This thread just made my weekend!
Just did the one touch unlock and anti hi jack. Happy happy!
This thread just made my weekend!
Just did the one touch unlock and anti hi jack. Happy happy!
Vectra Secrets list tidied and Thread resurrected for new members.
1 - Windows go up or down if you push and hold the open or close buttons on keyfob.
2 - Disconnect the speaker in boot for alarm to have horn go off instead
3 - Open drivers door and flash headlights and the front lights and reverse lights will stay on for 30secs
4 - If you have sight and light pack (or Auto Wipers) the windows go up themselves if it rains while your out of the car.
5 - Sit in the car hold the lock button on the key and lock button on the door for about 10seconds until a beep occurs for anti-hijack door locking
6 - Rear windscreen wiper sweeps when in reverse when front wipers are on
7 - If 1 of your brake lights fail the ECU uses another bulb in the cluster (red 1 of course)
8 - If you have electric memory seats then the car remembers the position of the seat, door mirrors and internal mirror for each key fob and adjusts them all back to that setting when each key unlocks the car.
9 - Parking lights
The front parking light and tail light of one side of the vehicle can be activated when parking:
1. Set light switch to 0 or AUTO .
2. Ignition off.
3. Move turn signal stalk all the way up (right parking light) or down (left parking light).
An acoustic signal sounds and control indicator <> illuminates briefly in the instrument cluster to indicate activation.
Remove the ignition key before leaving the vehicle.
To switch it off, switch on the ignition or move the turn signal stalk in the opposite direction.
10 - Press auto switch on ECC after you stopped the engine, it will activate residual air conditioning.
11 - Hold the 'SETTINGS' or 'MAIN' button for 10 seconds/until a beep is heard on the stereo and then press the BC button to cycle through the hidden screens
12 - If you don't have a TC switch then this may work on your car, it does on mine... With the engine running flick the ignition off and on quickly so it still runs. All the normal warning lights come on and then go off except the TC light this stays on and voila! TC is off!!
13 - On full CANBUS cars, when the fuel is low and !!RANGE!! appears, hold the round selector wheel down on the steering wheel to acknowledge the message and get your normal info display back. (this works with other info, such as low washer fluid level as well.)
14 - Radio Ignition On Logic is programmed per key.
15 - One-press unlocking of all doors can be programmed similar to 5 above, but use Unlock button on the key fob.
16 - Wipers can be set to a vertical position after switching off the ignition (with the key in the ignition hold down the wiper stalk for a few seconds and release it when they are in the right position).
17 - The manual is a mine of useful information
18 - If you unlock the car but do not open a door or the boot within about a minute the car will lock it's self again
19 - If you don't fit lowering springs then at least one spring WILL snap
20 - If you don't put fuel in you will run out
21 - Man go to bed with itchy bum, he wakes up with smelly finger !
22 - Remember Duncan posting this. If you have climate control (ECC), and you press in the rotating fan button, you get the option to adjust where the air blows.
23 - If you press the Un-lock button on the keyfob for more than 3 sec, the electric windows will open
24 - If you press the Lock-button on the keyfob for 3 sec, the windows will close/you can partly close the windows by stop pressing the button before windows fully closed.
25 - For cars with Bluetooth and climate control-if the fan is set to auto and you receive or make a call the fan will blow more quietly. Also works with some aftermarket handsfree kits when the headunit is on mute.
26 - Dualzone climate temp sync: when both temp-regulators are at same temp, push the drivers regulator once. Then you will get same temperature on both sides as long as you only adjust with the drivers knob. Handy when you mainly use the car alone. As soon as the passengers knob is used, the sync will stop and reverting back to normal operation.
27 - Passenger side mirror to flip down when reverse (For models with seats with memory) When button for adjusting passenger side mirror is selected in drivers door panel, the mirror will flip down when reversing, and of course going back to normal position when not reversing.
28 - When you want to cruise outside England, just put any maxi fuse in the 37 slot of the engine bay fuse box. This will switch your headlights as if the car was a left hand drive. (I think this only works with AFL option, but you might try with the other versions too).
29 - If like me you found the rain sensor not working to well, just open the plastic casing behind the rear view mirror and disconnect the plug....this will return the wipers to normal operating mode (i.e. you can adjust to how often you want them to come on with the roller)
30 - The filling neck of the Washer Bottle pulls off to allow better access to back of the front light cluster.
31 - Starting the engine 4 times in a row, resets the emission warning light.
32 - If, like me, you lose one touch window open/close overnight, sit in car with ignition on, lower each window, close window then hold button for three seconds once closed. Hey presto, one touch open/close reinstated.
33 - If you want side lights and front fogs on only, switch on headlights, switch on front fogs then switch back to sidelights. Doesn't work other way round, (ie sidelights first then front fogs).
1 - Windows go up or down if you push and hold the open or close buttons on keyfob.
2 - Disconnect the speaker in boot for alarm to have horn go off instead
3 - Open drivers door and flash headlights and the front lights and reverse lights will stay on for 30secs
4 - If you have sight and light pack (or Auto Wipers) the windows go up themselves if it rains while your out of the car.
5 - Sit in the car hold the lock button on the key and lock button on the door for about 10seconds until a beep occurs for anti-hijack door locking
6 - Rear windscreen wiper sweeps when in reverse when front wipers are on
7 - If 1 of your brake lights fail the ECU uses another bulb in the cluster (red 1 of course)
8 - If you have electric memory seats then the car remembers the position of the seat, door mirrors and internal mirror for each key fob and adjusts them all back to that setting when each key unlocks the car.
