eBay Australia: Buy new & used fashion, electronics & home d I've loaded the software, and when I plug it in, the software on the PC talks to the scanner OK, but when I plug it into the car, the scanner briefly runs through the comms LEDs...

Hi all. I recently bought a V6 2006 WM Caprice. It has a fair few KM, but was in very good condition. We had a few minor problems with it when we first bought it, but with the help of this forum, we sorted them out. We recently did a drive trip from Adelaide to Mount Buller via Melbourne, then...

I've got a 2006 V6 WM Caprice with quite a few KM on it. Every now and then it would throw up a code - either PO 121 or PO 221 - both are to do with throttle position sensor readings that are out of range. This didn't really affect the driveability of the car, except that it went into safety...

I had a failed right front sensor, so I bought one from HSV-direct on ebay. I reset the system as per the instructions posted on this forum, and all is good. There are at least two different sensors, and they aren't interchangeable. The early ones have a metal stem, and the later ones have a...

In the owners manual, it says that the 6 stacker CD system can display a number of modes, including a track name and name of CD on the display screen (if this info is stored on the CD). To toggle between the display modes, the manual says to "press the softkey (9) DISPLAY until the desired mode...

I drive a 2009 3 litre VE wagon for work, and when I set it into Engineering mode, the coolant temperature sits on around 82 Celcius while driving around normally, which I always thought was a bit low. I've just bought a 2006 3.6 WM Caprice, and it seems to want to sit around 95C. It's stable...

Bought a WM Caprice a couple of weeks ago, in very good condition, has never had a major hit. Some twirp in a Rodeo just rear ended it today while my wife was waiting at a T junction to give way to traffic. Damage isn't too bad (had a BIG Hayman Reece towbar fitted), but it will need a new tail...

I needed to get a second key for the WM we just bought. I looked at the ones on Ebay, read the threads regarding keys and programming on this forum, and rang a Holden Dealer - $350 from the Holden Dealer. Hmmm. Then a friend suggested I call Goodwood Locksmiths (in Adelaide). Yes, they do them -...