written by on 18/09/2009
Vauxhall vivaro sportive 2.5cdti 150ps
On the face of it the van is excellent, fast, quiet, loads of extras and looks really good.
Have owned the van from new and have done 32000 miles. In this time the van has put itself in limp home mode a total of 7 times. Each time the van needs an oil and filter change due to 'poor oil quality'. Apparently this is due to it needing to regenerate but regen light has never been on!
The Vauxhall dealer thinks there is something wrong with it but Vauxhall technical say it's my driving style. How do they know it's my driving style? Have they been following me driving down the motorway? Most of my mileage is motorway, the dealer asked me to take a log of my journeys which I've done but technical aren't interested and will not contribute to the oil changes (£100 a time) and will not send a technician out to assess the vehicle though last time it happened they said they would & Vauxhall care are unable to overule the decision made by technical, oh yeah and I am not allowed to speak to technical!
So I'm stuck with a van which is under warranty which Vauxhall won't fix
looks like I'm going to have to get stuck into a legal battle!