Holden VE Commodore - 2 Cool Things You Probably Never Knew 

If you read the owner's manual you will find other things like turning the pollution mode on and off by holding down the vent recirculate key for 5 seconds. This toggles it on and off. Also operating the accelerator 3 times to floor and back in quick succession in engineering mode resets the engine oil life. This is mentioned further down. You can also reset your vent position actuators to factory setting if they become confused. Google this.

That is fantastic mate! I knew about engineering mode but the interior light cut out is awesome for long night driving!! . Thanks

Not gonna lie, that interior cutout is awesome

Thanks for taking your time to show fellow VE owners these cool Little tricks mate.

With your throttoe position that you saw at 27% in engineering mode, you need to clean the throttle valvue and upper intake manifold. Mine would set in the high 20's (25 - 28%) and every few weeks throw a code about throttle position error, would clear the code, but a few weeks later it was back. I remmoved the intake manifold and throttle valve for a coolant leak I was working on, decided it looked a bit dirty, so got the carby cleaner out and cleaned the throttle vavle and taped off the intake manifold openings and filled it with decreaser and water about half way, and shook the life out of it. The liquid went in a slight pink colout, came out BLACK A/F, same with the rag I used to clean thre throttle, it became nasty black. When I put everything back together, the throttle position % went from 28.4% down to 16.2%. I also noticed a very big difference in throttle response when driving, power delivery was much smoother, but going to straight open throttle was a lot punchier and responsive. Just a thought this might help others.

Yep...Been there done that...Cool feature for sure especially when you show the owner.

Im going to be getting one of these very soon, this video was really helpful. For a base model Commodore, its REALLY well equiped.

This is cool! My old VS, VT and VX did this as well

In the cut out mode you have the option to have just the spedo lit up or the spedo and the tach. You will find it in the customisation menu

Thats great thx

WOW MAN…. Thanks for your information ℹ️

Good job!

Police hide on the side of the road mode. Some had set up on a separate push bar on the overhead light console

Thank you very much

EPIC!

The "interior light cutout" seems awfully familiar to saab's "night panel" function.

Looking forward to employing interior kill switch for next stalking victim.

Cool.

The first one is in the owner's manual. It's proper name is country driving mode.

I just had a laugh at this video as it was awesome.

did not know that .....thank you i will sub to your channel

Does the same with a 06 Ve commodore! Thanks for telling me!!

Race Mode... Nice :)

Most people don't know these little tricks on their cars because most people don't fully read the owners manual. Personally, I do. You enjoy the car more if you understand all of its bells and whistles.

I am super surprised

The cutout feature is like Saabs night panel feature

1:11 Sabb do that too and it’s great at night driving

i have an 08 model with only 89,000kms on it perfect first car

Any way to turn the beeping off when you first turn the ignition on?

Does anyone know where the indicator relay is on a 2006 ve commodore?

Had a ve calais v 6.0 ltr . Up graded to a vf calais v 6.2 ltr with 38,000 on the clock and the over all difference is incredible and to top it of the price i paid 3 years ago is still firm today . epic

Thanks for those tips, I didn’t kno about engineering mode...I will subscribe. Does anyone here kno how to replace the trans inhibitor switch on the VE ? Can’t always start car in park, switch is on its way out. Apparently you can do from inside car by removing trans console or ashtray ?? Couldn’t find anything on RU-vid for VE THANKS

Another sneaky one is if you have an auto whilst accelerating flick it into manual shift mode but don't shift it and itle go into a sport mode.

nice video, just letting you know all commodores do that and if you get the more higher class commodores like the calais or ssv they come with loads more.

hi, my oil life was zero and my throttle was on 28 % self test just kept going ,i had to press enter to stop it . any suggestions cheers

Hello my dear australian dude. From my deep research, the Commodore is a very high quality reliable car, made from scratch by Australian GM, much better than the global Cruze and Malibu, and others like Fusion(Mondeo in Australia?), Jetta and others. They came to my country labeled as Chevrolet Omega by Emerson Fittipaldi(famous racer), but it is still a 2011 car. Should I buy it instead of a new more expensive low performance model?

I love Holdens mostly the VL commodore

after a restart my 2010 VE only shows speedo dial and middle pannel lit up and working, all other dials are off and not moving and my radio/cetral unit are allso off but hte buttons still work. I tried pressing hte buttons together multiple times to turn it back on if that is indeed the problem but only the speedo lights up and gets a bit darker repectively. Any ideas? (NOTE: test mode in engineering mode shows all dials light up)

Can any one show me how to remove the stereo dashboard cover, in order to fix a loose contact of the power

Can someone help me?? My caprice royal 2007 has an issue after i loose the battery cable and reinstall. The AC is auto switch on when i switch on the car key? They told me that programming issue .i do t know.any idea??

