Power sounder on Vauxhall Meriva?

For a few months I have occasionally heard a high pitched alarm (not the usual horn alarm) being set off when I start the car - apparently this is the power sounder which is a back up to the main alarm....

Scrappage deal with Vauxhall - a good idea?

I have a Toyota Previa P reg and wish to use the Vauxhall scrappage deal is it genuine and I am looking for a new car but, I don't have much capital so just basic car. I can buy and sell again (new for...

Vauxhall Zafira heater fires - does it affect the Astra?

We've seen a lot recently about Zafira fires (with one suspect being the fan resistor). What about Astra of similar build years? As these two models shared a significant amount of design/parts.

Real life fuel economy

I have submitted the life-time petrol comsumption of our Ampera three times now (most recently, a few minutes ago), but it does not appear in your results (which are still showing only three submissions)....

Buying a one year old car

I am buying an 11 month old Meriva 1 4 Techline with 6k miles on the clock. Delivery in about a week. (It is ex mobility with no modifications the sales guy says). He is pushing me to sign up for Diamondglaze/Diamondbright?...

Medium size automatic

After 224000 miles my trusty Golf TDI auto is due for replacement. As much as I love the build quality of the Golf, I hesitate to go straight for another Volkswagen auto (possibly a 1.4 petrol) because...

Spark plugs for a Vectra?

Can you explain the difference between these Bosch spark plugs, FLR8LDCU+, FLR8LDCU+9, FGR8KQE0 and FR91X. I have a Vectra C 2005 with a 3.2 V6 engine. Are all these plugs suitable? One of them has a silver...

White oily sludge in breather pipes - what is it?

have a Corsa 1.2 from 2009 and have recently found white oily gunk in the breather pipes from the rocker cover to the air filter pipe that connects to the carb and the other one goes to the back of the...

Vauxhall Corsa will not start

I have an automatic Corsa 07-plate and it will not start. The AA looked at it and tried to reset it but nothing showing on the diagnostics, so they took it the Vauxhall garage were they have but a diagnostic...

Problems with a Vauxhall Zafira

I bought this Zafira in November 2013 from a Vauxhall dealer. I had a long chat with them about what I needed the car for and the type of driving I would be doing (running kids around, hospital app's etc)....