Holden Commodore VE Questions & Answers

Most likely the alternator belt has come off or broken. Car ran for a while on the battery alone, then shut down what isn't necessary. Once you shut the engine off, there was not enough battery charge to start it.
Now, does it crank? (I guess not).
I assume you are not still on the roadside broken down? If so, call NRMA or RAC or whoever.
Get a jump start from another battery or car or jump starter. Once it starts, check the dash for the battery light.
You will need to drive to the nearest garage, auto electrician of maybe Kmart auto. Any of these can check the belts, battery and alternator.

Thanks for the reply.was heading out with a trailer I'll try jumping it first .

Yes happened to me its a compressor problem, leaking gas & it turns off to save further damage you need to get it repaired. Do a google search & you will find its a common problem with the berlinas

Thanks Josh.

sounds like a loose, or wet Connector Cable or fuse box to the ECU (Computer under the hood) i have the Red Earth Accessories cable not going to anything either, thats for Extra component hook up like CB, DVD etc, but the "ABS ECU " fault is common, and usually to a bad or overheated sensor, last time my "ABS ECU CHECK ENGINE, CHECK AIRBAG ALL FAULTS ON" was when i degreased my engine bay, same thing happened when i put LED lights on the car, and again happened when my back left wheel drive sensor failed, ... all those three occasions sent my Holden into a tizz and set off all errors......i now bought a Code Reader off Ebay to my phone and i can tell whats set it off, instead of trying to figure out what....or Taking it to holden to figure it out and charge me $200 bucks to tell me what fault it really is......i suggest grabbing an OBDII Code Reader for your car that hooks to ya phone luv, i always keep mine in the glovebox now incase something else happens. .....but i would say sounds like you have a crappy sensor somewhere thats setting off all errors.

Not the sort of thing I'd want to suggest an answer to without looking at the car.
Do you know a reputable Auto electrician? Best way would be to ask around the industry - maybe a local car mechanic would suggest who they take cars to for electrical problems. The check engine is your clue. A good elecrician can plug his diagnostic box into the car and it will tell him exactly what the problem is. But the "red earth accessories cable" is a worry. How did it get disconnected? And RED would not be an earth wire.. Get a sparky.

Don't know I went to boot day before and everything was normal next day open boot and found the red accessories cable appearing from no where and I don't know what it connects to

overloaded devices connected to the Radio Head Unit, like Phone Contacts stored, Phone preferences, media playlists stored on the head unit, Presets and other options, the memory in the head unit is only like a few megs, can cause it to wig out, as the Headunit that controls the bluetooth is connected to the ECU (computer) others have experienced vehicles wrongly changing gears in transmittion, windows and dash mucking up and other sensors failing, all because of stored presets on the entertainment head unit, since they delete a few options, playlists, phone contacts, etc ...the errors stop happening,

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no, its not normal, if its doing that, the spring is stuck with the valve all the way down thereby never letting it release pressure and creating a vaccum, also bad seal, or rusty grip spring, i would try a pair of stilsens (plumbers Wrench) be very very careful not to damage the radiator pipes up top near the cap, especially the air con gas outlet.. but, you will need a new Radiator cap. id get one from a wrecker or somewhere online before you use grip tools as they can break and youd be stuck with the top off and the rest still in the turn jam neck of the radiator,

best to obtain an OBDii Code reader from ebay that connects with your phone, it will tell you the fault and what sensor is having an issue, i do, and have saved me a bundle of Cash than taking it to a mech to guesswork and experiment theories on your car. even had a mech forget to clear codes once on purpose cause he called me in a week to ask me is the car showing any errors i said nope, and he was taken back when i said that cause he knew i would....but i cleared what he replaced myself. car is fine, ..... after reading all the repairs youve done to your car already makes me wonder how the hell the car ran in the first place.

Low on coolant. faulty thermostat, loose wire. leaking radiator, leaking coolant. hot weather, running with air con on full on hot days. could be anything. get it checked out by a mechanic

Cheers thank you

sounds like the pressure pump "valve" on the cars tank is not stopping when the car is shut off, leaving fuel and pressure in the line to the engine, the fuel sender controls this. or you could have a pinched fuel sender seal on top of the tank or hose connected not tight enough at the tank for it to be leaking fuel and pump fuel pressure in the line causing it to leak there .

You need to replace the thermostat its sounds like its stuck in the open position.