Vauxhall Signum car stalling.cutting out when slowing down at light
Variant: 3.0 diesel auto
Model Year: 2000
Categories:
Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
hi,
I am posting this problem on behalf of my father who is a pensioner and doesnt understand the internet.
He is at his wits end with his vauxhall signum - it cuts out and stalls when he slows down - the revs are irratic and then they just fall to the bottom and it cuts out he says he sometimes has trouble restarting it and be holding up a q of traffic at the lights which panics him. He has taken it into a vauxhall dealer who very kindly ripped him off for £100.00 just to look at it shake his head and then say it needs a more in depth look!! which will cost him even more money.He now taken to not driving it because he;s afraid it will just cut out again....can someone please help.....I had a similar problem with my Mitsubshi Pinin and it was the Idler value..but I don;t know if his car has one of these....
I am posting this problem on behalf of my father who is a pensioner and doesnt understand the internet.
He is at his wits end with his vauxhall signum - it cuts out and stalls when he slows down - the revs are irratic and then they just fall to the bottom and it cuts out he says he sometimes has trouble restarting it and be holding up a q of traffic at the lights which panics him. He has taken it into a vauxhall dealer who very kindly ripped him off for £100.00 just to look at it shake his head and then say it needs a more in depth look!! which will cost him even more money.He now taken to not driving it because he;s afraid it will just cut out again....can someone please help.....I had a similar problem with my Mitsubshi Pinin and it was the Idler value..but I don;t know if his car has one of these....
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 (13 years ago)
Did they not carry out a diagnostic scan and see if any faults showed ? You might be better to take to a car diesel specialist to get it checked out , usually can find one in local Yellow pages . Or phone first and ask for advice , idea of problem and cost .Could be something simple but needs checking first .
Posted Oct 12, 2011 (13 years ago)
Many Thanks for your reply.
After speaking to my father he tells me that he did take it initially to a Diesel specialist who promptly told him that they did not have the software to rectify this problem and suggested he go to the Vauxhall dealers - the check the dealers did that cost £100.00 was just an initial diagnostics check which revealed nothing and they said an indepth check would have to be done costing a further £208.00 to see if they could find anything ( a total rop-off in my opinion!!)
My father now doesnt know what to do as he cannot afford a further £208.00 just like that...
I was hoping that perhaps someone with the same make and model has had the same problem and solved it, and it wasnt too expensive.
After speaking to my father he tells me that he did take it initially to a Diesel specialist who promptly told him that they did not have the software to rectify this problem and suggested he go to the Vauxhall dealers - the check the dealers did that cost £100.00 was just an initial diagnostics check which revealed nothing and they said an indepth check would have to be done costing a further £208.00 to see if they could find anything ( a total rop-off in my opinion!!)
My father now doesnt know what to do as he cannot afford a further £208.00 just like that...
I was hoping that perhaps someone with the same make and model has had the same problem and solved it, and it wasnt too expensive.
Posted Oct 13, 2011 (13 years ago)
I agree with you on the charges they are passing on to your father for them to check out this fault , especially when nothing is getting done .There can be many reasons for the problem such as crankshaft position sensor which normally fails when hot , fuel pressure switch etc . etc .Is there no local , good , independant garage that you could use as their charges would be a lot , lot cheaper than main dealers .Really hard to diagnose cause from forum , especially when others cant find it with the equipment and the car available for checking .Hope you get it fixed o.k and its something minor .
Posted Oct 13, 2011 (13 years ago)
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