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Intermittant oil warning light

58 plate, 28000 miles: Occasionally on a 15+ mile run the low oil warning light comes on. Car is not driven hard and checks on the oil level when cold are OK and am suspecting faulty sensor. Does anybody where the sensor(s)are? Thank ...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 'C' - 1.8 petrol
Posted: Mar 8, 2012
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Lower the Dipped Beam

I need to lower the Dipped Beam on the Driver - side Headlamp of the Vectra. I can see the two adjustment sockets. Can anyone clarify which adjustment socket I need to adjust i.e. should I adjust the one closer to the Wing (i.e the one with...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra life 1.9CDTI
Posted: Feb 25, 2012
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Trip computer wont work

left hand button on steering wheel for trip computer doesnt seem to work can anyone help

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9cdti
Posted: Feb 22, 2012
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Damper light

d amper/suspension warning light indication no change to cars performance

2008 Vauxhall Vectra vxr
Posted: Feb 6, 2012
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Fuel consumtion and vibrtions

Good morning, Hope someone will be able to help me. I'll try to describe the problem as best as I can. When all is fine fuel condition is as follows: -cold engine in stationary: 0.3-0.4 gal/h -warm engine in stationary: 0.2-0-3 gal/h ...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 cdti 150bhp auto
Posted: Jan 31, 2012
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Juddering when car starting up

I have had my vectra for 2 years its covered 56k warrenty up in december 2011 ,Its been great up until this week when its juddering on start up, worse if starting many times in one day It even had a griding sound on start up . Could the ...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 cdti 150
Posted: Nov 16, 2011
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Trip computer not working

When pressing the "BC" button on the infotainment system the dispay shows "No System" Does this model not have a trip computer ?. I have heard that is does have have the trip computer but its not enabled. I have also heard that if the ab...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 cdti exclusive
Posted: Nov 8, 2011
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Spluttering and cutting out

I have a 2008 Vectra 1.9CDTI 120bhp with 75000 Miles on the clock. On Sunday last. on a 16 Mile journey I had occasion to stop after 8 miles, when I restarted the Car it spluttered and lacked power for about a half mile and then "cleared it...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9CDTI 120bhp
Posted: Aug 24, 2011
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"Control Indicator for Exhaust" warning light staying on

The above warning light came on "solid" last night as I was leaving home. As I did not have time to refer to the Instruction Book I took another car instead. Will taking the Car for a good hard drive clear the fault. If it can be ...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9CDTI Exclusive - 74000 Miles
Posted: Jul 24, 2011
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Car jerking & juddering in 6th gear @2000 rpm

i have had the car in to the dealership on three occasions over the last six mths with this problem,they fitted new set of wiring looms recently.But the problem still persist. i have noted some postings with regard to injector no 3 ,but...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 cdti 150
Posted: Jun 26, 2011
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Speedo, rev counter, fuel and temperature gauge stopper working

the speedo, rev counter, fuel an temperature gauges all dropped to zero although the engine still ran and I drove to work. After stopping and showing them at work, put the key back in the ignition and all the instruments wokred again. Wen...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra design 1.8 petrol
Posted: Jun 2, 2011
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Rear offside fog lamp not working after bulb change

have changed the bulb several times on offside rear fog lamp still not working manual does not say where fuse for the fog lamps are. why would this be the only one not working if it was a fuse problem

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 sri 5door saloon
Posted: May 31, 2011
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SPLUTERS OR JERKIN

WHEN MOVING OFF CAR SPLUTERING IN LOWER GEARS BUT WHEN IN TOP GEAR ON OPEN ROAD ITS OK 40.000 ON THE CLOCK

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 5 DOOR HATCH MANUAL
Posted: Apr 30, 2011
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SPLUTERS OR JERKIN

WHEN MOVING OFF CAR SPLUTERING IN LOWER GEARS BUT WHEN IN TOP GEAR ON OPEN ROAD ITS OK 40.000 ON THE CLOCK

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 5 DOOR HATCH MANUAL
Posted: Apr 30, 2011
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Irratic Fuel Consumption, fixes when turn off and re-start engine

Hi, When driving along the engine starts pulling quite irratically and the fuel consumption changes on the display, normally circa 55mpg @ 70mph on motorwaw and this drops to about 28-31mpg. When parked on tick over normally the engine ...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 CDTI SRI 150 (Auto)
Posted: Dec 1, 2010
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Power steering failing when driving

Whilst driving the power steering on my car fails. Once ignition is turned off and reset power steering works again fine. This is intermittant and vauxhall cannot find a fault. Can anyone shed some light on this for me as it could be dan...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 exclusive
Posted: Sep 2, 2010
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Juddering between 60-70MPH

When the car is under load (i.e going up hill under acceleration) a severe judder develops when I reach 60+ and change into 5 gear. The juddering only stops when I reach 70+MPH. I have had the wheel balance , gas valve and injection jets ch...

2008 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9DTI Estate
Posted: Sep 19, 2009
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