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Hey! picked up a meriva Vxr a week ago,she needs some love and tlc but I’ve already started. already done a big service in the car oil/oil filter/fuel filter/plugs and Courtney panel filter. car chucked a code on the way home p0170 fuel trims which I need to sort of anyone has any pointers.car feels flat so I assume it’s in limp mode. she is a 56 plate with 87k,red too which I believe is quite rare. i also own a supercharged e92 m3 which is a semi track build and a Cupra 280 sub 8 estate which is the daily. finding it really hard to find any forums with any real meriva owners or ones that are active! got big plans for a he meriva,full repaint,possibly forged motor or 2.0 turbo swap down the line. For now I will do breathing mods,injectors and map along with maybe lowering it and some better stoppers. can you fit brembo’s to this off any other cars in the range? hardly any info on them so it’s tough lol few pics of the old girl.

Hi All, especially Westcliff67 with the roof problem. I'd sent off my ECU to be tested, assuming that was the problem as I'd sourced a new boot lock solenoid of the right model (very hard to come by). Having changed that, it made no difference, so I thought it must be the ECU. That came back, tested, no faults (a reasonable charge for testing). Having used my OPCOM tester again, it still showed the same fault code B1010-0 Invalid State. I wondered where to go from there, but, the ECU tester had sent me a roof reset procedure, which I hadn't seen anywhere else. Apparently, the ECU might not recognise the current position of your roof because it failed in a different position. I imagine, you could have the same problem changing the ECU as the roof from the car it was taken from, could have been in a different position. Manually wind the roof and fold it back into the open position and let the lid cover drop. (I couldn't get my roof lid to lock down completely, even after trying a couple of times, so decided to continue). Use the OPCOM device to erase the code. This I had done before, but all with the roof in the closed position. Now the code erased and didn't return. The roof worked! I was so surprised not to hear the beeping. I tried the roof a few times and it's fine. I need to top up the hydraulic oil a bit. The instructions go on to say that 'If the fault code does not erase after this procedure has been followed, then all of the position switches and the release lever switches will need to be tested for correct function, as this will indicate one of the switches is in an incorrect open or closed position'. Now, the car works as it should. It could do with a respray to freshen it up, but I think that will cost too much. I'm thinking of getting it wrapped, but all of the companies that I have contacted, have not replied. I can only think the model is too old to be on their vinyl computer.

Hi....welcome to the Club Fine looking VXR you have there and big plans ahead then I would put it down to the fact that its probably being driven differently from the previous owner and just needs a constant clear out through spirited driving to clear out any carbon build up in the engine. Also run some cleaner in the fuel system which may help the situation. Let us know how it all progresses and congrats on a fine selection of other cars you have in your collection