I had one of them and would never go for another one it was parked up through the week and ued at weekends for family time due to company van as im a delivery driver , it wouldnt start when it did it was very smokey then the turbo went so replaced that then the egr valve went replaced that ect it spent more time in the garage than being used when the fuel pump went due to electrical issues (which i later found was common faults with these cars ) i scrapped it. I now have a petrol Astra which sits and is fine deisle cars cant just sit as it does ruin them so im told by my local garage so save yourself money and avoid the vauxhall vectra

I had a 2006 sri 150 estate with exterior pack , full leather etc and only criticism was spec was a little poor .. Other than that it was great to drive , 55mpg regular , never had a single issue and sold with 120,000 miles on it . Very fast and smooth and much nicer to drive than the horrendously unreliable mondeo zetec 130 tdci I had before . Load space was enormous as was rear passenger room . Only reason I sold was due to another child so need a 7 seater . Loved the engine so much and would never go back to ford so I bought a zafira with the same 150 engine ...

I bought this car with 10.000miles and 6 months life in 2006 from Vauxall garage in Peterborough. I have had so many problems with it that have costed me another £2000 thousands of pounds:egr, flap cooler system, alternator and others. dont buy as second hand car or it will cost you twice more than you pay for it at the end. me

I bought this car in Nottingham last October, it drives wonderfully. Even my son likes driving it! If your looking to get a car with a good amount of backseat space go for this one and save the months I spent looking for one to take hockey sticks.

I love my Vectra SRI, when I bought this car after going through so many of them to find a balance between fuel consumption, space, reliability amd power it was the only one that grabbed my attention.

had my vectra sri 150bhp 56 plate for 15 months absolute pleasure to drive not one problem. 94000 miles on the clock when i bought it 102000 at the moment. 45 miles to the gallon loads of pulling power .loads of space for the family. having a remapp on wednesday on it . great car would recommend to any body

If you are looking at one in a second hand garage.. Then it's definitely there for a reason. Our 05 plate one is a money pit. We are now currently on the second alternator in just under 2 years, manifold replacement etc £1500 dual mass fly wheel replacement, clutch hydraulics and thermostat just recently. Suspension is awful and shoddy. I think we have paid for the car twice over already in just repairs! It's a financial nightmare and causing a lot of stress. Just stay well away from vauxhall vectra 1.9 Cdti :0)

owned the car for 3 months and havent had it out the garage yet. new inlet manifold, had jamed and snapped flaps, egr jamed and clogged. still in limp mode. vauxhall said they couldnt find a fault code and charged me £60 for nothing. now there sayin its the high presure fuel pump £950 just for part and £80 a hour to fit it and its a 4 hour job. jokers so ive now brought 1 and cam belt with fitting £400. if it ever gets fixed i will be selling straight away and never buying a vauxhall again, this car has cost me to date £1200 thats with out the cost of the car

I too cannot believe the problems people are highlighting on other reviews - its not the Vectra that I know. All cars have faults and it seems that only those with problems are highlighted. But credit where credit's due - we have not just one but two Vectras and they are both absolutely superb. The first I bought new in 2008 and its covered 100,000 miles - not even one single problem, seriously not even one. All I've done is replace tyres and have it serviced at its recommended intervals and replaced the timing belt. At nearly 90,000 miles it sailed through its first MoT - not even one thing to be done to it. Superb. I'm a high mileage user and so passed the first one to my wife who doesn't do many miles (now done 100,000 miles and still nothing needing doing to it - runs like a dream). At the same time I bought a secondhand Vectra 1.9 cdti 150bhp with 50,000 miles on the clock. It's superb as well and I've had none of the problems reported by other reviewers on here. Its now done nearly 80,000 miles and it still runs like a dream and I've spent nothing on it except for normal/regular servicing. I've had Ford Mondeos and VW Passats and which one do I find the most comfortable, the most reliable, and the fastest? Vecta 1.9 cdti 150bhp - by a mile. Really comfortable and eats up motorway miles with ease. Seriously good value for money. Superb car.

Oh dear. I am amazed how many problems are detailed in most of the reviews here. My first used 1999 petrol 1.6 Vectra was bought in a hurry at 124,000 miles from a private seller, got more than 2000 miles out of it, ran smooth (although engine wasn't powerful) without smoking, used good petrol (not supermarket's) and Castrol oils, serviced timely, only two things were replaced - one trye and a battery during this period. Next I bought year 2000 Astra 1.6 petrol which did well again (only battery and rear exhaust were replaced). Now own a year 2007 used Vectra 1.9 Cdti 150 since end 2010, bought from a well known used car dealer, got all extended warranty etc., NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. Hear again, No Problems. This car is very efficient, truly reliable (like my previous Vauxhall's), still buy good diesel (fuel quality most important to get long engine service life, good fuel efficiency, and avoiding problems with valves and so many things). A used Vectra gives you good value for money, as it has all great features like its rivals. Before I went for this Vectra I moved to Manchester area and was thinking of going for a Ford Focus, but one morning at the traffic lights in the town centre I saw an abandoned almost new Focus in the middle of road. That's when I decided to buy another Vauxhall as I had read lots of reviews about used Ford's ECU and engine problems which made it very unreliable, imagine the engine having stopped running on a motorway. I suggest : (1) Go for a used car (specially a diesel one) from a reputed garage/dealer even though its a little pricey, (2) Use best quality fuel and oils, timely service and drive wisely, and (3) think about overall safety as well (a car is like a bullet on a fast road). This is my own experience. I understand some gentle humans will still disagree with all this.

My 2006 model has been a nightmare. Totally unreliable and finally died on me. Replaced egr valve which appears to have clogged up cc. But i have no confidence in this to be a permanent solution. I'm getting rid asap! Shame as it is a comfortable solid big car and easy to drive