Hi Guy's
I've got a VE GTS man done 4k (3 Months from dealer, 09/07/2007 build plate) and from the first day I had it, it has had a very noticeable, severe enough shake/vibration/ oscilation through the steering wheel from about 85kmh upwards of 110kmh+, seems to be more prevalent when you back off the accelerator and cruise on any road surface and sometimes inconsistently pulls to the left or the right. Activating the MRC switch does change the characteristic of the shake/vibration/ oscilation but again this not consistent. I've had the car in about 6 -8 times to get this looked at by the HSV dealers service dept including sending it to Bridgestone to have the wheels and tires matched for high and low points/ Balancing/ Wheel alignment to try and correct the problem (Made no noticeable difference)..
I have always thought that it felt more like the suspension/MRC playing up as it also feels like the car sometimes wants to launch itself into another lane when it skips over potholes and seams on differing road surfaces. It feels downright dangerous at times.
The service guy's until yesterday were telling me categorically that it was a tire problem whiule I have been adament that it wasn't as all of the tire tweaks done haven't eased the vibration through the steering whatsoever. They have now tested 3 more GTS's at thier dealership and another of thier customers GTS's and have had me drive one of them and they have found that these cars have got the same problem. They the HSV dealers service team now believe that the MRC is the problem and not the tires.
As a result they are now arranging a meeting between themselves, myself and the QLD head of HSV to discuss this issue. They are telling me that HSV are saying that thats how it is however with the MRC. I don't know about you guy's but I have never driven a sports car capable of 250+kph that has steering stability issues @ 250kph's let alone 85kph and up through the range.. I have been driving standard VE loan cars whilst mine's been in the shop and they have not at all shown up with any steering vibration whatsoever.
My question is to all of you other VE GTS owners is have you experienced this same or similar issue?
Have you experienced it or similar and been told that it's anything but the MRC giving the problem?
Have any of you that have experienced this actually had it rectified?
Have any of you that have experienced this still have the issue and are still waiting for a fix?
If any of the above is familiar to you and you would like me add your name to the list of complainants that I can take along to this meeting then please respond and send me you details via PM so I can build on the list.
As it stands, I fear that there could be a design flaw in the VE GTS's MRC system or MRC/Wheel/Tire combination that HSV are knowledgable of and that they don't have a fix or if they do they don't want to make it public as it would be an extremely expensive recall.
So if any of this rings a bell please PM me and also respond to this post so that others will know that they are not alone here.
Cheers
Chris