Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam!

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Sat 4 Feb 2006 16:17
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - paulmarkj
My Vauxhall Astra requires a new diesel pump, (cost, about £200), but apparently this is part of the security system and the pump needs to be reprogrammed by a main dealer.

The dealer has estimated this will cost £2000, (the car's value is about £3000).

Is there any way around this? Is it possible to remove the immobiliser?
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Sat 4 Feb 2006 20:04
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - Ruperts Trooper
That doesn't sound right, just to add a security code into the ECU.

Check out a couple of other Vauxhall dealers to see if they quote the same amount.
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Sat 4 Feb 2006 20:06
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - adverse camber
Are you sure it isnt that the diesel pump is expensive and the reprogramming is £200 - that would sound a lot more reasonable.
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Sat 4 Feb 2006 20:08
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - adverse camber
on the basis that £200 is astonishingly cheap for a diesel pump. You dont give age of car but I know a refurb for a 10yr old vag one cost £500 and a new pump for a saab tdi2.2 (same engine as the vauxhall) was £1700 or so from the dealers - someone posted a while ago.
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Sat 4 Feb 2006 20:55
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - robert
Call Vauxhall @ Luton - main switchboard.

Ask for customer assistance centre.

They are excellent and wont give you any bull .......

They will allocate a case number and pin the dealer down if necessary.

They are good - try them .............
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Sat 4 Feb 2006 21:04
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - Astra Man
The cost will be £2200 for the whole lot, that's what I was quoted by the main dealer!

Posted a similar post earlier today re. an Astra fuel pump... check it out. Very common problem ! Getting a recon fuel pump fitted but it was borderline whether or not just to leave the car and walk away.

Going to go back to the 'older' cars I think, I can cope with the £300, £400 repair bills but this car seems to be £1000+ everytime something goes wrong with it !

Had enough, just can't sustain the repair bills for it.

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Sat 4 Feb 2006 21:14
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - Aprilia
Yes, I think original poster got it backwards. It will be £2k to supply and fit pump, plus £200 to code it to the car.
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Sat 4 Feb 2006 21:24
Vauxhall Asta - £2000 to reprogam! - Screwloose


Yep; it's definitely a £2200 job at the dealers - and this is the third one on various forums just today! - or it's about £2000 less to get a specialist to pop the lid off the pump ECU and re-solder the cracked joints.

There's quite a variety of opinions as to whether these VP pumps are actually coded or not. Well worth checking the engine control relay is OK before doing anything else.
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