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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: jerry on 05 January 2010, 17:23:42
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A mate of mine is looking at a 2001 vectra CD 1.8. It looks very clean, has 94k on the clock and is up for £1200 ono. Aside from cambelt change and "sticky windows" does anyone on here know of any common problems that he needs to look out for?
cheers guys (and yes , I know he should go for a Mig instead!) :y
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Sounds alot of money for one of them IMHO
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Yeh, its a "trader", but from what I can see on autotrader and the local papers the price isnt out of synch. I suggested that he knocks him down and gets cambelt change included in price but wandered if anyone here was aware of any problems with that model?
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worst car i have ever driven for understeer,apart from that i had no faults with mine liked it
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I had 150 sri,and it was a cracking motor,and the third vec i have owned.one thing i have found with the vecs is the boot rubber tends to allow water into the boot sometimes,just a minor thing to look out for,as a new rubber will cost in excess of £60 from vx. :y
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Also forgot to add,look out for the rear door strikers,as the steel seems to be very thin around that area,and tends to rust fairly quickly ;)
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cheers guys. Hopefully it seems that there are no major problems with the model, the only common faults that owners reported that I could see when I trawled the net for reviews were sticking electric windows and, as Mark said, leaking boot. A few mentioned the engine management system playing up but these were from earlier models. Forewarned is forearmed though, I remember that it was well worth a look on here to check up on things to look out for when I got my Mig (rocker cover seal for eg) :y
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cheers guys. Hopefully it seems that there are no major problems with the model, the only common faults that owners reported that I could see when I trawled the net for reviews were sticking electric windows and, as Mark said, leaking boot. A few mentioned the engine management system playing up but these were from earlier models. Forewarned is forearmed though, I remember that it was well worth a look on here to check up on things to look out for when I got my Mig (rocker cover seal for eg) :y
yes jerry the front electric windows are a real pain in the arse,i found they are very sensative,and slightest bit of resistance,and go straight back down. :y
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cheers guys. Hopefully it seems that there are no major problems with the model, the only common faults that owners reported that I could see when I trawled the net for reviews were sticking electric windows and, as Mark said, leaking boot. A few mentioned the engine management system playing up but these were from earlier models. Forewarned is forearmed though, I remember that it was well worth a look on here to check up on things to look out for when I got my Mig (rocker cover seal for eg) :y
yes jerry the front electric windows are a real pain in the arse,i found they are very sensative,and slightest bit of resistance,and go straight back down. :y
On the review site one of the owners had taken his to vx to fix, the other had removed the door card and used some wd40, both had no trouble with them after but you can guess which was the cheaper option ;D
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My wife has a 90,000 mile 1998 1.8 GLX estate which has had no problems in the last 4 years apart from camshaft sensor failure (easy fix). My son has just sold his 128,000 mile 1998 1.8 LS. No real problems apart from jamming front windows, knocking rear suspension bushes and cam cover oil leak. The one thing that was a problem and decided on the sale was rot around the rear door strikers, as mentioned by mark mv6, the rest of the car was completely rust free. He now has a Mk3 Mondeo, not the Omega that I suggested, there is just no accounting for taste.
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leccy windows andrear door striker check it is then :y
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Springs also a problem on Vectra/Signum - a common post on Vec C website
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My wife has a 90,000 mile 1998 1.8 GLX estate which has had no problems in the last 4 years apart from camshaft sensor failure (easy fix). My son has just sold his 128,000 mile 1998 1.8 LS. No real problems apart from jamming front windows, knocking rear suspension bushes and cam cover oil leak. The one thing that was a problem and decided on the sale was rot around the rear door strikers, as mentioned by mark mv6, the rest of the car was completely rust free. He now has a Mk3 Mondeo, not the Omega that I suggested, there is just no accounting for taste.
What can i say. :-X :-X ;)
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leccy windows andrear door striker check it is then :y
I actually took mine off,and smeared grease behind,to keep it at bay. ;)
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A mate of mine is looking at a 2001 vectra CD 1.8. It looks very clean, has 94k on the clock and is up for £1200 ono. Aside from cambelt change and "sticky windows" does anyone on here know of any common problems that he needs to look out for?
cheers guys (and yes , I know he should go for a Mig instead!) :y
Get a new mate!!!
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worst car i have ever driven for understeer,apart from that i had no faults with mine liked it
Really? I had a 2000 SRi Saloon 2.5 V6 which I bought for £1200 so I would agree with the earlier statement of £1200 for an 1.8 is a tad pricey, but I have to say the Vectra is the best handling car I have had to date! I couldn't get it to understeer even when I was larking around!!
Admitedly it was lowered on Koni 40mm springs and running 17" rims with Hankooks, powerlfexed bushes etc... and also the standard SRi setup is maybe better than other models of Vectra, I'm not sure but it stuck to the road like sh1t to a blankett!!!
Only problem I had with mine was two of the wires in the wiring loom to the n/s/r door had split meaning that the central locking didnt lock that door, but 30mins fixed it.
The rear rose joint bushes are one to look out for as they go and require a special tool to remove/replace them and they are fiddly to do...
The center exhaust section rusts badly at the bend just before the flange that mates to the rear silencer.
Number plate light contacts rust in the saloons and estates and the lamps are around a £10er from VX each iirc
Then there is the usual VX stuff like the MID display pixels, usual bolster wear etc....
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Vectra having owned quite a few i would say for that kind of money id expect a MSD GSi V6 not a 1.8
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I'm on my second vectra now.
Had a sri, previous to my mig, and now i have gone back to a vectra, but now i have a gsi.
Common problems...
Leak in the passenger footwell, caused from water leaking in hole in bulk head where electrics come into the car.
Leak in boot, new rubber seal.
Rear bushes, can be a pain with out the tool.
Other than that, it's a typical vx, regular cam belt and oil changes, it'll last for years :y