Hi - my 306 driver's door leaks water into the footwell. I think its coming in at the bottom of the door - the rubber sealing strip gets filled with rainwater, and then I think it comes in from there. Anybody had this problem before, and know of a solution?

Thank you!

duplicated posting deleted. PU
{year picked up via a forum search DD} Read more

Is it normal for a turbo to whistle more in the colder weather? I have noticed it's definitely noisier recently, like a feint camping kettle sort of noise. The oil level is correct and within the 18000 mile oil change interval. Read more

Hi all, hope someone maybe able to help. My wife's 1600 Ghia, 2001, has developed a very faint whistling noise which sounds like its coming from engine area....it is very quiet and can normally only be heard whilst the car is standing ticking over, but occasionally it can be heard whilst driving if windows are open and a quiet road etc. Not affetcting performance, consumption, handling or anything...just a bit annoying and no idea what it is. thanks in advance for any help.
Regards, Graeme.

{someone else who missed the message asking to include year and engine size in the subject header!} Read more

I had my car serviced 2 weeks ago at a Vauxhall dealer. Since that time the engine management light (orange car symbol with a spanner through it on the dials) has come on intermittently over and over again. The manual says its to do with the engine immobiliser if it is intermittent in this way, but I want to get it checked out for sure.

I called VX today and they said that 'during the service, nothing is touched on the ECU, electrics or immobiliser and that to have it diagnosed will cost 65 quid, the minimum for 1 hours labour.

While the car was in for service, I had the recalls done for the engine wiring harness and the ABS system too. They also wanted to charge me 65 quid to look at an oil leak in the same place they repaired a leak under warranty (bad filter / seal fitting). The 12 month warranty on the repair ran out 3 days before the leak started again. Even though it was exactly the same spot and it was only 3 days outside the original repair warranty, they still wanted to charge me for it until I rang VX customer service and questioned it.

This VX dealer is the same one that wanted to charge me for a cambelt replacement under the '40,000 mile rule', until I produced a note from VX Customer Service to say that it was a 60,000 replacement, revised from 100,000 for diesels.

I've driven Vauxhalls or Opel (long time in Germany) for the last 12 years and this is the worst experience I have ever had from any dealer. What else can I do to get the ECU checked without having to resort to Vauxhall??? Read more

Yesterday, after crossing from Carlisle to Sunderland in a fair amount of snow on the Military Road, the exhaust on the Panda 4x4 sounded as if it had blown on starting the engine. Fair enough, I thought, I had hit a few lumps of ice with the sump guard and may have done some damage.
This morning I got under the car and could find no exhaust leak. What I did find was a large lump of ice impacted into the the steel guard on the propshaft joint and hoiked this out.
Strangely, the exhaust noise disappeared. When it gets a bit warmer I'll take off the sump guard and check the front of the exhaust system, though this cannot have sustained damage due to its position.
I don't see how the ice on the propshaft could have caused this noise but could the low temperatures have done it? Read more