written by on 12/08/2010
Although reasonably nippy, spacious and comfortable, beware any poor sod who is thinking of buying one. The 1.7 Vauxhall diesel engine is a horrible, noisy piece of junk that sounds like it belongs in a clapped-out Polish tractor. I am still waiting for Vauxhall to do a "Field Remedy" repair on the faulty turbo actuator rod . In plain English, this means that they know it is a bad design, and haven`t got, made or even designed the parts needed to rectify the issue). At the moment and for the foreseeable future, with a tail-wind I can do about 60 going downhill. A total pile of *@?*^ !
written by pisssedoff on 05/12/2009
THIS CAR HAS BEEN MY WORST NIGHTMARE!! 13 YR OLD PEUGEOT WAS SO MORE RELIABLE...
A MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY MY TURBO WENT TOOK CAR INTO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND THEY BLEW UP THE ENGINE, DOWN TO ADMITTED NEGLIGENCE!!!!THEY REPLACED ENGINE, TURBO 3 TIMES, CLUTCH, FLYWHEEL, BOOST PRESSURE SENSOR, STARTER MOTOR AND A FEW MINOR THINGS.. LOL IN THREE MONTHS I HAD TO RETURN IT 6 TIMES DUE TO ISSUES STILL NOT RESOLVED DOWN TO SUBSTANDARD WORK...
NOW ALTERNATOR HAS GONE AND ONLY HAD CAR BACK FOR A WEEK AND A HALF IN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.... HAD TO PAY A PERCENTAGE TOWARDS TURBO AND ALTERNATOR THAT CAME TO NEARLY £800(VX GOODWILL PAYMENT COVERED SOME)
DISGRACEFUL SERVICE, STILL DONT THINK IT IS RIGHT AND I AM GOING TO GET A INDEPENDANT ENGINEERS REPORT
written by on 07/05/2009
I Have my diesel astra for 6 months not many problems except for an egr valve expensive 600 euro would like to keep it till it dies but who knows
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