[juliangungho]

Getting a bit miffed with all these minor faults that keep showing there ugly head, its guna be a while before this car is back together perfectly.
As I mentioned before it’s a "X" reg estate 2.6 v6

Anyway so here goes,

1. Had aircon checked got cracked pipe so gota get a new one but looks like forum member has one just waiting for conformation.

2. Management lights randomly coming on last night po4030 came on yet the other day 4020 and 4030 came on at the same time and the day before the Tps sign came on as well. Cleared all the faults and nothing today lol. Not gd for the random lights coming on thou

3. 1st time driving in dark last night none of the Speedo lights are on!! Everything else is thou and yes I checked dimmer as well., I have ordered some new bulbs and I will see what happens from there.

4 Misses reports to me this morning that the car was nearly stalling .when coming to a set of lights??/ is this idle control valve issues? Is it a matter of just cleaning it all out, any way of checking it? What should the rpm be at idle and how do you readjust?

5. Got a rumble from front looks like wheel bearing on way out! and a small knock as well sigh

6. The car has come with angel eyes, look good thou but good god they are useless in the dark, fink I will put ina hid kit in to see if it improves them! 6000k here we come

7. The car has an after market sony head unit in (old) , have ordered the 2x autoleads kits to fit the Kenwood m6024g hopefully this will just be plug and play , but I have read that I have to cut a wire in the Mfd display - is this right?.

8. I was looking under neath the rear as I was looking at fitting a tow bar , the rose joints bushes 2 on each side don’t look to healthy so I will have to fink about getting these done.

9. Mirrors are m3 style, they have all been done properly but damn useless as you carnt see anything , so have found some standard mirrors to go back on in the right colour

10. Ordered a replacement wiper blade and arm for the tailgate (estate) halfrauds couldn’t help me so ebay special, , ordered one foe a vectra b and that’s come thru and that’s wrong as well!!!!!! Sigh!!!!

11. I have got all new front disks and pads as the brakes are not that great, I have cleaned and greased/adjusted all 4 corners, handbrake much better but I think all new disks and pads and handbrake cables all round will help out considerably, what are vectra brakes meant to be like, I am running hipsecs on my car and they will stop a tank maybe I am asking to much lol

Not good overall

[Leeky]

My thoughts:

1. Its crap, but it happens mate. 2.2 owners used to have a near monthly experience until the modified parts were released. Its most likely down to age.

2. I don't know the codes off hand, so will reply seperately with those; but there is no tps warning light. There is, however a TCS warning light, that will flash and light up when the traction control system is activated due to wheel slip. To me, it sounds like your confusing the two?

3. That'll be down to the 501 side light bulbs fitted in the dash. Very simple to replace, and most likely down to wear and laziness on the part of the previous owner in not changing them.

4. Its the idle control valve, most likely causing the problem. On the 2.6's this is the cylindrical metal piece attached to the throttle body. Just remove it, clean it, dry it and replace and jobs a good'un.

5. Sounds like a wheel bearing from your description. If it is, the noise will increase with road speed, and you'll hear it under certain cornering conditions.

6. N//A

7. Check the manual when it arrives. If the leads are correctly made nothing should need modifying - Thats the whole point of purchasing the leads; it does it for you.

8. They're an absolute pain! Its a common MOT replacement, especially on cars doing plenty of miles (loaded up constantly). If your mechanically minded, you can purchase the tools and bushes for under £50 - Then do them yourself saving quite a bit of money!

9. You might be able to mod here. If you don't have electric mirrors, you could have the loom in place to fit them - Its something to consider

10. Vauxhall aren't too bad on pricing for genuine wiper blades - Might be worth purchasing them, least you know they'll fit perfectly.

11. If your running hi-spec calipers (e,g. 4 pot conversion) you should have very good brakes. If they're not that good, I would recommend rebleeding the entire brake cirucuit with new fluid. Unless you've had it done recently its not likely to have been done in ages.

It sounds like lots of teething troubles; but B's are getting on now - Even so, there isn't much in the same size/price segment with the performance and general usability as the Vectra. They're very good cars.

[juliangungho]

okay I have been getting into the depths of the car tonite

okay more to add to the list,


11. recevese lights do not come on, bulbs are intact thou, where is the reverse switch on the gear box?

12. Okay the speedo bulbs are flickering when I bring the side lights on, then they go off??????????? and all the bubs in the dash are blue led from what I can see.

13 okay fog lights question, the fog lights all work on the exterior of the car so no arguing but when I press the switches I get the following.

rear fog light switch- press it and it shows that its working but press the front fog light switch and the lumination to both switches disappear??? dont think thats right please can some one confirm.

14. the sidelight /head light switch (rotary knob)- is this meant to light up?

15. and again tonite the misses tells me the engine light is on, I read the codes , same codes again 4020,4030???? cat issues or lamda issues this is becoming very annoying.

16. steering questions, when I go round a bend the steering drops heavilly into the bend both left and right , car drives straight thou, is this a trait and the car is wearing 18's , is this a symptom of these size wheels.


also sorry bit of confusion here, I have hi spec on my own car, the vectra b is the misses car and not impressed with the vectra b brakes at this time but maybe i shouldnt be comparing them to my hi-specs.

anyone in the southampton area witha vectra b who wants a cuppa so that I can do a comparrison and to confirm what should be working on this car.


no doubt I shall find more issues .

[juliangungho]

ok tonight I manage to get he foolowing done.

Fix reversing swithch, the switch needed cleaning and now it works

got rear wiper on at last ( in a fashion)

got the dash lights to work, the plasma kit had died so replacement blue lights are now working.

all her enew stereo is up and running with the display and steering wheel controls working however one speak is failing in rear door -scrap year job I think.

Got light switch controls to work properly at last .

I fitted the cruise control switch, and clutch switch , however not working so guess I will have to have it turned on I guess

more to do on the weekend for me

[matt-m]

be good to get it done over the weekend bud it was a big list but you have started on it so thumbs up there lol

[juliangungho]

The problem is there is still more to add onto the list sigh