Vauxhall Vivaro Alternator Problems

Problems mentioning the Alternator on the Vauxhall Vivaro
Battery drain

battery was draining after around 24hrs of not being started.auto electrician couldnt find any prob. changed battery and still same prob. noticed now funny smell and alternator smoking

2004 1.9
Posted: Feb 24, 2011
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Starting

hi my vivaro take quite alot of turning over before it fires , i can do a 80 mile trip fine , then leave it stood for 20min and it again take alot of turning over , just had 4 new glow plugs fitted and this has not solved the problem

2003
Posted: Jan 12, 2012
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Van wont start ???

Hi i have given my van a new battery, alternator , breaks, full service, and it was driving perfect, it lost power while driving on the motor way and would drive over 10k a hour and wouldn't rev ??? next morning it was driving perfect and w...

2004 1.9tdi
Posted: Jan 9, 2015
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Interior light/glow plug light

hi just bought a vivaro crew cab 2011 lovely motor i cant set the courtesy lights to go of when the door,s are shut ,also the panel lights dim when i put the headlights on im cant see no glow plug light i dont think they are working beca...

2011
Posted: Feb 7, 2015
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Battery warning light. Also driver's electric window dead

Whilst driving along I noticed the battery warning light is on along with the stop light. Van seems fine. Starts fine. Goes fine. However, noticed the driver side electric window has stopped working. Guessing the window and the warning ligh...

2008 08 2.0 Diesel
Posted: Dec 20, 2015
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Doesn't start when battery not fully charged

my van won't start when the battery isn't fully charged, or drops to below 300 rpm. The local garage have tried everything to fix it. They are completely baffled. I need to drive it every day to keep battery charged but soon as any cha...

2004
Posted: May 27, 2019
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Starting problem intermittent

Every morning I don’t know whether my van will start, I might start one and not start for two days them start for 3 days not start the next day then start for 5 days and not start for 2 then start for 3 and not start for 5 this has been ...

2005 2.5cdti
Posted: Mar 10, 2021
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Alternator /ECU

So started getting “battery charging fault” on dashboard very occasionally about 9 months ago, got to the point where it was coming on all the time and the battery went flat. Went to the mechanic and said it was the alternator , got th...

2016 Vivaro
Posted: Aug 26, 2021
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Ignition does not work

Hi there My Turn Signal Indicator Light Stalk switch break, I have both a second hand one, I took the old one and fit the one I both, after that, the ligths, the indicators don’t come on, al the ligths on the dash board come on but the ig...

2017 1.6 diesel
Posted: Oct 6, 2021
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Got a 2017 Vauxhall rivaro and a light is on the dashboard saying charging problems any help.

I've got a charging warning light on my dashboard the voltage when the vehicle is running is good and it's holding the charge but the light just says stop start not working battery charge issues

2017 Crew cab 1.6 bi turbo
Posted: Dec 4, 2022
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