Vectra recall

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Sat 21 Jan 2006 15:37
Vectra recall - greenhey
I have an 03 Vectra 2.2 turbo diesel, which several times last year displayed a worrying problem.
Three times at low revs , but accelerating, in 5th ,the engine management system switched to emergency mode, which reduces revs. Put simply, you slow down, but without any external warning, eg brake lights coming on.
When this happened in lane 3 of the M6 , in heavy traffic, with my daughter on board, I was very fortunate to be able to cross the three lans safely and stop . When I started again it had cleared.
My local dealer had the car in December and I discovered that this was a known fault in the software, subject to a recall . As I had owned the car for a year, I was unhappy I hadn't been contacted, but at least relieved it was "fixed".
But it wasn't. Last week it happened again on the A1 in heavy traffic, rain and darkness.
I have now discovered that this "recall" was of the type where they don't contact the owner, but wait until the car comes in for service. With this car that can be a year.
So you can be driving around with this potentially disastrous fault for a year. And if you don't have it serviced at a Vauxhall dealer, even at the service it may not be fixed .
Indeed, in my case, the "fix" didn't even work.
If you have a similar car to mine, get it checked out!
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Sun 22 Jan 2006 01:56
Vectra recall - prm
I've got an 03 2.0Dti i've had for 10 months and no problem like that, do you know if the 2.0 is affected?
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