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I realise this may have been covered previously, but the info is usually buried deep within the thread and not readily visible. I'm hoping my recent experience will benefit others, especially as our VFs are getting on a bit now. After 9 years of faithful and uneventful service, my original...

I'm posting this for the general information of anyone who has a similar symptom. For some time I had been noticing a light knocking sound from the front suspension of my 2014 VF Calais V (73,000 km) when travelling slowly over rough surfaces. The noise disappeared when travelling at normal...

A funny thing happened on the way to the (VF Commodore) forum. My wife complained that the clock in the car was showing the wrong time, something it's never done before. I thought, oh-oh, the battery's going (it's 5 and a half years old). However, when I asked if she had trouble starting the...

Here's the guts of the ECU that I had to replace on my VZ Berlina. Apologies for the slightly fuzzy and dishevelled pic, but I had to smash and lever off the brown plastic lid (it was glued down), and the whole board is covered in a clear, sticky gel-like substance which makes it difficult to...

Just a thought.......... has anyone tried to fit adaptive cruise control to their VF? The ZB has it, so maybe there's a way of raiding the ZB parts bin and throwing the relevant bits onto the VF. I have no idea really what's involved in doing this, but it's about the only thing I can think of...

...on my Calais V with its 19" rims, and although the Turanzas have been a good, reliable tyre for almost 50,000km they also give a very firm ride on all but the smoothest roads, and are pretty noisy on coarse surfaces as well. My main priorities for their replacements are comfort and...

A lot has been said about the new ZB Commodore, mainly by people who have never sat in one, let alone driven one. Is it as bad as some say? I decided to take one for a test drive to find out. My normal daily is a 2014 VF1 Calais V sedan (with 3.6L V6) which has done 42,000 km. It's going well...

Jumped in the car yesterday to be greeted by a new warning message on the DIC: "REPLACE BATTERY IN REMOTE KEY", accompanied by a graphic showing 0% battery life. This surprised me as the car is only 3 years old and has only done 35k km. My wife told me she had seen the same message when she...

After 2 years of owning a VF Calais V, I have, thanks to a recent post by Stuey81, finally found out that there is a way to keep the sunroof open with the ignition off. It's not mentioned in the manual, which states that the sunroof will close three seconds after you switch off. BUT, if you...

We all complain about the cold, but I've noticed my 2014 Calais V has started to do the same thing. It only occurs when the car is stone cold, such as when starting for the first time after standing overnight. Here's the scenario. My house is on a hill. When I back out of the driveway onto...

Is anyone else having trouble making themselves understood, or is it just me? Whilst "the lady" can understand simple commands such as "Tune FM", "Destination Address", etc., when it comes to actually stating that address she doesn't seem to have a clue what I'm saying. For example, when I...

Hi guys, new member here. I recently bought a new VF Calais V with all the goodies (which I fancied), but unfortunately also with the 19" rims and low profile 245-40 Bridgestone Turanza T001 tyres (which I didn't fancy but come as standard with the 'V' specification). The handling is great at...