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I have a 2015 ve commodore wagon, which has been perfect up until recently. Where it started to get a shudder when accelerating.

I took it to a mechanic, which said its sounds like misfiring and proceeded to replace the ignition coils and spark plugs. Which cost $1k.
On driving it home, the shudder was still there. I contacted the mechanic and said the issue is still there.
I dropped back off to them the next day.
After having for the day gave back to me and said they couldn't replicate.
I said it's clearly still there, which they said they didn't know and maybe i could try fix it....???? I am no mechanic or know sh!t about car engines.

I drove around for a few days but the shudder was still happening every time i drove and I hated driving it.

So I decided to take it to another mechanic, who says they had found a split fuel injector. But said they needed to do all 6. Which cost $2.2k

I said fine.

There was none in town so they had to order them in, which took a week to arrive. By this time i had no car for a total of 2 weeks.

I have got the car back, and on the drive home. It shudders again.

Its not as strong, but the shudder is still there. I can feel when driving between 20-60 it feels sick. It feels like dragging sinkers behind car, and anytime it hits bumps its slightly pulls.
But the shudder is 3 or 4 quick succession pulls like a fish on the bait.

So I have spend over 3k to fix this shudder, which is still there, I have taken back to the mechanic which they have only felt it shudder once. And basically gone. We don't know.

They tested the fuel, and there is a tiny bit of red fluid in the bottom. 1ml in 2L sample.

But essentially I am at a loss. I have just spent 3k at 2 mechanics to fix the issue. They have both replaced stuff that wasn't necessary to fix the issue. And now have to either put up with it, or find someone else to take a look at it.

I think this is absolute bs. Any suggestions on how to handle or what to do from here. Because from my perspective I have just been screwed and paid for services that wasn't required or fix the issue.

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Thanks I'm advance people

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(SOLVED) Hey everyone, I am about to get my licence and have about 14k to spend on a first car. I’ve been wanting a commodore for years now but with fuel prices I’ve been steered away from them until I found out that some of them take LPG which is about half the price of 91 Ron petrol. How do the engines on dual fuel and LPG commodores hold up? The most I would like to know is how reliable they are with higher kms and if I need to replace a part or get something fixed (by a mechanic) how much would it hurt my wallet and most importantly how would it hold up as a first car I’m looking to keep until it craps itself. Thank you!

Morning

My horn keeps grounding out on the dimmer switch in the steering column. The horn ring seems to keep touching the metal part of the dimmer switch when ever it is on. Blown about 20 fuses finding it.

My question is am I missing something?

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I drove a vf sv6 sedan and I’m wanting to buy aftermarket rims for it. Stock rims are 18s and I want 19s or 20s because I can and i like the way they look.

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Had the first instance of this issue while I was driving last week, car started to bunny hop, shuddered and then stopped. The speedo glitched and started scrambling the numbers, once it came to a stop I let it sit and then turned it over, car started fine and then cut out a minute or two later after I put it in drive. Managed to get it running and got it home completely fine after a few minutes of waiting. Old man used OBD2 once I got back n found no faults, battery was completely fine when I hooked up the reader, it’s only a year n a bit old as well. Cars been driving fine for the last week and then today same sorta issue happened minus the digital speedo display glitching out. Same follow up, car starts as normal, clicks over fine and then just dies out after a little bit. Oil n coolant levels were fine on both instances and I check them once every week. Pop reckons it might be the engine pulley getting too hot but thought I’d post here n get some feedback if anyone’s had similar issues.