Vec/Sig 1.9 CDTi 150 - General Problems

**mark_647** · 15th March 2009, 18:06

Hi All, sorry if this has already been covered, shoot me down

Myself, have been dying to buy a vectra C with this engine for a long time, hopefully in the next few weeks, the funds will be there.

Reading about the car, there seems to be a few horror stories with reagrds to DMF's, etc, problems like that......

To help me and other potential buyers, could we cover some of the problems in one thread ? If that makes sense ? lol

**_ZS_** · 15th March 2009, 19:56

Anything under the bonnet pretty much covers it for the 1.9CDTi.

**GazVXLINE170** · 15th March 2009, 19:59

Dual Mass Flywheel - Check for this when you go and look at a car; Start the engine, put the car in neutral and press the clutch as if hold ing it on the biting point, there will be a chattering sound - quite distinctive. Get the garage to sort it before you buy it or walk away it could cost £1500.

Swirl Valves and EGR valves are other ones too.

Gazza4

**Big Sig** · 15th March 2009, 20:01

Not forgetting the general issues of snapped springs, hand brake failures, windows opening by themselves........

Although some will swear the 1.9 is a very good engine as its the shear number of them out there that means there are more to go wrong.

I honestly believe the 1.9 is one of 2 things, very very good or very very very bad

**Gr4eme** · 15th March 2009, 20:03

and they have injector/injector wiring probs.

**_ZS_** · 15th March 2009, 20:05

Mine had noisy tappets at 45k too. Sounded like an old 200k redtop with no oil.

**Big Knox** · 15th March 2009, 20:29

remember forums are places where people come a lot for help or to moan so they aren't necessarily representative of actual ratio of problems. If taxi driver's buy them, they can't be all bad. I know a couple of guys who have Vectras with work and do 30k a year with no problems.

Swirl valves can be fixed for a quid

EGR valve isn't hugely expensive.

I would go for it, love the 150 engine.

**mark_647** · 16th March 2009, 01:34

I want one! Doesnt sound too bad, all thease points are very true, there are a lot of them around, every car has its faults.

Will the DMF be covered under warranty ?

**Maverick** · 16th March 2009, 09:09

Originally Posted by Big Sig

I honestly believe the 1.9 is one of 2 things, very very good or very very very bad

I think that can be a fair assumption!

**Maverick** · 16th March 2009, 09:12

I have had 4 1.9 CDTi 150's, and do 30,000 miles a year.

My first had the swirl flaps looked at when it had done 64000 miles, and were activated by tech 2 to loosen them off, and at 92000 miles now, it is still running strong. This was ordered in February 2004 by me new and was almost a '53' plate, according to a guy on Astra Sport who works at Ellsmere Port, mine was the 2nd 1.9 ever built at the plant!

I have been fortunate enough not to have had one EGR fault on any of my cars.

I rate the engine alot.