Sorry, meant to post a reply!!!
So 4 garages, 3 of which were autoelectricians, a new battery and many ‘ooooh get rid of it, the cars f’d’ comments from people, we got to the bottom of it! Thankfully, by the time we got the car back, and found the v5 to try and sell it, it was the day before the Vauxhall appointment so we put it in and paid the diagnostic on the off chance. And thank goodness we did! . Not 40 minutes after they had the car, we had a call to say they had found a severed wire in the central wiring loom and so when they wiggled it, the car did a lot of very very odd electronics and threw out loads of warnings!
So they repaired the wire, and resolved the issue, and so far…. Touching a lot of wood…. It’s solved the problem and we are nearly 6 months in .
The suspicious person in me wonders if this is a common issue as vauxhall found the broken wire straight away and 3 auto electrical garages didn’t…. But. We will never know. I’m grateful they located the issue and it was a relatively simple fix.
We had a new battery as one said the voltage was low so I guess I’ll never know if it needed a battery or not but it has a new one anyway!
We’ve decided now in future to just stick to the main dealerships. We could have waited the month and not paid anyone… instead we tried to get a resolution faster and paid 4 garages diagnostic fees and a new battery for no reason 😂 it’s got its service next week and so you bet it’s going to Vauxhall!
Posted Nov 14, 2023 (11 months ago)