Bought a 52 reg (new shape) SXi 2.0 DTi Vectra in December last year.
Good nick only problem when checking over the car was a knackered CD player, it also had all the recall work done. I really like the new Vectras, driven one before so was over the moon when I got this.
At the beginning of July I started to notice that on the cooler mornings it would struggle to start..took slightly longer than usual and I also notice once it fired up the exhaust omitted a nice blue puff of smoke but once running it would run perfectly.
So I decided to take it in for a check at a Vauxhall garage. Got a phone call telling me it was the engine ECU and that it would need to be re-newed. Total cost if fixed (parts and labour) it would set me back over £1750!! WTF
That is almost half the cars value when I bought it 
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Now I know Vauxhall aren't cheap so would I be best of finding a local garage/specialist to get it re-tuned? If so what cost would I be looking at? £1750 is a little steep for me...maybe £800 - £1000 i could spare. It's got its MOT in December and I'd hate it to fail it if it don't run correctly and I can't afford to get another car...would get sod all for an un-MOT Vectra with the above fault.
Any ideas? Also I'm from Staffordshire if anyone knows a good place to go?
Good nick only problem when checking over the car was a knackered CD player, it also had all the recall work done. I really like the new Vectras, driven one before so was over the moon when I got this.
At the beginning of July I started to notice that on the cooler mornings it would struggle to start..took slightly longer than usual and I also notice once it fired up the exhaust omitted a nice blue puff of smoke but once running it would run perfectly.
So I decided to take it in for a check at a Vauxhall garage. Got a phone call telling me it was the engine ECU and that it would need to be re-newed. Total cost if fixed (parts and labour) it would set me back over £1750!! WTF
That is almost half the cars value when I bought it .Now I know Vauxhall aren't cheap so would I be best of finding a local garage/specialist to get it re-tuned? If so what cost would I be looking at? £1750 is a little steep for me...maybe £800 - £1000 i could spare. It's got its MOT in December and I'd hate it to fail it if it don't run correctly and I can't afford to get another car...would get sod all for an un-MOT Vectra with the above fault.
Any ideas? Also I'm from Staffordshire if anyone knows a good place to go?
...I could do everything myself on the old mechanical operated engines.
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