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  • Gear Shifting
    3.9 (12)
  • Fuel Efficiency
    4.3 (13)
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  • Comfort
    4.2 (13)
  • Build Quality
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  • Value for Money
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My ownership experience

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Purchased in June 2021.

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Year2017
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R.V.

R.V.Sydney, NSW

  • 3 reviews

Nice drive

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Purchased new in April 2018 for just over 20 thou. for the R+.
Has done over 30,000 Kims now.
This car has been quite reliable and economical. Plenty of go in the 1.4 Ltd donk.
Has excellent handling and good onboard tech. Although the forward collision alert seems to come on at odd times. But very comfortable car to drive.
Well worth the purchase price.



Purchased in April 2021 at Suttons.

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Mark

MarkHobart, TAS

  • 8 reviews

Nice commuting

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Have driven nearly 30000km in 11 months. No problems to date (except for faulty battery which was replace under warranty during service). Great fuel economy 6.9l per 100km which is good considering I have to drive over a mountain 365m high twice daily. Car reacts good and sits well on the road. Good in corners and not noisy. Plenty of space both in the booth and back seats. I am 6'4 and have no trouble sitting in front of back seat. For $16999 end of year sale great bargain.

Purchased in November 2021 for $16,999.00.



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Year2018
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ASTRA PROBLEMS

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I have had noting but problems with my BK Astra Has only done 25,000 klms. Water level topped up at every service, Blind spot mirrors warning coming on together, Vibration on gear changes, Irregular gear changes, Red warning light keeps coming on for no reason. Evaporative solenoid replaced.
Never will I buy another Astra/ Holden

Purchased in June 2021 for $29,000.00.

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Year2017
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David J.

David J.Sydney, NSW

Back up service under warranty is disgusting

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Our Astra with less than 60 000kms on the clock and still under new car warranty had an orange light pop up saying ESC on the dash. So I rang Col Crawford who were great. I got the car in straight away only to be told that the car needed pistons and rings. Not a problem, I understand that, but the problem is that it took me 4 phone calls, an hour of my time each time and threatening that my solicitor said to send them the bills for a hire car to finally get a replacement car while they try and find pistons which they have no time frame on. Be wary if you plan on buying a Holden.

Purchased in July 2021 at Col Crawford for $14,500.00.

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BERnAced7

BERnAced7Perth, WA

  • 3 reviews

Top Car to roll tight in!

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Purchased car @ Ventura Autos in Welshpool Western Australia.. James the owner is professional, accommodating and goes beyond expectation of service. Bought a CDX Astra 2006 and it's valued for the price!

Purchased in August 2021 at Ventura Autos for $2,600.00.

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Sagar

Sagar

  • 5 reviews
  • 2 likes

Good car but not without quality niggles

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Have had a 2018 Astra R+ hatchback for under 2 years with 11k kms on the clock so far.

Pros- it’s a drives like a dream with excellent ride, handling with decent power and kit. Good value for money

Cons- very bad paint quality, chips very easily, almost as if they used crayons for paint.
Headlights are extremely inadequate out of the city or on dark unlit roads
The placement of the reverse camera and the resolution are causes for limited utility

Purchased in April 2021 at Holden Dealers.

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Tashy T.

Tashy T.Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 7 reviews
  • 3 likes

Snazzy car

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The Hokden Astra is a snazzy little car, very nifty, reliable, and keeps for a long time if cared for properly. I absolutely loved the Holden Astra got me thru alot.

Purchased for $1,500.00.

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Year2001
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Byron N.

Byron N.Western Australia

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Horrible car, noisy and unreliable

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Purchased in May 2021 at Hyundai Dealers for $21,000.00.

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Stan Z

Stan ZPerth, WA

Astra La Vista Baby

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Purchased in March 2021 for $16,985.00.

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Year2018
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Adrian

AdrianGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

  • 5 reviews
  • 2 likes

Great little car...solid build

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Purchased in February 2021 at Barloworld.

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Year2005
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Ashleigh H

Ashleigh HThe Mallee, VIC

Great little run around

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The Astra RSV is comfy, stylish and has great features. The Adaptive Cruise Control has failed numerous times and the Bendigo dealership was unable to detect the problem. The features are lacking compared to our Calais V - no front camera, no windscreen display projection and manual seat adjustments. Overall, a good car but getting faults fixed is proving to be a problem.

Purchased in December 2021 at Holden Dealers for $30,000.00.

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sharon

sharonGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

I bought this car 2017 holden Astra R as demo model 60kms brand new, only done 40,000kms in a year... do not buy one

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I bought this car 2017 holden Astra R as demo model 60kms brand new, only done 40,000kms in a year... car was shuttering called dealership and( I piston had failed on motor )....40,000 on clock holden replacing Piston under car Warranty ...holden are not offering any thing else . DO NOT. BUY problems already at 40,000 KMS thinking what else is going to go wrong on this now.

Purchased in January 2021.

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Year2017

Ngoc Nam Nguyen

Ngoc Nam NguyenSydney

  • 2 reviews

Emission and TCS light always on, pressing gas takes long time to increase speed and noisy engine

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Hi, I just bought an old car and just recently it has some problems:
* Emission and TCS light always on
* Whenever speed back to 0 (red light, traffic), pressing gas takes long time to increase speed
* Engine has a weird noise

Can someone please help and let me know what's going on?

Thanks in advance.

BodyHatch
BadgeCD
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedOct 2018

perry

perryNorth Western Region, NSW

  • 3 reviews
  • 1 like

family car

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serviced twice a year used for visiting relatives around the state excellent on fuel economy sum long like to sydney or larger regoinal citys liks dubbo or mudgee shopping trips to larger towns mostly over an hour away or doctors appoinments eye or heart specialist, vacation driving to the coast

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BadgeCDXi
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedMay 2007
Nico

Nico

  • 2 reviews
  • 2 likes

Seriously disappointed

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BadgeSRi
Engine Size2.2L Petrol
TransmissionManual
Date PurchasedApr 2007

Excellent small car

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We chose the Astra RSV 1.6 turbo
Terrific car for our small family and recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable performer.
It’s fuel economy around town with Aircon on is about 7L/100km and is quite easy to drive with minimal road noise.
Holden have completed the first two services so far without anything extra needing to be fixed.

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BadgeRS-V
Engine Size1.6L Turbo Petrol
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedAug 2017

Electreks P

Electreks PAU

  • 3 reviews
  • 2 likes

Best car we've owned

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BadgeRS-V
Engine Size1.6L Turbo Petrol
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedApr 2017

Troy

TroyGLENHAVEN

A car from Germany with excellent design and engineering and SH$% Build quality!

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BodyWagon
BadgeCD
Engine Size1.8L Petrol
TransmissionManual
Date PurchasedJan 2016

xtowen

xtowenwollongong

wonderful fora little car

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this car is just enough for myself, small but is put down the back seat the room is big enough for any loading. I service the car once a year but never have problem, i can not believe this car allready been 11 years. never have any big issues,

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TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedApr 2013

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Questions & Answers

melljay

melljayasked

99 holden astra had snapped ignition barrel..replaced it and now car will only run for 5 secs

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Stef

Stefasked

I have an Astra AH twintop 2008. I have the roof down, and have locked to boot, so now I can't open it to manually put roof back up.. help plz

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Sandra T.

Sandra T.asked

The speedometer reading on my 2007 Holden astray has gone from 120.000 is to 180.000 overnight

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