Don't buy a Vauxhall mokka!

[pa55ive]

Abit of a rant.

Bought a vauxhall mokka spanking new july 2014.

Done 7000 miles, daily commute 60miles.

Car starts throwing up error code 82 'oil change'.

So ring vauxhall to be told you need to book it in for a service and sells me the old DPF has made the oil thin etc etc.

Explains how can this really be my fault when its only done 7k miles.

To be honest I had a megane coupe 2009 diesel before the mokka and had no issues with DPF etc and was doing the same commute and miles. Shocking really vauxhall make carp engines.

Stuck with it for a couple of years now as costly with depreciation.

Should have listened to forums and there buying advice.

Lesson learned

 

[Tinders]

WTF. DPF cant make oil this, its a particulate filter on the exhaust side!

 

[[TW]Fox]

It can, a failed regeneration results in diesel entering the sump.

 

[shauncr91]

Edit :ignore

 

[Dave]

Sage advice, but not required as "don't buy a Vauxhall" is always the first item on my car-buying check list

 

[Housey]

New cars go wrong too thems the dice

 

[Jono8]

I was never going to buy a Vauxhall Mokka anyway.

 

[pa55ive]

It can, a failed regeneration results in diesel entering the sump.

With me only doing max 14k a year would I be likely to see the same problem manifest in 7 months? with the same journeys.

Sage advice, but not required as "don't buy a Vauxhall" is always the first item on my car-buying check list

Haha I like it, always thought there were alright how naive of me.

I was never going to buy a Vauxhall Mokka anyway.

 

[snapdragon69]

What is the oil level? If it is high, just suck some out.
I know it's diluted but engine should last until you sell it.

 

[Dogbreath]

An oil change after 7000 miles is hardly the end of the world.

 

[pa55ive]

An oil change after 7000 miles is hardly the end of the world.

Yeah kinda gathered but you just don't factor in for it. Its the fact I've got to take it to vauxhall get it serviced at £149 (first service) then I might as well get the pads changed and all that ****** that come with it. Before you know it, it'll be a few hundred spent on "you'd better get that changed, it'll affect you warranty carp".

 

[pa55ive]

What is the oil level? If it is high, just suck some out.
I know it's diluted but engine should last until you sell it.

It's up to the top level reading on the dipstick.

 

[Orionaut]

What is the oil level? If it is high, just suck some out.
I know it's diluted but engine should last until you sell it.

Don't think it works like this.

I think that the Oil warning change light on this set up is calculated as an algorithm rather than by direct measurement of oil properties.

You will also likely need the use of a scan tool to make the light go out too if you want to do this yourself.

Don't ignore it either. Fault codes being present will sometimes prevent regeneration which means that the DPF will eventually become badly blocked.

 

[AndrewNR]

A guy at work is going to be collecting his in a couple of weeks.

Cool story etc.

 

[Cookeh]

Dont Vauxhall offer a 'Lifetime' Warranty (or 100k) on these? Would that not cover it?

 

[Rybo89]

Vauxhall are just utterly awful.

Astra VXR gearbox going faulty at 43k miles... Massively known worldwide problem. They wasn't bothered and tried charging me £2500+VAT for a replacement.

Rang them for the code for the locking wheel nut key... They would not tell me unless i bought theirs for £35

My friend also had a 3 year old VXR that started to rust on the rear arch where the bumper lines up with the arch. Vauxhall told him i was accident damage so not their problem. The car had never been in a accident, guy had it from new. (again another known issue with astras)

They are just **** poor at looking after their customers.

 

[lemonade]

Would never buy Vauxhall's full stop. truly horrible, nasty, awful cars, rather have my nails pulled out.

(Would love a Lotus Carlton though. )

 

[Scania]

An oil change after 7000 miles is hardly the end of the world.

Regardless of supposed long life oils and extended service intervals, should you wish to keep a car for a good length of time (or feel for subsequent owners) 7k change intervals are sensible to me.

Looking through my e39's service history, it's had an oil change every 8k, seems the previous owner(s) disregarded BMW's service indicator and did it on mileage, I wonder if this is a reason why this M54 engine uses no oil yet my previous M54 used quite a lot?

 

[Jono8]

I wonder if this is a reason why this M54 engine uses no oil yet my previous M54 used quite a lot?

Doubtful.

 

[Orionaut]

Dont Vauxhall offer a 'Lifetime' Warranty (or 100k) on these? Would that not cover it?

(If this is what I think it is) This isn't a "Fault" as such, it is a "Service indicator"

Vauxhals have been a little naughty however by making a service indicator operate as a non-OBD2 fault so that you can only make it go out with a manufacturer specific code reading tool

"Most" vehicles these days have "Service" indicators that can be extinguished by button presses on the dash (Though it can still be a bit of a ballache sometimes, particularly on Mercs!).

(I was under the impression that this was considered "Good Practice" under the current EU rules, even if not actually compulsory, Making the "Service warning" a "Fault" circumvents this! )