Thanks. Anyone tell me why the heater stops working in the same model ve?

What about your "check engine" light being on; do you know how to reset it; Off ??

Got a 2011 Holden Berlina which constantly keeps coming up with the check engine light and has been for the past 4 years! It gets cleared every service but is always back as soon as I’ve driven 20 minutes lol, any idea what it could be?

Hey bro… I have the same car as u… js wanna know how u get the digital odometer in the middle.

is the temperature gauge run by a fuse ?

Got a 2009 VE.. Volt meter is showing 15.2 volts. Just put a new battery in it as it still had the original.( thought that might have been the problem) Still showing 15.2 volts with a new battery. Any ideas please?

Can this solve my CD player beeping??

How do I change the present in the overspeed alert

Hi I need help my Holden omega won’t start but there’s still a sound when turning the key ??????

I have a sv6 ve I have a cut out mode it turns everything off head lights the gauges it a button on the ceiling by the lights on the ceiling up the front dose any one have this button

Interesting. But unfortunaely my info menu lights are broken.

I knew the engineering mode in the 2009 Holden commodore u just click the button

Does anybody else know how to stop the bloody clogging noise from what sounds like the stereo or air con upon start up. Plus is there anyway to stop that infernal beeping upon start up?:)

Just read your car manual guys!

Can anyone tell me how to get gear selection to show up above radio ? , i cant remember how to do it ,its driving me nuts .

My hsv clubsport R8 is not letting me take my flat tyre off

Is there a reason your engine light stayed on after to doing the self test??

i have one of these

Does that mean I can do the service myself with engineering mode? Does this eliminate need for all the mechanic log book service they do at the shop?

Imagine calling it country driving mode, it’s race mode or nothing

All holden Commodore light's go off it's called country driving mode look in your manual book mate you read a manual you find out a lot more

How to open boot when Batt is out?

can you show how to do sick burnout bro

someone please tell me where the fuel cap release is

Pretty sure the interior light cut out is for coppers.

not bad,, tell me more,, i have a ve ssv 6.0 manual,,is there any tricks i should know,, my car has 51,000kms.

Hi. Thats good but thats not my car. Can you please make a video on holden ve 2013 LPG for gas service. Because there is no single video on this issue. And i have noticed that many people are looking for it.

so when you self test and nothing comes up on the screen. does that mean everything is ok?

How do you reset the air vent accuators

93 degrees C your coolant is near boiling...... really question those figures. Just like I question when my FG keeps telling me it's below freezing outside most days.....

I have 203 Aclaim sometimes It won't start if I wait a few mins I open and shut the door then it starts What's my problem

Why does my ve go to 260 on clock

2nd is how to cut that bloody beeping 😠. I have a 07 commodore to, but not with that many ks on it

will this work for a G8

That lighting mode is for the cops at night

engineering mode I heard it goes from a V6 to and V12 LOL

My vy had very similar crap

3:21 (6_+) You drive the commodore special agent.33 GOD said 9 -27% 10 - 64* C Enter If the commodore wan't so cheap eye would have seen the 0 want an 8

no need to flaunt your full tank :P the Cool Things You Probably Never Knew is it can burn spark plugs through the ceramic, and h vac pc can die $1300. no key for wagon hatch when ur batt dies,

How to unlock your car when you locked your key in side

I can go 1 better. I just got a ex cop ve it has 1 button that kills all dash lights including speedo

I have a 2007 Berlina and it's a pile of crap, I've spent 3500 on it since I bought it and now the fukin starter motor has gone, these cars are gutless ,the motors are no good, if I can help someone who's looking to buy, don't they have circuits and all sorts of stuff that drives you nuts ,I should have kept my VT, she was a beauty.

Saabs have had this for decades. I suspect GM robbed it from Saab, like they did with all the best ideas to come out of Trolhattan

v6...lolol...fail

Why would you want to eliminate all dash lights, but still have the speedo glaring at you? This function is designed for night driving to minimize glare in the drivers face. So that's a fail. My ford allows all dash lights to be dimmed with the flick of 1 switch. Engineering mode seems pointless although knowing battery voltage is important. Shame you have to switch the engine OFF then IGN on & push a button just to get the menu on screen, then no doubt more steps required to view the actual info. Believe it or not, my ford has a gauge on the cluster just for that purpose, & all I need do is move my eyes a little to see it!!! ....& that beeping noise!!! Damn American stupidity that is.

both of these "tricks" are not really helpful, who wants to drive with no illumination on the cluster and who wants to know the "engine" bs. Dude any person who seriously knows their car does not need this video.

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