2008 Vauxhall Corsa engine warning light comes on when its cold

Car: Vauxhall Corsa
Year: 2008
Variant: 1.3 cdti
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
On the first cold day in December my engine warning light came on and after driving about 5 minutes the car would lose power and would struggle to accelerate. I phoned Vauxhall and took the car to them, when i drove the car there i experienced no problems, the garage said it was a problem with the throttle and replaced it, i had no problems with the car but after 3 days my wife was driving it home late and the problem accured again, took it back to Vauxhall again and it took them 5 days to find out what was wrong with it as they would try something drive it in the morning and then discovered the problem wasn't fixed. in the end they replaced 5 wires which they believed to be corroded, again i experienced no problems then 5 days later it happened again, now Vauxhall are on about replacing the whole loom which means my car would be off the road for 10 weeks and cost me £3000, this is not an option so what i do now is start the car in the morning limp it for 10mins turn the engine off and on, off and on and eventually the light does not come back on, at this point i can drive as much as i want, hundreds of miles without experiencing the problem again until the following morning and start the same rigmarole all over again. please help.
Posted: Jan 4, 2012 (12 years ago)
By what you say this would eliminate any major fault on the car if you can drive for hundreds of miles with no fault, quite frankly i don't see how a new loom could be the fault.
the clue is with the fault reading and what it tells you. i would cut your loses with vauxhall and seek out a good independant specialist who specilizes in vauxhall or engine management, you will also cut the labour rates in half and some.
Posted Jan 5, 2012 (12 years ago)

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