Vauxhall New Tigra 1.4i

Owned my Tigra for 2 years.. After couple months water in boot and both footwells back at dealer, new seals.. no wet... A year on and I now have a wet boot and drivers footwell..I am at a loss as I love my 1.8exl but these problems really are unnecessary.. vauxhall really should recall and repair as it's a known fault..

Sealed around brake servo (mastic had dried out and leaking) , yet still leaks around drivers door seal. All drain holes are clear and speaker is sealed.. Looks as if the inner door lining is non-standard also (i guess been off before we bought it)

Not fit for purpose, a terrible smell, musty and no longer the joy to own as it was originally

hi there have had my tigra 2 months now i love the car to drive and my nice heated seats even when the roofs down its ace

But.......

when i got the car end of sept from a private sale got someone i no to check it all over for me all ok so i got it had the roof down for about a wk out and about loved it you no what its like when u wanna show off too ya mates so took my mate out with the roof down and when i put the roof back up it got stuck so close 2 closing i had 2 put it back up manualy then after that it was making a banging noise and not going down at all took it to the dealers they fixed it then last sunday it was nice out so thought why not drop the roof it got stuck going down i managed to get it back up manualy and tried again it did same again took it to someone i no he never touched anything just looked at it why it was not doing anything then the banging noise came back. great so its now going back to get fixed again on tue hopefully i will get some luck with this car cos i love it

I love the look of my car Tigra Sport 1.4 and it's nice to drive but oh have I had so many problems. First 3 months the button to the roof fell off, the drivers window fell through the door,clutch pedal popped. The accelerator pedal fell of 3 times, the roof got stuck half way up, 2 new parts to make the roof work and now the boot has broken and my carpets are wet plus thick frost inside and lots of condensation. Lesley

This is my 2nd Tigra. I owned my previous Tigra,a 2006 model,for nearly 3 years and it was taken in to Vauxhall 8 times for a leak in the boot. The guys were baffled and couldn't find the cause of the problem. Eventually I was told that as I parked on a sloping drive, I should reverse on the drive to avoid rain getting in the boot! (This actually worked).

I then asked for a replacement car and was promised that my current car had belonged to a friend of the salesman who had never had a problem with a leak in the boot. I swapped the car, which cost me more than I had wanted to pay, but I really wanted to change the car before the winter. Unfortunately the first heavy rain caused a leak in the boot - when I asked Vauxhall for a refund, they agreed but said there would be some costs involved!

Any suggestions??

ps love this Tigra, it's much nippier than the last model.

Had the footwell full of water?

cured that by clearing out the drain holes in the bulk head... full of leaves.

Now when it has rained heavily, water drops in when i brake????

new seals have been mentioned..

beginning to think i have bought a pig in a poke....

I thought i was the only one with a problem Tigra

My car spent nearly 2 months up at Luton Vauxhall head office while they tried to put right the problem,they totaly striped the car and replaced every rubber and seal on the car it was on rain test for a month

They replaced the door trim , door rubbers, door membrain, door mirror gaskets, roof rubbers,boot rubber modification,speakers,carpets,don't get me wrong it seems to have fixed the problem but we hav'nt had much rain yet!!

It Had Been back to vauxhall 4 times before this,and never got it right

Alan

we bought our 1.8 sport tigra in October 09 to replace our old tigra. We are really pleased with it and were very surprised at the size of the boot even when the roof is down.

The only problem we had was that it leaks on the drivers door - we were told that it was to do with the speakers not being fitted properly. On invistigation we have found that the top part of the door seal was not "tucked"into the bottom part -this is about eye level on the door frame. Hopefully we have now cured the problem.

In the nearly four years I've had the car from new I've had no faults at all. No mechanical problems, no leaks. Maybe I've been lucky. It isn't a sports car, but offers with the top down is fun to drive and looks good. With the top up I suppose it is just a less practical Corsa!

Having owned the Tigra for only a couple of weeks, im having problems with the boot leaking. The boot matt is saturated every time i open it, also condensating in the cabin is occuring which is leading me to believe it is leaking in their too. Purchased from Vauxhall so will be phoning them now.

All of your reviews have been great help guys!