Vauxhall Owners Club

Hi Julia....welcome to the Forum Here is an interesting article about the horn situation and I would certainly be hassling Vauxhall to sort this issue as it is a manufacturing issue and safety related. https://whatconsumer.co.uk/forum/threads/bbc-watchdog-the-horn-that-doesnt-warn.10231/ Here is a link to the issue with the PIN codes. You will have to approach Vauxhall with your V5 and they charge around £30. There are also companies online who can get the pin but you have to remove your dashboard speedo cluster and send it to them, they remove and read a chip where the pin is stored. So maybe best to pay Vauxhall the money to get them to proceed. http://www.vauxhallsecuritycode.co.uk/

Hi....welcome to the Forum Sounds like there are several different faults with the car so would be best to look at each one individually. The loss of power could be a number of things but my first thoughts are that it needs a damn good blast to clear out the engine. If there is 'mayo' under the oil filler cap then this is usually condensation brought on by lots of short runs and the engine not getting hot enough for long enough to dry out the condensation within the cooler parts of the engine (e.g. valve cover) The exhaust could be corroded once again by all the condensation over time. Loss of power and engine temperature would need to be investigated further but I would almost guarantee that it is short runs that are choking everything up so to sum up, take it on a good long run with hard driving to clear it through. Let us know how you get on with it

It could be a number of things affecting the Engine Management and the only way to proceed from here is to scan the ECU for Fault Codes to see where the problem lies

petrol, diesel, engine size? what other symptoms are there?

Hi Tanner...welcome to the Forum In general, it is like any other car in so much as if it is maintained correctly and has records to prove this (e.g. regular oil and also cambelt change) then there is no reason to believe it won't go on without issue for many years to come. Having looked at the advert, it does look like a very clean and well looked after car. Good luck with it and let us know how you get on

I would try Halfords as they do a good range of aftermarket bulbs such as Phillips and other brands with enhanced light output

Does it still do it when the clutch is depressed?

Yeh, that doesn't sound good economy at all.....maybe the latter option is the way forward

Hi...welcome to the Forum Are the headlamp bulbs that poor lighting? Would have thought that a 2018 car should have quite good lighting technology (e.g. HID)

Hi....welcome to the Forum The best way to accurately calculate the fuel consumption of your car is to fill the tank to the brim and reset the odometer. Drive for a distance of mixed motoring and then top back up. This will then give you the fuel used and the distance covered....make the calculation and you have a truly accurate reading. Any of the onboard mpg readouts will always only use an average and then after a distance, it will float around the average which is then less inaccurate until you reset it.

it certainly does look the business and by all accounts drives pretty damn well to boot Shame Vauxhall don't have the investment to take their vehicles further into the 21st century but who knows what Peugeot will do with the company in the near future

Hi....welcome to the Forum You could try this company and see if they can help you https://www.windowregulatorman.co.uk/ Let us know how you get on with it all

Hi....welcome to the Forum Try these guys . http://www.eurocats.co.uk/

I would say that it is more than likely a wiring fault in the injector loom or an injector fault. Measure the resistance of the injectors (disconnected) and compare to tech specifications. Carefully examine the wiring loom across to the injectors for chaffing or broken wiring that could cause a short circuit

Great result all round Andy

Hi Barry....welcome to the Forum I would start with scanning for any fault codes and see what comes up Let us know what you find as you go through the diagnosis

siggyv6cdti Wow! where do you drive to and from to rack up 200 miles per day to travel to work? I was recently running a 2.2 CR-V and it too gave me around 45 - 50 mpg (higher readings were with a tuning box) and thought that was good.

Hi....welcome to the Forum There are several things that are necessary for a DPF to regenerate and operate efficiently. Firstly, it needs to be driven correctly, which if you do 500 miles per week, I imagine that it is on motorways and other major A roads, in which case the average speed would be around 50 - 70 miles per hour. This is fine for a regen and should keep the engine and exhaust system emissions clean. Also, the correct engine oil should be used (low ash content) and also good quality fuel is good to use. So it looks like your car is regenning as it should now Cheers, Trevor

They are a fine looking car...suprised they haven't sold more as you don;t see many driving around

that's the only way to gather enough information to determine if there are known faults and how to rectify them.

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absolutely fine machine Siggy....looks the business!

Yes, it would be good to know how it is progressing, thanks for suggesting that Siggy

I'm sure there will be plenty of time to do all these jobs during our predicted heatwave this summer

Already started on my running repairs on the Z3 in between the rain showers