Holden Certified Vehicle Warranty officially bullshit
The fuel gauge stopped working on the Crewman recently. Rang the chick at Kelly Holden to see whether this might be covered under my favourite warranty. She said if the fault was in the dash electronics probably not but if it was in the sender it might be covered. Since the dash electronics were otherwise working correctly and in sync with the gauge, I was pretty confident the sender was the problem so booked the car in.
Get the call this morning saying the electronics check out so the fault is in the sender. The sender and fuel pump are the same thing though so that's a $920 repair. Not covered by warranty I ask? No he says, cause it's an electrical item. I mention the fact that a sender consists of a mechanical float attached to a mechanical lever, while the fuel pump is a pump, and he says yeah, good point, it's a grey area. But nah, he concludes, the warranty is for drive line stuff not this.
I quickly decide against paying $920 to fix a fuel gauge, and say I'll pick up the car later. Then he lets me know about a "diagnostic fee". A what I ask? $66 you owe us. I tell him this is the first I've heard of it and that I asked to be given a call before any work was done if it wasn't covered under warranty. Oh he says, well it's $66 or no car.
Conclusion: Holden Certified Vehicle = poo. Going to a mechanic at all = bend over. Not friggin happy.