Vectra Gauge Problems

[Juz]

Hi, ive recently bought a 02 vectra c, club.

Ive been having 2 problems with it so far;
1. cruise control does not work all the time and only sometimes if i lift the clutch pedal up.
2. i have a problem withe the gauges also, driving along steadily the abs light comes up and all my needles dive to 0 and the battery light comes on, the engine still runs fine just nothing from the dash.

Is this a Major problem? i just bought it from a garage and i have 6 months warranty on it.

Any Help would be great.
Thanks Justin.

[Duncan]

1. Clutch pedal spring - easy to rectify and not £££. Depending on their warranty it may cover it. If it doesn't then it's not a biggie to do.

2. Most likely to be the ABS connector/plug - it's a known problem resulting in all the dials going dead. Again, it depends on the warranty you have as to whether it cover it, but it's a more major electrical one (and well documented on here) so hopefully will be covered.

[Gsi3.2]

just what he said..

1, there is a retrofit kit to help the clutch spring.. it's about £15 and IanT has done a post on how to fit it.. solves the problem instantly..

2, early cars had a fault with the ABS plug and poor connection.. that will cause the failures you have described which appear the same as a CIM failure but may well not be..

if you've just bought it, the garage have to fix it..basic trading standards laws..

[Juz]

Hi, thanks for all the info guys, rang the garage up they said they will sort everything out.

I heard the early ones had a few electrical problems but an early one was the only sort i could afford really at my age anyway.
One other thing i dont know if its right or not is the accellerator, when i change gears there is about half a second where there is no power then suddenly it kicks in is this normal or a problem?


Thanks Justin.