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Post by Noberator on Oct 23, 2015 23:11:22 GMT 1
If you know anybody who owns one it's worth mentioning the possible fire issue with them.  DVSA are aware of the problem but no VOSA recall as yet.  Vauxhall has issued a safety inspection notice and it will be done free of charge. What I don't know is if any work is needed is the cost covered by the Manufacturer?  Just found this information on the Vauxhall website. |
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Post by oli on Oct 24, 2015 7:27:51 GMT 1
All the news reports are suggesting fires due to faulty repairs, but if this was the csse a recall wouldn't make sense.
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 24, 2015 10:31:04 GMT 1
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Post by Noberator on Oct 24, 2015 10:45:49 GMT 1
All the news reports are suggesting fires due to faulty repairs, but if this was the csse a recall wouldn't make sense. Oli I personally take that with a pinch of salt Oli. We'll see what develops. |
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Post by Roverman on Oct 24, 2015 16:49:11 GMT 1
Sounds as though it may be down to heater resister ? some of the cars involved the resister was only working on the high position  |
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Post by Karl on Oct 24, 2015 17:43:08 GMT 1
seems to be the knock on effect of a motor issue they seize drawing too much current which in turn heats the resistor which in turn catches the pollen filter alight as it's about an inch away great design ... climate control models are ok apparently
( not my words stolen from motorwise on Facebook )
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Post by Karl on Oct 24, 2015 17:44:12 GMT 1
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Post by Noberator on Nov 7, 2015 0:18:39 GMT 1
Update with a video from the Vauxhall chief. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 19:50:22 GMT 1
In the news a couple of days back Vauxhall were saying the fires were caused by faulty repairs from the trade ?
Really, so many Vauxhalls all suffering the same fault and so many different garages all making the same mistakes doing the repairs ?
Surely the cars had to be faulty to start with?
Back in the 1980's I used to change a lot of fuse boxes on Vauxhalls, the reason being a design issue, that issue was that Vauxhall in their infinite wisdom decided that it was a very good idea back then to put the heater blower 20A fuse in the fuse box parallel to the rear heated screen fuse 30A, so both devices were switched on both at the same time and then over a period of time the fuse box melted between the fuses and caused a short circuit, luckily back in the day I only witnessed wiring and fuse box failures due to melting, but no burn outs, Vauxhall appear to have a lot to learn even some 30 years later.
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Post by Noberator on May 22, 2016 10:42:02 GMT 1
link 1link 2link 3Just incase anybody has missed this second recall. Get it sorted Vauxhall and take some responsibility for it.
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Post by spannermonkey on May 22, 2016 14:58:49 GMT 1
My local car market is full of them,nobody will touch them at any money,local guy posted up a video of one that had been to vauxhall to be fixed and was awakened during the night by the fire brigade as it was on fire.
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Post by french crap fanatic on May 25, 2016 21:30:55 GMT 1
My local car market is full of them,nobody will touch them at any money,local guy posted up a video of one that had been to vauxhall to be fixed and was awakened during the night by the fire brigade as it was on fire.  sounds like an ldv fix!!! was it the zafire model,in flame red colour? |
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Post by Noberator on May 25, 2016 22:12:30 GMT 1
My local car market is full of them,nobody will touch them at any money,local guy posted up a video of one that had been to vauxhall to be fixed and was awakened during the night by the fire brigade as it was on fire. sounds like an ldv fix!!! was it the zafire model,in   |
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Post by Karl on May 25, 2016 23:09:18 GMT 1
So the blower motor pulling to much current I'd imagine
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Post by chippie on May 25, 2016 23:33:44 GMT 1
My local car market is full of them,nobody will touch them at any money,local guy posted up a video of one that had been to vauxhall to be fixed and was awakened during the night by the fire brigade as it was on fire. 'special promotion for a short time.....each of our Zafiira models comes with a free music cd'... m.youtube.com/watch?v=b42ck7iaLb4 |
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