10 years since GM announced they would cease making cars in Australia

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Originally Posted by prktkljokr

I can believe its 10 years, try buying new parts for a series 2 VF Commodore and you can see that GM does not give a toss about Holden or its ongoing parts supply.

I waited 5 months for a back ordered series 2 lower grille ( none second hand ), only to be told that Amcap have roughly 500 on backorder and no ETA whatsoever, the grille lists at $165 for us so not a big dollar item, but I ended up having to buy a non painted second from a wrecker in Vic for $770 with freight it rounded out at $900, then had to repair a blemish and have it painted, so the customer could have their car back.

I thought this problem might be isolated to the VF, but there are plenty of other Holden models we cant get parts for, 2018 Colorado front bumper cover a couple of weeks ago was on back order no ETA, Cruise grille the same, insurance companies will write more of them off now if you cant get parts for them.

It feels like they have been gone for 20 years

Australian law states that all vehicle retailers must offer spare parts for 10 years after the last car was produced for this market. If parts are in short supply after only 6 years tells me care factor is zero and GM will abandon this obligation as soon as we reach the end of 2027. It is not like they will lose any sales!