9 - Parking lights
The front parking light and tail light of one side of the vehicle can be activated when parking:
1. Set light switch to 0 or AUTO .
2. Ignition off.
3. Move turn signal stalk all the way up (right parking light) or down (left parking light).
An acoustic signal sounds and control indicator <> illuminates briefly in the instrument cluster to indicate activation.
Remove the ignition key before leaving the vehicle.
To switch it off, switch on the ignition or move the turn signal stalk in the opposite direction.
10 - Press auto switch on ECC after you stopped the engine, it will activate residual air conditioning.
11 - Hold the 'SETTINGS' or 'MAIN' button for 10 seconds/until a beep is heard on the stereo and then press the BC button to cycle through the hidden screens
12 - If you don't have a TC switch then this may work on your car, it does on mine... With the engine running flick the ignition off and on quickly so it still runs. All the normal warning lights come on and then go off except the TC light this stays on and voila! TC is off!!
13 - On full CANBUS cars, when the fuel is low and !!RANGE!! appears, hold the round selector wheel down on the steering wheel to acknowledge the message and get your normal info display back. (this works with other info, such as low washer fluid level as well.)
14 - Radio Ignition On Logic is programmed per key.
15 - One-press unlocking of all doors can be programmed similar to 5 above, but use Unlock button on the key fob.
16 - Wipers can be set to a vertical position after switching off the ignition (with the key in the ignition hold down the wiper stalk for a few seconds and release it when they are in the right position).
17 - The manual is a mine of useful information
18 - If you unlock the car but do not open a door or the boot within about a minute the car will lock it's self again
19 - If you don't fit lowering springs then at least one spring WILL snap
20 - If you don't put fuel in you will run out
21 - Man go to bed with itchy bum, he wakes up with smelly finger !
22 - Remember Duncan posting this. If you have climate control (ECC), and you press in the rotating fan button, you get the option to adjust where the air blows.
23 - If you press the Un-lock button on the keyfob for more than 3 sec, the electric windows will open
24 - If you press the Lock-button on the keyfob for 3 sec, the windows will close/you can partly close the windows by stop pressing the button before windows fully closed.
25 - For cars with Bluetooth and climate control-if the fan is set to auto and you receive or make a call the fan will blow more quietly. Also works with some aftermarket handsfree kits when the headunit is on mute.
26 - Dualzone climate temp sync: when both temp-regulators are at same temp, push the drivers regulator once. Then you will get same temperature on both sides as long as you only adjust with the drivers knob. Handy when you mainly use the car alone. As soon as the passengers knob is used, the sync will stop and reverting back to normal operation.
27 - Passenger side mirror to flip down when reverse (For models with seats with memory) When button for adjusting passenger side mirror is selected in drivers door panel, the mirror will flip down when reversing, and of course going back to normal position when not reversing.
28 - When you want to cruise outside England, just put any maxi fuse in the 37 slot of the engine bay fuse box. This will switch your headlights as if the car was a left hand drive. (I think this only works with AFL option, but you might try with the other versions too).
29 - If like me you found the rain sensor not working to well, just open the plastic casing behind the rear view mirror and disconnect the plug....this will return the wipers to normal operating mode (i.e. you can adjust to how often you want them to come on with the roller)
30 - The filling neck of the Washer Bottle pulls off to allow better access to back of the front light cluster.
31 - Starting the engine 4 times in a row, resets the emission warning light.
32 - If, like me, you lose one touch window open/close overnight, sit in car with ignition on, lower each window, close window then hold button for three seconds once closed. Hey presto, one touch open/close reinstated.
33 - If you want side lights and front fogs on only, switch on headlights, switch on front fogs then switch back to sidelights. Doesn't work other way round, (ie sidelights first then front fogs).
34 - The drivers settings are stored to a specific key upon locking the car (climate control settings, seat & mirror positions, maybe more), so that your last settings are automatically enganged when unlocking and openening the drivers door (seat and mirror position only with memory package), i.e. the drivers seat will move into your last position when car is unlocked and drivers door is opened
If I'm bored one day, I might revise the list and remove everything that's described in the Owner's Manual. At a brief look through, about 21 of the 34 items are in the manual (doesn't help that remote control of windows is repeated several times in the list!)
Item 28 quite funny. You dont need to adjust the lights for scotland or wales ha ha
The whole point of the thread (IMO) is that a lot of these "secrets" are secrets BECAUSE Vx never went out of their way to list a set of "instructions" (like this thread sets out) in the manual.
Granted that if you read the manual cover to cover trying to find things you can enable or disable, you may be lucky and see them "jump out" at you, BUT, I guess a whole load of guys like me find these things out either by accident or the hard way (or possibly the odd one or two from reading the manual )
IMO it would be a shame to re-write the thread, other than tidying up possible duplicated entries (thanks @TonyP2020 / @brasch ). It makes for interesting reading for new members as it is
I printed this out and sat in my car playing for ages. Would be a shame to get rid of bits that're in the manual, not everyone has a manual or isn't at their car when they ask a question
I too find it rather useful, but from what I see, I just added something that was mostly already there. Anyway, the most of is in the manual, but I find it a lot faster to look it up here than searching the manual for something I know exists, just added the pre-face passenger switch and wanted to activate the anti-hijack feature. Same thing when I changed the wiper linkage a couple of weeks ago with the service setting of the wipers.
I mainly use the manual for stuff I don't know, for an in depth description, e.g. when retrofitting a new system like memoy seats or park pilot, to know the full features of it
I wasn't being serious btw about removing items - just an observation that most of it is in the owners manual, and that the some items appear several times.
No excuse, where they're avaiable on-line.
http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/manuals.html
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