Dealer Hassles ...

[silverback]

hi,am i the only one having prob;s with main dealers,have 2 veccies, 2002 3.2 gsi 26k on .2003 2.2 sri 25k had major prob;s with both ,first gsi went in for oil cooler replacement,resulted in 28 days in garage,then they bent the engine ,replaced with new one at there cost car running brill now,
sri just come out before xmas 10 days in garage used a litre of oil a week vauxhalls said that was fine car smoked like 1970s cortina
had valve guide oil seals/pistons rings
the cars are great , the dealers suck

[wrightgj]

Hi there

I've got a 2.2 '03' sri and mine smokes on cold start.
VX had it for 6 weeks, changed the head, piston rings, fuel pump, fuel rail, ECU and the firking thing is exactly the same.

Vauxhalls basically said put up with it as they'd already spent thousands on it.

My warranty runs out next july, so i'll be booking it in around march. Hopefully by then the regional field engineer will have left as we didn't quite see eye to eye

G

[Duncan]

Crikey, sounds like you need to change dealers there m8. Not all Vx dealers are bad - honest!! Have a look at this thread - see if anyone is mentioned in your area.

Oh, to the site BTW! Pop an introduction into the 'Welcome to....' section. (Edit: Just noticed you already did! )

D

[H11LGX]

I previuosly had a 2.2 DTI Omega, and that used 1 litre of oil every 4000 miles

When I suggested to the dealer in Bury, that was excessive, he commented, from VX point of view, that engine is within tolerances if it uses less than 1 litre of oil every 1000 miles

I check my 2.0 DTI regularly

[silverback]

oh by the way got free servicing 2 year warranty out of them on the gsi,amazing what a solicitors letter doe;s