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Hi, Great to join the club. I own a small independent classic car garage in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and I have for sale a 2004 Vectra 3.2 V6, FSH and just 3,800 miles on it with the car having covered 20-50 miles between MOT’s. I’ve attached some pics and docs fo you to take a look. If you are interested, please contact me at Marcross Cars 07596 106838. Geraint Lewis

Hello, can anyone please help me to find out the code of this wheel lock nut key? Thank you.

Hello, can anyone please help me to find out this wheel lock nut key code. Thank you

Hi, Hope this works for you. These lights been on for about 5 months for me now, it’s doesn’t matter whether it’s hot or cold, they are constantly on every time I start the car now, and have been for months. At the start it was more intermittent. At my wits end with it now, hope we can all find a solution.

It has happened again, once more on entering a roundabout. It would not restart in either Park and Neutral. So what happened last time must have been coincidental. I left it for 15 minutes and tried again. It started and ran normally for the rest of the journey.

The cable appears to be on back order with Vauxhall at the moment. Does anyone know of an alternative ?

It sounds like there may be some light bleeding through from another part of the dash area (such as illumination for the alarm status lamp, possibly)

Hi.....welcome to the Club Definitely keeping the love of Vauxhalls in the family and what a fabulous collection of Vauxhalls over the years. Some interesting registration numbers as well Feel free to post up some pics of the VX220 and the campervan if you wish Good to have you onboard!

Hello Grumpyliveshere ... welcome to the Club Good to have you onboard!

Hi Geoff ... welcome to the Club Hope you find some answers in the forums to assist with your addiction Good to have you onboard!

usually EuroCarParts or eBay are the cheapest parts suppliers

Hi Radioray .... welcome to the Club Very useful set of skills you have and you are more than welcome to help out on answering any posts on the forum if you wish. Its unlike Honda's to suffer from engine failure they always been so damn reliable Good to have you onboard!

i had this same problem it turned out to be the slave cylinder

ok so the problem is intermitantly the drivers controls for the windows wont work and when it starts to work again it only operates the drivers window but only if you drive the car for about 10 mins. i have had a few zafiras so straight to check the wiring and clean the switch no issues withg the wiring even through the rubber gaiter at the door and the switch is lovely and clean i even tried another switch but still no change. i have had a look at the BCU behind the glovebox under the aircon unit but cant see any obvious water damage. does anyone have any suggestions

Rear washer not working. Have filled water bottle and motor is working

Hi there, there is a section on here that is solely for sales. Either vehicles or parts. If you stick some pictures and a price, there might be someone that may be interested.

Howdy! I am hoping someone will know what on earth is going on with my faithful 2013 Astra J 1.7CDTI SRI EcoFlex. It's starting to do something very weird after you try to restart the engine when it's hot. So for example in the video below id driven for 40 mins, stopped at a restaurant for about 30 mins and then tried to restart the car. If you leave your foot on the clutch the engine tries to start with a horrible clatter, then dies, then STARTS ITSELF! then dies, and repeats this process until eventually it starts. I have found flooring the throttle does seem to help make it start faster. There are no codes on my OBD2 scanner, and it does not happen every time, but is certainly worrying when it does. Does anyone have any idea? Youtube issue of issue

Occasionally when trying to start the car, I turn the key and nothing happens, no relays click. I remove the key reinsert it and sometimes it starts sometimes it takes numerous attempts. This usually happens in the morning first attempt and then usually ok that day, but not always.

Hi, Does anyone know the colour code for the bottom grey/silver part of the rear bumper? Crossland x 2019

I wonder if it's as simple as just being the timings sensor fault. I've heard of people having to change these out after the timing chain being done and even having faulty brand new ones... don't know if that helps at all.

That could work, however when you take to dealer they will ask if you went elsewhere before go to them!

Hi , my merivas engine has locked/ seized. It happened when I had a traction control light & engine management light come on . The car would start but when engaging gears it jumped therefore I would stop & start it a few times then the engine management light & traction control light would go out & it would drive ok. So i was to take it to the garage a few days ago but the didn't start the next morning. RAC was called & they said the engine was locked. I now have an issue I don't know what causes the engine to lock if it was linked with the electric fault or not . Does anyone have any idea what i can do. I brought from the dealership & there's of 45 genuine miles on the clock. Locl garage say they will charge £100 an hour & can only tell me what's up when they strip the engine. Has anyone got any suggestions?

Hi , my merivas engine has locked/ seized. It happened when I had a traction control light & engine management light come on . The car would start but when engaging gears it jumped therefore I would stop & start it a few times then the engine management light & traction control light would go out & it would drive ok. So i was to take it to the garage a few days ago but the didn't start the next morning. RAC was called & they said the engine was locked. I now have an issue I don't know what causes the engine to lock if it was linked with the electric fault or not . Does anyone have any idea what i can do. I brought from the dealership & there's of 45 genuine miles on the clock. Locl garage say they will charge £100 an hour & can only tell me what's up when they strip the engine. Has anyone got any suggestions?

How to change fuel pump.

Hello everyone, I have some strange problem with my wifes Insignia 2.0CDTi 16v (160PS) inc. ecoFLEX By now I have been in 5 garages to get down to the problem, but no one has an answer for me. When I start the car and the outside temperature is 20°C or more as per dashboard, the engine has no power, makes ugly rattling noises <1500rpm. No matter how long I drive, the issue remains. The next time when I start it, if the temperature is less than 20°C, everything is fine again. There are no error codes saved. So far we have cleaned the air intake incl. EGR, cleaned the complete fuel system, got a new clutch kit, incl. flywheel. Nothing helped. I wonder if there is any sensor, valve, or whatever, that could cause this behaviour? Any help is welcome. Please see Sound Sample, for a better description of the sound the engine makes. Let me know if you need any more info or have any questions. Thanks